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    'Sanctuary Cities' Promise Legal Fight After Sessions Threatens Funds

    by Bill Chappell Mar 28, 2017 2 minutes
    Local officials are promising a legal fight in the face of a block on grants from the Justice Department over immigration enforcement. Here, protesters pray outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New York City earlier this month.

    Officials in New York, California, and elsewhere say they'll fight Attorney General Jeff Sessions' move to cut off billions in federal grant money to cities that don't share the Trump administration's strict approach to enforcing immigration laws.

    "The Trump Administration is pushing an. "If they want a fight, we'll see them in court."

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