Original Date Announced

President Trump issued EO 14218, "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders," requiring the heads of each executive department or agency to take certain steps to "prevent taxpayer resources from acting as a magnet and fueling illegal immigration" and "ensure, to the maximum extent permitted by law, that no taxpayer-funded benefits go to unqualified aliens." Such department or agency heads must:

• identify federally funded programs administrated by the agency that currently permit undocumented immigrants to obtain "any cash or non-cash public benefit" and align such programs, consistent with legal requirements, to this EO and provisions of federal law (including PRWORA);
• ensure, consistent with legal requirements, that federal payments to states do not "by design or effect, facilitate the subsidization or promotion of illegal immigration, or abet so-called 'sanctuary' policies";
• enhance eligibility verification systems "to the maximum extent possible prevent benefits from going to ineligible noncitizens; and
• refer "any improper receipt or use of Federal benefits" to DOJ and DHS for "appropriate action."

In the next 30 days, the Order also requires the OMB Director and the DOGE Administrator, in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, to (1) identify all other sources of federal funding for undocumented immigrants; and (2) recommend additional actions to align federal spending with the purpose of the EO.

Trump 2.0 [ID #1571]

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.08.07 Second Amended Complaint - City and County of San Francisco v. Trump

The City and County of San Francisco, along with multiple other local governments, on February 7, 2025, sued President Trump over conditions targeting sanctuary cities placed on multiple federal grant programs under EO 14218, including the Continuum of Care (CoC) and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and multiple programs administered by the Department of Transportation. The plaintiffs allege that the conditions violate the Tenth Amendment, the Spending Clause, separation of powers principles, due process requirements under the Fifth Amendment, and are arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). A Second Amended Complaint filed on August 7, 2025, is the document available here.

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Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.04.24 Preliminary Injunction - San Francisco v. Trump

The District Court for the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction in San Francisco v. Trump. The Court stated that the government is enjoined from "taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds from the Cities and Counties based on

(1) the first sentence of Section 17 of Executive Order 14159;

(2) Section 2(a)(ii) of Executive Order 14218; or

(3) the Preamble and Section I of the February 5, 2025 Memorandum from the Attorney General entitled 'Sanctuary Jurisdictions Directives' on the basis that the Cities and Counties have policies that limit: (i) the honoring of civil immigration detainer requests; (ii) cooperation with administrative warrants for purposes of immigration enforcement; (iii) sharing of information with federal immigration authorities other than immigration or citizenship status; (iv) the use of local law enforcement to arrest or detain individuals solely for civil immigration violations; or (v) the use of local resources to assist with civil immigration enforcement activities."

San Francisco v. Trump, No. 3:25-cv-01350 (N.D. Cal.).

**Link to case here. See litigation note above**

Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.08.22 Order Granting Second Preliminary Injunction - San Francisco v. Trump

Judge William Orrick of the Southern District of California issued a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from imposing immigration-related conditions on Continuum of Care (CoC) homelessness grants and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Judge Orrick found that the conditions "lack a nexus with immigration enforcement" and are thus unlawful under the Spending Clause, constitutional separation of powers principles, the Fifth and Tenth Amendment, and arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedures Act.

**See litigation note above.**