Original Date Announced

Trump signed Executive Order 14287 directing the Attorney General (AG), in consultation with DHS, to publish a list of sanctuary States and local jurisdictions and to notify them of their "defiance of Federal immigration law enforcement and any potential violations of Federal criminal law." The administration will then consider which funds to cut to those jurisdictions and potentially bring legal challenges against them.

The EO further requires the development of additional eligibility verification for individuals who receive federal benefits from private entities in sanctuary jurisdictions and directs the AG to "identify and take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens. . . ."

Trump 2.0 [ID #1716]

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, sued President Trump over Executive Order (EO) 14287. The complaint alleges that through EO 14,287, in combination with EO 14159, 14218, and the Department of Justice Sanctuary Jurisdictions Directive, "Defendants are unilaterally imposing new conditions on federal funding without authorization from Congress" and coercing states into cooperating with federal immigration law in violation of the Tenth Amendment, separation of powers principles, and the Spending Clause. The plaintiffs also allege that EO 14287 is void for vagueness, violates the plaintiffs' procedural due process rights, and is arbitrary and capricious, contrary to constitutional right, and in excess of statutory authority under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). City and County of San Francisco v. Trump, 3:25-cv-01350, (N.D. Cal.).

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Subsequent Trump and Court Action

2025.05.09 Order Clarifying Preliminary Injunction - San Francisco v. Trump

Judge William Orrick issued an order clarifying how a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of Executive Orders 14,159 and 14,218 in litigation detailed in related entries applies to Executive Order 14,287. Judge Orrick held that "neither Executive Order 14,287 nor any other Government Action that postdates the Preliminary Injunction can be used as an end run around the Preliminary Injunction Order." He stated that § 3 of the order, which directs the Attorney General to identify funds directed to sanctuary jurisdictions that are appropriate for termination, can appropriately be enforced to the extent that it provides only for the "[i]dentification of funds the Government believes are at issue." However, "if the criterion for identification of funds for 'suspension or termination' was the fact that the so-called 'sanctuary' jurisdictions received them . . . That approach would violate the Preliminary Injunction." EO 14,287 § 2, which directs the Attorney General to identify a list of sanctuary cities, is not enjoined. City and County of San Francisco v. Trump, 3:25-cv-01350, (N.D. Cal.).

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