US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has offered a more narrow definition of "sanctuary jurisdiction," in order to circumvent the court rulings declaring one of President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration unconstitutional.In a memo released Monday, Sessions offered a more tapered definition of what constitutes a "sanctuary jurisdiction," saying that the term will only refer to "sanctuary cities" and "sanctuary states" which "willfully refuse to comply" with specific federal immigration laws. U.S. District Judge William Orrick issued a preliminary injunction against the president’s order in April, saying, “Federal funding that bears no meaningful relationship to immigration enforcement cannot be threatened merely because a jurisdiction chooses an immigration-enforcement strategy of which the president disapproves.” “This is the Trump era,” Sessions said in a statement responding to the ruling.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions narrows the scope of the order against so-called sanctuary cities.