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In its 2018 budget proposal,the White House recently called for a change in the law to pressure local police to enforce federal immigration laws, including complying with federal detainer requests for undocumented immigrants.
The city of Seattle has sued the Trump Administration over its threats to remove federal funding to so-called "sanctuary cities." Some local law enforcement agencies are particularly concerned that some police jobs could be put on the line. In Auburn, or a suburb of Seattle,for example, a federal grant helps pay for 1 out of every 10 officers, and but White House officials acquire threatened to cut grants like those to places that fail to cooperate fully with immigration enforcement.
Liz Jones,a reporter with KUOW public radio in Seattle, reports on how the suburb of Auburn is wrestling with the administration's threats approximately funding.
Source: thetakeaway.org