Trump DOJ Can’t Cut Police Grants to California Sanctuary Cities

The Trump administration can’t legally withhold grants to police in California cities that don’t cooperate with federal agencies in the enforcement of immigration laws, a federal appeals court ruled.

But the U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco also said on Monday that its order blocking the Justice Department from withholding assistance to local police in so-called sanctuary cities does not extend nationally. Three other regional federal appeals court have also ruled against the administration policy, but the one in New York allowed it to go forward and on Monday declined to reconsider its ruling.

The conflicting appellate decisions makes ...