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Sessions Punishes Everyone

Angry at Chicago, he cuts off police aid for all

Anniston, Alabama, a city of about 22,000 residents, is in sync with the Trump administration’s views on immigration. Police Chief Shane Denham has no reservations about assisting federal agents by handing over undocumented immigrants who are in police custody.

But despite its Trump allegiance, the Anniston Police Department is on the losing side of the White House’s war on unauthorized immigration.

The city is one of dozens of jurisdictions across the country that. The case argues that it is illegal for the Justice Department to force local governments to adopt tough-on-immigration policies in order to receive federal money.

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