DC Could Lose at Least $1 Billion Under Trump Sanctuary City Crackdown

President Donald Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities that protect immigrants could cut federal funding for Washington, D.C. public schools and the city departments that serve homeless people, domestic violence victims and people with HIV.

At least $1 billion in federal grants that D.C. receives is vulnerable under the executive order Trump signed Wednesday to punish locales that "willfully violate federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States."

Trump Sanctuary City Order Sparks Fears, Praise in DC Area

There's no question that D.C. is a sanctuary city. The District issues provisional driver's licenses to illegal residents, police do not ask about residency status, and earlier this month Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the creation of a legal defense fund to help immigrants.

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