White House To End Funding To Sanctuary Cities And States On Feb. 1

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will suspend federal funding to sanctuary cities and states beginning Feb. 1 as his administration’s immigration crackdown continues.

“Starting February 1, we are not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens,” Trump said during his address at the Detroit Economic Club.

He continued, “It breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come, so we’re not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary cities.”

Sanctuary cities often have policies limiting local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration officers.

The Department of Justice has identified 11 states as sanctuary jurisdictions, including California, Illinois, Minnesota and New York. The District of Columbia is also considered a sanctuary jurisdiction.

Trump’s announcement comes just days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis. The fallout has been a whirlwind, with state officials demanding they be involved in the FBI’s investigation into the shooting, Democrats arguing ICE shouldn’t have been in Minneapolis in the first place and Trump administration officials labeling Renee Good, the woman who was killed, as a domestic terrorist.

On Tuesday, some leaders in sanctuary jurisdictions vowed to take the administration to court if the policy were to move forward.

“See you in court @realDonaldTrump,” Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson posted on X shortly after Trump's announcement.

Trump has repeatedly attempted to withhold funding from Democrat-run states, such as his $10 billion cut to child care funds in blue states earlier this month and his October cancellation of nearly $8 billion in funding to states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. Judges in New York and Washington, D.C., ruled against both those moves, respectively.