Former President Joe Biden spent four years suing Republican-led states over border crackdowns that defied his federal policy. Now, President Donald Trump is turning the tables — taking sanctuary states and cities to court in an attempt to force compliance with his own federal immigration enforcement.

There’s no guarantee the funding will be released. President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to cut off all federal money to immigration sanctuaries to the extent it legally can. That would rip billions of dollars from some of California’s largest cities, from Los Angeles to the Bay Area.

A coalition of U.S. cities and counties on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to force so-called sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with his immigration crackdown and mass deportations.

A coalition of cities and counties in blue states have sued the Trump administration over alleged threats and "illegal targeting" of sanctuary cities.