Sen. Bill Hagerty and Rep. Ralph Norman want to halt housing grants to sanctuary cities that do not adhere to federal immigration laws, as protests and unrest rage over anti-ICE raids in Los Angeles.
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FIRSTONFOX:AnewbillfromcongressionalRepublicanswouldhalthousinggrantstosanctuarycitieslikeLosAngelesthatdonotcomplywithfederallawandimmigrationauthorities.
“Citiesthatencourageillegalimmigrationshouldn’tberewardedwithfederalhousingsubsidies,”saidSen.BillHagerty,R-Tenn.“TheTrumpadministrationhasmadeitclearthatillegalimmigrationwillnotbetoleratedanywhereintheUnitedStates,andcitiesthatdefyAmericansovereigntywillfacetheconsequences.”
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Hagerty’sbill,whichhepreviouslyintroducedlastyearwiththen-Sen.JDVance,R-Ohio,wouldspecificallytargetfederalhousinggrantsprovidedbythecommunitydevelopmentblockgrantprogram.
Thedecades-oldgrantprogram,whichisrunbytheDepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment,providesaflowof
