Buffalo mayor signs order prohibiting coordination with ICE ahead of sanctuary city funding deadline 

Published January 27, 2026 11:28am ET



As President Donald Trump’s federal funding suspension for sanctuary cities looms, Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan signed an executive order Monday barring any city employees from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. 

Trump said earlier this month that starting Feb. 1, the government will not be making any payments to cities that offer sanctuary to illegal immigrants because “it breeds fraud and crime.”

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