A top Senate appropriator has ordered Attorney General Loretta Lynch to limit federal police grants to states and municipalities that refuse to follow federal immigration laws.
The move, by Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations subcommittee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., takes a direct swipe at so-called sanctuary cities that ignore federal immigration laws and release criminal illegal immigrants even if federal law enforcement officials want them deported.
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