City and County of SF, et al. v. Donald J. Trump et al.
On April 24, 2025, a federal court granted a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the President’s Executive Orders 14159 (“Protecting the American People Against Invasion”) and 14218 (“Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders”) and its related agency directive - February 5, 2025 Attorney General Memorandum “Sanctuary Jurisdictions Directives.” Note on May 3, 2025, the federal court issued a further order clarifying its preliminary injunction. Subsequent to this order, the federal court again had to clarify in an order its preliminary injunction on May 9, 2025 because the administration issued a new executive order (Executive Order 14287) that repackaged the same threats of withholding funding to sanctuary jurisdictions. The government has appealed the preliminary injunction to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Note that a second complaint adding more cities and counties was filed and a second preliminary injunction was granted, which also clarified that the injunction also blocked the coercive funding conditions regarding immigration enforcement that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) imposed on certain grants.