US mayors cancel meeting with Trump over Justice Department's campaign against sanctuary cities

More than 100 US mayors have called off a meeting with President Donald Trump after his administration stepped up its war on so-called “sanctuary cities”. The non-partisan US Conference of Mayors cancelled the meeting after the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked nearly two dozen jurisdictions to show whether their local law enforcement officials were sharing information with immigration authorities. The department has repeatedly threatened to deny millions of dollars in important grant money to communities that refuse to share information, as part of the Trump administration's promised crackdown on “sanctuary cities,” or jurisdictions that shield undocumented migrants from federal immigration agencies.

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