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City of San Francisco Sues Trump Over Sanctuary Cities Executive Order

Quinta Jurecic
Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 6:15 PM

The City of San Francisco has filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against President Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, and Acting Attorney General Dana Boente in response to Trump's executive order on deportation and sanctuary cities. The complaint is included below.

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The City of San Francisco has filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against President Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, and Acting Attorney General Dana Boente in response to Trump's executive order on deportation and sanctuary cities. The complaint is included below.


Quinta Jurecic is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare. She previously served as Lawfare's managing editor and as an editorial writer for the Washington Post.

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