The counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara in California in addition to King County, Washington and the cities of Portland, Oregon and New Haven, Connecticut have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging it has threatened and unlawfully targeted sanctuary jurisdictions,

The City of San Francisco is leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its crackdown on sanctuary cities and states and its threat to cut off federal funding.

A coalition of U.S. cities and counties on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to force so-called sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with his immigration crackdown and mass deportations.

San Francisco and a handful of other US cities are suing the Trump administration over its move to block funding for local governments with “sanctuary” policies as the president cracks down on undocumented immigrants.

San Francisco's city attorney announced Friday the city is suing the Trump administration after the president signed an executive order to withhold federal aid to cities that don't comply with his immigration policies.

Some local officials are pushing back against the federal government’s assertion that they must help ICE with its deportation campaign.