The war on what Donald Trump likes to refer to as sanctuary cities or states, it's a complete misnomer.

They're not providing sanctuary where these people who might have conflicted immigration status

are going to be immune from being picked up for federal crimes.

That's not what's happening with, quote, unquote, sanctuary cities.

They're not sanctuary cities or

states. They're just making sure that resources in the state are properly devoted to law enforcement

and not chasing around other human beings on a civil detainer or arrest order. And that's a choice

they make, which they get to make under the dual sovereignty, where states have equal sovereignty to the federal government and our system of federalism.

And now we got a first order. There's been about a dozen lawsuits filed since day one of the Trump administration to go after primarily blue states and blue cities and blue mayors and

blue governors. And we have a first ruling coming out of Illinois, the Eastern District of Illinois

federal court and a major setback for the Trump administration entered by Judge Lindsay Jenkins.

I'll cover it right here on Midas Touch and Legal AF because it matters at the intersection of

law and politics. What happened? Trump administration filed various lawsuits all over the place.

They just filed one about a week or two ago against New York. They filed against New York State,

Los Angeles, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, certain cities, certain states, claiming that

each of those cities or states are issuing orders that prevent state or local municipal

personnel from providing information or participating in or assisting federal law enforcement, federal ICE, federal,

you know, whatever, immigration officials who want to detain, retain, deport, arrest, people.

Now, the reality is that's not what these laws do.

These laws say there shall be no participation.

You shall not commandeer as the federal government, our state officials, and we will not share information with you. Now, if it's a crime and it's crime and punishment, law enforcement, we're all in. But if you're talking about civil enforcement of federal immigration law, do it on your own. Do it yourself.

We've got limited resources. We've got limited personnel. Our funding has even gotten smaller

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