Trump said that starting Feb. 1 he will deny federal funding to any states that are home to local governments resisting his administration's immigration policies.
The City of Chicago is filing a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department to protect federal grant money after the Trump administration changed the rules to apply.
During a Wednesday morning meeting, Houston city council members voted to join a federal lawsuit against Texas' controversial bill banning so-called sanctuary cities.
In a Facebook Live, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announces that he has signed a new ban on sanctuary cities into law.
The Texas Legislature has passed a ban on so-called "sanctuary cities" that allows police officers to ask about a person's immigration status and threatens sheriffs and police chiefs with jail time if they don't work with federal authorities.
State Rep. Gene Wu, whose district includes southwestern Houston, made in impassioned plea against Texas' sanctuary cities ban that is now going viral.