The Trump administration is making moves to withhold U.S. Department of Justice funds from cities and states with "sanctuary" laws the administration claims thwart federal efforts to enforce immigration laws.

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

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.

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.

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.