Some of America’s big cities are getting ready for the return of the Trump administration, in particular his promise to crack down on sanctuary cities by cutting off federal funds. But the responses of these cities varies from outright defiance to capitulation. Out in San Francisco, city attorney David Chiu is preparing to fight.
Chiu, 54, is expected to play a prominent role in a courtroom campaign to push back on Trump if he targets liberal cities such as San Francisco, possibly by trying to withhold federal funds over sanctuary policies he opposes as he seeks to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.
The legal resistance for Democrats such as Chiu may be more difficult than the last time Trump was in office. While Chiu’s predecessor, Dennis Herrera, was broadly successful in his many legal fights against Trump during his first term,…
