Colorado joined a coalition of 19 states this week to sue the Trump administration over proposals to withhold federal funding from states that the White House insists are not complying with federal immigration policy.

Led by California, two separate lawsuits claimed that the Trump administration is “attempting to illegally coerce their states into sweeping immigration enforcement by threatening to withhold billions in federal funding for emergency services and infrastructure projects.”

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed federal agencies to target “sanctuary cities,” including Denver, for not complying with immigration enforcement.

The states that signed the lawsuits are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachu

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