Chelsea and Somerville both asked a federal court this week to block the Trump administration’s attempts to strip funding from the cities over their immigration enforcement policies.

The two cities sued the federal government earlier this year in a challenge to the constitutionality of the administration’s actions. A motion filed Tuesday seeks an injunction to prevent the administration from withholding funds while the lawsuit proceeds.

Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has increasingly targeted local jurisdictions with “sanctuary” policies. There is no singular legal definition of what constitutes a so-called sanctuary jurisdiction , but the term generally refers to places that place legal limits on cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration

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