A federal judge on Friday expanded his ruling blocking the Trump administration from cancelling government funding to dozens of accused sanctuary jurisdictions.

San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge William Orrick in April ruled in favor of 16 counties and cities that sued the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind billions in funding due to criticism that their policies on illegal immigrants were out of compliance with federal immigration law. His ruling applied only to those jurisdictions, as opposed to other court injunctions that have held nationwide implications.

This week, the California judge ruled again on the matter in response to further lawsuits brought by dozens more jurisdictions that joined the lawsuit. Orrick’s preliminary injunction further blocks the Trump admin

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