administration took down an online announcement of 500 jurisdictions from which all federal funding was being killed. The list included 22 Minnesota cities and counties plus the state government. All were accused of shielding immigrants from deportation arrests by Trump agents. News media requests for an explanation for de-posting the list went unanswered. Meanwhile, local reaction io the defunding threat was swift. The City of Minneapolis called the great illegal:
“The law is on our side. Two U.S. District Courts have already blocked the Trump administration from freezing funding based on sanctuary issues. We’ll proudly be on any list that reflects our values and commitment to the people who call Minneapolis home. We will always stand with — and fight for — our neighbors.”
Several counties responded to news media inquiries that they had no idea why they were targeted. A growing consensus was that flawed data analysis occurred in agencies now controlled by inexperienced Trump cronies.