Can Birmingham lose federal funding because of Woodfin’s challenge of illegal immigration? – 1819 News

US Prosecutor General Pam Bondi has threatened to reduce the funding of any city that does not fully cooperate with the efforts to deport the Trump administration, asking Birmingham’s financial future due to the latest statements of Mayor Randal Woodfin on illegal immigration.

In an interview with Al Sharpton at MSNBC, Woodfin said Birmingham is a “welcoming city” that does not “participate in any administrative transactions as it is related to immigration status” when working with immigration and application of US customs.

See: Mayor of Birmingham Woodfin Defiant for illegal immigration during the advent of MSNBC AL SHARPTON – “Our doors are open”

Although Woodfin can talk about Birmingham as a sanctuary, the lack of an official declaration can protect it from the Bondi cutting block, according to the State Senator Arthur Oh (R-Decatur).

“They can be [in trouble]But since there is no official resolution, there is no official documentation … He passed through the municipal council signed by the mayor, where they are not officially enrolled. The mayor tells the police department, hey, don’t help these ice agents when they come through the city, they just step back unless this is a traffic situation. I think this should be determined by the Ministry of Justice, “OR said last Friday at WVNN’s Dale Jackson Show.

“But for me, outside, it is not enough to tear down their financing if there is no formal recognition as a sanctuary city,” he added.

OR said that Woodfin probably wants to have it in both directions: to look difficult against the Trump administration for immigration while maintaining federal means to run.

“They are trying to get their left -wing street loan, sounding like a city of sanctuary or sounding as if they were fighting the Trump administration. But in reality, when it comes to federal mana, they will take the mana 10 days out of 10, “he said,

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