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One executive order issued by Trump directs Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a> and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a> to withhold federal money from sanctuary jurisdictions. Another order directs every federal agency to ensure that payments to state and local governments do not \u201cabet so-called \u2018sanctuary\u2019 policies that seek to shield illegal aliens from deportation.\u201d<\/p>\n The cities and counties that sued said billions of dollars were at risk.<\/p>\n Orrick, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, said the executive orders and the \u201cexecutive actions that have parroted them\u201d were an unconstitutional \u201ccoercive threat.\u201d<\/p>\n In May, the Department of Homeland Security published a list of more than 500 \u201csanctuary jurisdictions,\u201d<\/a> saying each one would receive formal notification that the government had deemed them noncompliant. It also said it would inform them if they were believed to be in violation of any federal criminal statutes.<\/p>\n The list was later removed<\/a> from the department\u2019s website after critics noted it included localities that have actively supported the administration\u2019s tough immigration policies.<\/p>\n The Justice Department has also sued New York, Los Angeles and other cities over their sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n