{"id":11731,"date":"2016-02-03T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11731"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:45:15","slug":"key-republican-appropriator-urges-lynch-to-stop-sanctuary-cities-threatens-justice-department-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/02\/03\/key-republican-appropriator-urges-lynch-to-stop-sanctuary-cities-threatens-justice-department-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Republican Appropriator Urges Lynch to Stop Sanctuary Cities, Threatens Justice Department Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department, wrote a letter<\/a> to Attorney General Loretta Lynch threatening to exercise his budget authority if she doesn\u2019t take steps to shut down sanctuary cities<\/a> \u2014 state and local jurisdictions with policies intended to impede the enforcement of immigration law by federal immigration officials.<\/p>\n