The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 21, 2017 Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order to Withhold Funding from Sanctuary Cities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meanwhile, a federal judge in California has blocked President Trump's executive order to withhold funding from so-called sanctuary cities. District Judge William Orrick ordered the injunction after ruling it is unconstitutional for the Trump administration to force cities to mobilize local police to cooperate with the federal government's mass deportation plans. .