Federal Aid to States May Hinge on Sanctuary City Reform, White House Says

Federal Aid to States May Hinge on Sanctuary City Reform, White House Says
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds her first press conference at the White House on May 1, 2020. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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The Trump administration may insist on sanctuary city reforms in discussions with states about the next round of COVID-19 relief funding, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said May 1.

“Phase 4 is something we want to start negotiating on immediately and get to work on,” McEnany said in her first appearance in her role, adding that funding shouldn’t “be an excuse for decades and decades of bad Democrat governance that have run these states into a financial predicament.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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