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City attorney details litigation, grant-review and immigration guidance in response to federal actions
Summary
The City Attorney’s Office updated the Committee of the Whole on lawsuits joined by Minneapolis against federal directives, a new grant-review process for federal awards with concerning conditions, staff guidance on immigration enforcement responses, and a scaled-up U-Visa review program.
The City Attorney’s Office on Monday told the Committee of the Whole it has taken a mix of litigation, grant review and staff-guidance steps in response to recent federal actions that sought to impose conditions on federal grants or target municipal policies.
City Attorney Kristen Anderson summarized cross-enterprise work and handed the committee to assistants who described three strands of work: litigation, grant review and employee guidance.
Litigation: The city joined San Francisco et al. v. Trump, a lawsuit challenging federal executive orders aimed at restricting funds to jurisdictions described as "sanctuary cities," and the city also joined King County v. Turner, which challenges grant conditions related to immigration enforcement and other policy conditions. Sarah Lathrop of the…
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