Trump Signs Executive Actions On Wall, Stripping Funding From Sanctuary Cities
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CBS/CNN) -- President Donald Trump signed two executive actions Wednesday on building a wall along the US-Mexico border and stripping funding from sanctuary cities.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said at a briefing that one action directs the building of a "physical barrier" on the wall and the second directs the State Department to strip grant funding from sanctuary cities and any city that "harbors illegal immigrants."
Philly Mayor Ready To Battle Trump Over Promise To Remove Funding From Sanctuary Cities
Spicer said that the secretary of state also will be under the directive to withhold visas and other tools to make sure "countries accept and return the criminal that came from their country."
The directive to the secretary will be "to look at those funding streams and figure out how they can be cut off," Spicer said.
Philadelphia is a sanctuary city. Mayor Kenney has said the city would have to determine whether to take the Trump White House to court over funding if it was withheld.
The White House did not provide specific details on the documents Trump signed.
Trump also attended the swearing-in of new Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. The ceremony was performed by Vice President Mike Pence.
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