“EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY FIRST, NO MORE PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STATES FOR THEIR CORRUPT CRIMINAL PROTECTION CENTERS KNOWN AS SANCTUARY CITIES. ALL THEY DO IS BREED CRIME AND VIOLENCE! If States want them, they will have to pay for them! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” @realDonaldTrump
Fact-Check Summary The post accurately relays that President Trump announced a cutoff of federal funding to sanctuary cities effective February 1, 2026, but misrepresents the legal and factual basis underlying sanctuary policies. The claim that sanctuary cities “breed crime and violence” is contradicted by extensive peer-reviewed research, which finds no evidence that these policies increase […]