RIGHT SPEAK: Todd Blanche Is Finally Punishing ‘Sanctuary’ Cities For Getting Americans Killed: Civil Lawsuits Against State and Local Governments, as Well as Criminal Convictions for Leftist Terrorists, are Much-Needed Steps

Todd Blanche Is Finally Punishing ‘Sanctuary’ Cities For Getting Americans Killed:

Civil lawsuits against state and local governments, as well as criminal convictions for leftist terrorists, are much-needed steps.

With confirmation hearings for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche scheduled for this week, Blanche’s record will inevitably be in the spotlight. Among the most promising actions Blanche has taken in his current role are his recent efforts to turn up the temperature on the so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions.
As the Trump administration seeks to carry out its mandate to enforce immigration law, one of the most recurring obstacles thus far has been the increasing presence of so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions, where state and local authorities pledge not to cooperate with federal authorities in enforcing federal immigration laws. At best, these jurisdictions are providing no assistance to the federal government, and at worst, they are openly obstructing federal law enforcement.

Not only do these jurisdictions resist the lawful authority of the federal government on immigration, but they also continue to put Americans at risk through policies that favor criminal aliens over law-abiding Americans. For example, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz just pardoned a convicted Laotian child rapist in an unsuccessful attempt to shield him from deportation. Similarly, as recently shown by America First Legal, Virginia’s Fairfax County has continued to release illegal aliens into the community, even when these aliens are convicted of the worst kinds of crimes. These are the consequences of “sanctuary” policies everywhere they are enacted.

As I have argued elsewhere in these pages, pleas from the federal government to these states and cities to cooperate will almost assuredly prove impotent unless the Trump administration can put sufficiently overwhelming federal pressure on these jurisdictions and thereby coerce them.

While Blanche’s actions mark an uptick of enforcement actions from the Trump admin, Blanche is merely carrying out Department of Justice priorities that Trump has been seeking since he returned to the White House. As early as February 2025, the DOJ issued a memorandum stating that “sanctuary” jurisdictions will not receive access to grants from the DOJ unless they are compliant with federal immigration law. Also, then-Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the DOJ to identify and cut off from departmental funding any non-governmental organizations (NGOs) “either directly or indirectly” providing services and funding to “removable or illegal aliens.” Lastly, the Civil Division of DOJ was instructed to initiate lawsuits against “sanctuary” jurisdictions: Blanche is currently working to implement these indispensable priorities.

Recent DOJ Action

In the most recent filing, Blanche announced a lawsuit against the state of Maryland for its “Community Trust Act” enacted by the state legislature. Its “purpose and effect is to obstruct federal law enforcement and thwart the constitutional obligation of the President of the United States to take care that the immigration laws enacted by Congress are enforced.” The complaint continued: “The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution prohibits a state from obstructing Congress and the Executive in this manner … Accordingly, the United States brings this declaratory and injunctive action to prohibit the State of Maryland from enforcing the Community Trust Act, S.B. 791 (2026).” It is straightforward that states cannot lawfully nullify, override, or impede the federal enforcement of clearly constitutional federal laws (e.g., immigration laws).

In June, the DOJ announced a suit against the state of New York for its “sanctuary” policies, which included criminally banning federal agents from wearing masks and prohibiting cooperative 287(g) agreements between federal and local law enforcement. Federal agents, such as ICE and CBP, often wear masks to protect their identities from swarms of left-wing activists. This is especially understandable given the 8,000 percent increase in death threats against ICE agents since Trump returned to the presidency.

In Virginia, at the behest of the DOJ, a federal judge enjoined the enforcement of the state’s law that attempted to ban federal agents from wearing masks. A similar ruling was issued by a federal judge in Pennsylvania when the DOJ sued the city of Philadelphia over a local attempt to punish federal agents for wearing masks. In both of these cases, the federal judges ruled in favor of the Trump administration because they correctly stated that these state laws attempted to assert authority over federal agents, which is unconstitutional, given the supremacy of the federal government over the states. It is a relief to finally witness some judicial injunctions being issued on behalf of the Trump administration, given the nonstop interference coming from federal judges against so many actions taken by the administration.

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