The House approved U.S. Representative Tom Tiffany (R-WI-07)’s amendment blocking so-called sanctuary cities from receiving federal funds.
The Wisconsin Republican’s measure was included in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act.
State and local governments that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration authorities would be barred from obtaining DHS funds.
Encounters with illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border are on pace to hit record levels this month, according to U.S. border officials. In the first half of September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded 142,000 migrant encounters at the U.S. southwest border.