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Additionally, starting February 1st, we're not making any payments to sanctuary cities or states having sanctuary cities because they do everything possible to protect criminals at the expense of American citizens.
And it breeds fraud and crime and all of the other problems that come.
So we're not making any payment to anybody that supports sanctuary cities.
As I said, that's one of the major issues that the appropriators are confronting right now before the bill comes up.
I've read both the Minnesota and Illinois lawsuits.
They're really political diatribes masquerading as lawsuits.
If you look at what both states are asking the courts to do, it's to kick ICE out of those states and cities and to bar ICE
from carrying on federal law enforcement in Illinois and Minnesota.
That's the top thing both states asked to do, and they cite zero precedent for that.
There is zero precedent for that.
There is no way a judge can say, you federal law enforcement agency, you are not allowed to execute federal law in a certain state or city.
Is it not necessary for there to be, for equal protection purposes, if that is challenged under the Equal Protection Clause, an understanding of what it means to be a boy or a girl or a man or a woman?
Yes, Your Honor.
And what is that definition?
For equal protection purposes, what does it mean to be a boy or a girl or a man or a woman?
Well, how can a court determine whether there's discrimination on the basis of sex without knowing what sex means for equal protection purposes?
I mean, I hate that a kid who wants to play sports might not be able to play sports.
I hate that.
But it's kind of a zero-sum game for a lot of teams.
And...