<P> Media outlets' policies as to use of terms differ, and no consensus has yet emerged in the press . In 2013, the Associated Press changed its AP Stylebook to provide that "Except in direct quotes essential to the story, use illegal only to refer to an action, not a person: illegal immigration, but not illegal immigrant . Acceptable variations include living in or entering a country illegally or without legal permission ." Within several weeks, major U.S. newspapers such as Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today adopted similar guidance . The New York Times style guide similarly states that the term illegal immigrant may be considered "loaded or offensive" and advises journalists to "explain the specific circumstances of the person in question or to focus on actions: who crossed the border illegally; who overstayed a visa; who is not authorized to work in this country ." The style book discourages the use of illegal as a noun and the "sinister - sounding" alien . Both unauthorized and undocumented are acceptable, but the stylebook notes that the former "has a flavor of euphemism and should be used with caution outside quotation" and the latter has a "bureaucratic tone ." The Washington Post stylebook "says' illegal immigrant' is accurate and acceptable, but notes that some find it offensive"; the Post "does not refer to people as' illegal aliens' or' illegals,' per its guidelines . </P> <P> This issue entered presidential politics in the race for the Republican Party Presidential Nomination in 2008 . Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo ran on an anti-illegal immigration platform and specifically attacked sanctuary cities . Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney accused Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani of running it as a sanctuary city . Mayor Giuliani's campaign responded saying that Governor Romney ran a sanctuary Governor's mansion, and that New York City is not a "haven" for undocumented immigrants . </P> <P> Following the shooting death of Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco (a sanctuary city) by an undocumented immigrant, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D - NY) told CNN that "The city made a mistake, not to deport someone that the federal government strongly felt should be deported . I have absolutely no support for a city that ignores the strong evidence that should be acted on ." The following day, her campaign stated: "Hillary Clinton believes that sanctuary cities can help further public safety, and she has defended those policies going back years ." </P> <P> On March 6, 2018, the U.S. Justice Department sued California, Governor Jerry Brown, and the state's attorney general, Xavier Becerra, over three state laws passed in recent months, saying the laws made it impossible for federal immigration officials to do their jobs and deport criminals who were born outside the United States . The Justice Department called the laws unconstitutional and asked a judge to block them . The lawsuit says the state laws "reflect a deliberate effort by California to obstruct the United States' enforcement of federal immigration law ." The Trump administration previously released a list of immigration principles to Congress . The list included funding a wall along the U.S. - Mexico border, a crackdown on the influx of Central American minors, and curbs on federal grants to sanctuary cities . A pledge to strip "all federal funding to sanctuary cities" was a key Trump campaign theme . President Trump issued an executive order which declared that jurisdictions that "refuse to comply" with 8 U.S.C. 1373--a provision of federal law on information sharing between local and federal authorities--would be ineligible to receive federal grants . States and cities have shown varying responses to the executive order . Thirty - three states introduced or enacted legislation requiring local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE officers and requests to hold non-citizen inmates for deportation . Other states and cities have responded by not cooperating with federal immigration efforts or showcasing welcoming policies towards immigrants . California openly refused the administration's attempts to "clamp down on sanctuary cities". A federal judge in San Francisco agreed with two California municipalities that a presidential attempt to cut them off from federal funding for not complying with deportation requests is unconstitutional, ultimately issuing a nationwide permanent injunction against the facially unconstitutional provisions of the order . On March 27, 2018, the all - Republican Board of Supervisors in Orange County, California voted to join the Justice Department's lawsuit against the state . In Chicago a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration may not withhold public safety grants to sanctuary cities . These decisions have been seen as a setback to the administration's efforts to force local jurisdictions to help federal authorities with the policing of illegal immigrants . </P>

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