20 Democrat states have just sued President Trump over his executive order that would cut federal funding to sanctuary cities if they don’t comply with federal immigration policies.

Here’s the news via Axios:

A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general is suing President Trump’s administration over threats to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding if they don’t follow his immigration enforcement polices.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who’s leading the two lawsuits, said at a Tuesday briefing threats to cut funds for emergency services and infrastructure maintenance represented “a blatantly illegal attempt to bully states” into enacting Trump’s agenda.

Trump signed executive orders last month directing federal agencies to document “sanctuary cities” that are not complying with his immigration agenda and the White House said those that failed to do so “may lose federal funding.”

States signed onto the suit include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.

“We are experiencing creeping authoritarianism in this country, and as a people we must continue to resist,” said Peter Neronha, attorney general of Rhode Island, where the lawsuit was filed, in a statement.

“Using the safety of Americans as collateral, the Trump Administration is once again illegally subverting the Congress, bullying the states to relinquish their right, ensured by the Constitution, to enact policies and laws that best serve their residents.”

“Americans would all be better off if these Democrat attorneys general focused on prosecuting criminals and working with the Trump administration to address the toll of gangster illegal aliens on their communities instead of playing political games,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a media statement.

These states and cities do their damnedest to put the lives of federal ICE officers in jeopardy by refusing to cooperate with them on detainer requests, and thus the safety of their own citizens in these cities as well. Why should they be getting taxpayer funding for anything?

Let’s just hope the courts see it Trump’s way, so we can finally hold these sanctuary cities accountable and possibly get rid of them altogether.