Bloomberg Law
Jan. 31, 2017, 10:15 PM UTC

Trump Delays Signing Cyber Order to Focus on Immigration Suit

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By Justin Sink and Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg News

President Donald Trump delayed the planned signing of a directive on cybersecurity Tuesday afternoon as White House staff stepped up attention to legal challenges against his immigration executive orders.

Administration discussions of a lawsuit San Francisco officials filed challenging a Trump order to withhold funds from so-called sanctuary cities complicated the president’s schedule on a busy day in which he also plans to announce his Supreme Court nominee, a White House aide said. Critics dubbed as sanctuary cities municipalities that have adopted a policy of protecting undocumented immigrants by not prosecuting them ...

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