A group of mayors canceled a planned meeting with President Trump at the White House Wednesday, after the Trump administration again threatened to cut off police funding to so-called sanctuary cities, where local law enforcement refuse to collaborate with immigration agents in carrying out Trump’s mass deportations. Among the mayors was New York City’s Bill de Blasio, who tweeted he was skipping the meeting because “@realDonaldTrump’s Department of Justice decided to renew their racist assault on our immigrant communities.”
This is Mayor de Blasio.

Mayor Bill de Blasio: “This letter explicitly threatens our funding once again, threatens to subpoena our personnel, on the very day where, in principle, they were telling us they wanted to have an honest dialogue. This proves there was no intention to have an honest dialogue. I came down here ready to have a serious meeting, and what I got was a publicity stunt from the Trump administration.”