So punishing states which don’t follow arbitrary mandatory speed limits, drinking ages, and smoking ages is good, ones which don’t follow federal laws regarding immigration is bad.
Yes, that’s where we are at. They are setting this up, with this judge, so that there is no consistent standard regarding federal laws or federal funds. It all depends on the whim of whoever wants to push a certain policy position.
Since those who want open borders/lenient enforcement oppose efforts to deny federal funding to sanctuary cities, they have decided to find a judge who agrees. They don’t care or understand that this violates existing law or court precedents. All that matters is the current policy position they are pushing.