SEATTLE, WA - Seattle city leaders pushed back against President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration on Wednesday, with Mayor Ed Murray vowing the city "will not be bullied" by Trump's orders, which threaten to strip federal funding from sanctuary cities.

As a sanctuary city, Seattle does not actively inquire about immigration status or cooperate with federal immigration officials in deportations. Seattle police, for example, do not inquire about or report the immigration status of citizens as a matter of routine, unless someone is suspected of a felony. Murray called Wednesday the darkest day for immigrants since the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. He stood next to his husband, Michael Shiosaki, whose Japanese-American parents, Murray said, weren't allowed to vote or own property until the 1950s.

"So Mr. President, this city has been here before, and we are not going back," he said. Trump has threatened to strip sanctuary cities and counties - like King County - of federal funding, mainly grants from the departments of Justice and Homeland Security. Murray says he has directed his department heads to prepare for possible budget cuts in light of the executive orders. If Trump honors his threat to withdraw federal funding, Seattle could lose about $75 million.

"We are prepared to take any legal avenues to ensure immigrants remain in this city and that the U.S. Constitution is not violated. We will not, as we did in World War II, allow our police to become deputies of the federal government and round up immigrants. We will fight any attempt to strip federal funding from the city. Seattle remains committed, as I said, to being a welcoming city."

Despite the strong showing from city officials, reaction in local communities was mixed.

At the Amin International Grocery store in the Othello neighborhood, a man named Abdirnasir - he declined to give his last name - said that Trump's ban on refugees from certain countries "makes sense." Abdinasir came to Seattle in 2000 with his family as a refugee from Somalia - one of the countries Trump has banned - but over the years, he's found that dropping refugees in the U.S. isn't always best for them. There are too many resources devoted to refugees, he says, which causes them to become complacent.

Still, he thinks Trump is "a little dangerous."

"I like a lot of the things he's doing," he said "I'd like a little shakeup, but not total destruction." On Beacon Hill at the La Esperanza de Seattle market, an employee struck a similar chord. He didn't want to give his name, but he was in favor of deporting illegal immigrants who are criminals or who come the U.S. and don't work.