Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined attorneys general from 10 other states in a court brief supporting President Trump's executive order against sanctuary cities.

In an amicus brief filed Dec. 22, the attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a ruling by a district judge in California blocking enforcement of Trump's order.

Trump's order sought to stop sanctuary cities from receiving certain federal funds, to the extent allowed by law.

"If local entities are allowed to interfere with the enforcement of federal immigration laws, then criminal illegal immigrants may take refuge and endanger the surrounding communities," Marshall said in a news release.

West Virginia and Louisiana led the coalition of states supporting the president's order. Others were Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.

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