The counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara in California in addition to King County, Washington and the cities of Portland, Oregon and New Haven, Connecticut have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration alleging it has threatened and unlawfully targeted sanctuary jurisdictions,

The threats of defunding are especially alarming for cities like San Francisco, where services such as Bay Area Rapid Transit are starting at a fiscal cliff. San Francisco and Santa Clara could potentially lose billions of dollars in funding for necessary services, said Chiu and Tony LoPresti, who represents Santa Clara County.

Some local officials are pushing back against the federal government’s assertion that they must help ICE with its deportation campaign.

San Francisco, joined by a coalition of jurisdictions, is filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its threats to punish sanctuary cities that do not assist in immigration enforcement.