New York City is joining Seattle and Portland, Ore., to file a complaint against the Trump administration in a Seattle court on Thursday over the administration labeling them as "jurisdictions that permit anarchy," which could affect the cities' federal funding.

"It’s morally wrong, it’s legally unacceptable, it’s unconstitutional and we’re going to fight it," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, said at a press conference on Thursday. "I said weeks ago if the Trump administration persisted in trying to illegally take away funding from New York City we would take them to court, and we will beat them in court.

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