Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed a bill into law that bans “sanctuary cities” in the state. House Bill 200, which was approved last month by the Montana’s Republican-led state legislature, prohibits state agencies and local governments from blocking local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal immigration law. It also authorizes the state’s attorney general to monitor violations and bring civil action against jurisdictions that fail to comply. Specifically, local jurisdictions within Montana cannot adopt any policy that may restrict the sharing of certain information on “citizenship or immigration status” with the federal government or local police responses to federal immigration detainers. They will lose access to state grants and face a $10,000 fine for every 5 days they are not in compliance with the law. “We are a nation of laws, and immigration laws will be enforced in Montana,” Gianforte said in a statement, reported the Daily Montanan. The …