03/07/2018

Trump Administration Sues California Over Immigration Laws

The Department of Justice is setting its sights on sanctuary cities

Late Tuesday, the Trump administration escalated what had been a war of words over California’s immigration agenda by filing a lawsuit that amounted to a pre-emptive strike against the liberal state’s so-called "sanctuary laws."

The Department of Justice sued California; Gov. Jerry Brown; and Xavier Becerra, the state’s attorney general, over three state laws passed in recent months, saying they made it impossible for federal immigration officials to do their jobs and deport criminals who were born outside the United States. The Justice Department called the laws unconstitutional and asked a judge to block them.

The lawsuit was the department’s boldest attack yet against California, one of the strongest opponents of the Trump administration’s efforts to curb immigration. It also served as a warning to Democratic lawmakers and elected officials nationwide who have enacted sanctuary policies that provide protections for undocumented immigrants.

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