Justice Department sues Los Angeles to end 'sanctuary' immigration policies
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on June 30 against the city of Los Angeles to end policies that restrict cooperation with President Donald Trump's enforcement of immigration laws.
The lawsuit comes after sometimes violent protests in Los Angeles earlier in the month against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, which led Trump to mobilize the National Guard.
It is the latest to challenge so-called 'sanctuary' policies, in which state or local law enforcement do not collaborate with ICE, which the Trump administration contends are unlawful. The department has also sued New York state and filed criminal charges against a Wisconsin judge over immigration enforcement. It also sued federal judges in Maryland on June 25, for blocking deportation orders.
'Sanctuary policies were the driving cause of the violence, chaos, and attacks on law enforcement that Americans recently witnessed in Los Angeles,' Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a statement.
'Jurisdictions like Los Angeles that flout federal law by prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens are undermining law enforcement at every level – it ends under President Trump," Bondi added.
ICE raids earlier this month in Los Angeles sparked several days of protests that included people hurling rocks at federal officials and setting fire to cars. Attacks on federal officials are up 500%, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
"We will keep enforcing federal immigration law in Los Angeles, whether or not the city's government or residents agree with it," Chad Mizelle, the department's chief of staff, said on social media. "And we will not tolerate any interference with the federal government's duty to enforce the law."
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