Justice Dept. to Investigate Local Officials Who Obstruct Immigration Enforcement
A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.
DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials for resisting immigration enforcement
In a new memo, a Justice Department official seeks to realign the department's positions on immigration with President Trump's executive actions — and threatens local officials who don't cooperate.
DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.
Democratic AGs push back against DOJ's immigration enforcement directive
Democratic attorneys general are vowing to sue the Trump administration if the Department of Justice follows through on a recent directive requiring some local law enforcement to participate in federal immigration crackdowns.
Trump administration will investigate state and local officials who hinder immigration crackdown
The Justice Department will investigate state and local officials who stand in the way of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown: memo.
Justice Department Directs Prosecutors to Probe Local Efforts to Obstruct Immigration Enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration
Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown
A memo from the acting deputy attorney general instructs officials to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration's immigration efforts.
Oregon, Washington education leaders enact safeguards amid directive for ICE arrests
Washington officials are releasing new information to safeguard migrant students in K-12 schools.It comes days after a new directive from President Donald Trump ...
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Congress clears GOP-led immigration enforcement bill, with Democrats on board
The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would ...
Trump grants deportation powers to DEA, ATF, and other law enforcement agencies
Donald Trump is leaning on agencies besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help execute his promise of carrying out mass deportations.
Pierce County leaders respond to warning not to interfere with immigration enforcement
A U.S. Justice Department memo this week made clear that federal prosecutors should investigate and potentially prosecute local and state officials who interfere with immigration enforcement, a key ...
ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office, sources say
The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one ...
Trump Eyes Military Prisons to Expand Immigration Detention
An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about ...
Nearly 90% Hispanic Eastern WA city assures residents ‘no immigration raids’ occurring
About 87% of the Central Washington community of Sunnyside identifies as either Hispanic or Latino, according to 2024 U.S.
US agents raid New Jersey business, detaining migrants and citizens, mayor says
U.S. immigration agents raided a business establishment in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday and detained undocumented residents as well as citizens, including a U.S. military veteran, the city's mayor ...
U.S. deploys 1,500 troops to southern border amid immigration crackdown
The Trump administration has ordered 1,500 U.S. military troops to the southern border as part of a crackdown on undocumented ...