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Zorro

(17,613 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 03:34 PM 8 hrs ago

Trump administration sues Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. City Council over sanctuary policy

Source: LA Times

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass and City Council members Monday, calling L.A.’s sanctuary city law “illegal” and asking that it be blocked from being enforced.

The lawsuit, filed in California’s Central District federal court by the Trump administration, said the country is “facing a crisis of illegal immigration” and that its efforts to address it “are hindered by Sanctuary Cities such as the City of Los Angeles, which refuse to cooperate or share information, even when requested, with federal immigration authorities.”

Over the last month, immigration agents have descended on Southern California, arresting more than 1,600 immigrants and prompting furious protests in downtown Los Angeles, Paramount and other communities. According to the lawsuit, L.A.’s refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities since June 6 has resulted in “lawlessness, rioting, looting, and vandalism.”

“The situation became so dire that the Federal Government deployed the California National Guard and United States Marines to quell the chaos,” the lawsuit states. “A direct confrontation with federal immigration authorities was the inevitable outcome of the Sanctuary City law.”

Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi called the city’s sanctuary policies “the driving cause of the violence, chaos, and attacks on law enforcement that Americans recently witnessed in Los Angeles.”

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-30/department-of-justice-sues-los-angeles

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Trump administration sues Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. City Council over sanctuary policy (Original Post) Zorro 8 hrs ago OP
No more police escorts for this administration or Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #1
"...refuse to cooperate or share information, even when requested, with federal immigration authorities." J_William_Ryan 50 min ago #2

J_William_Ryan

(2,832 posts)
2. "...refuse to cooperate or share information, even when requested, with federal immigration authorities."
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:08 PM
50 min ago

The Constitution prohibits the Federal government from compelling states and local jurisdictions to enforce Federal laws, including immigration laws.

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