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 Californias 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 citys 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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