The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit in search of to finish sanctuary metropolis regulation insurance policies in New York Metropolis, arguing that the legal guidelines that defend migrants violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Structure.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Brooklyn Federal Court docket, cites Sunday’s taking pictures of an off-duty Customs and Border Patrol officer in Fort Washington Park and the arrest of two migrants within the nation illegally and contends that town has “long been at the vanguard of interfering with enforcing this country’s immigration laws.”
The lawsuit is in search of to finish metropolis legal guidelines barring using metropolis sources and NYPD officers getting used for immigration enforcement, and stopping metropolis businesses just like the Division of Correction and the police from honoring civil immigration detainers.
“The challenged provisions of New York City law reflect the City’s intentional effort to obstruct the United States’ enforcement of federal immigration law, by (among much else) impeding the consultation and communication between federal and local law enforcement officials that is necessary for the United States to enforce the law and keep Americans safe,” the lawsuit contends.
“New York City’s Sanctuary Provisions have the purpose and effect of making it more difficult for federal immigration officers to carry out their responsibilities in that jurisdiction.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday blamed the mayor and New York’s sanctuary metropolis insurance policies for the taking pictures of the off-duty Customs and Border Patrol agent.
“This officer is in the hospital today, fighting for his life, because of the policies of the mayor of the city and the City Council and the people that were in charge of keeping the public safe refused to do so,” Noem mentioned. “When I look at what Mayor Adams has done to New York City, it breaks my heart to see the families that have suffered because of his policies.”
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Initially Revealed: July 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM EDT
