DOJ Sues 4 Cities in New Jersey Over ‘Sanctuary’ Policies

The Trump administration on Thursday launched legal action against four Democrat-led cities in New Jersey over their so-called sanctuary policies. The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed the lawsuit in the New Jersey district court against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Hoboken, along with their city officials. The lawsuit seeks a judgment against them and an injunction to stop them from enforcing sanctuary city policies, according to the 24-page complaint. Yaakov M. Roth, acting assistant attorney general, accused the cities of denying federal immigration agents access to illegal immigrants in local jails, forbidding local police from delivering them to federal immigration agents, and barring local officers from providing necessary information to federal authorities....