Justice Department emphasizes immigration, threatening to prosecute state, local officials who resist Trump agenda
The Justice Department's new leadership directed prosecutors to potentially charge state or local officials who impede President Trump's immigration policies.
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.
Federal memo directs prosecutors to probe efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department has directed prosecutors to investigate any state and local officials who may stand in the way of the Trump administration's efforts
Trump's Justice Department is looking to crack down on local authorities that won't play ball on immigration
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said that local laws that don't match Trump's immigration plans threaten national security.
Top Trump DOJ official lays groundwork for immigration crackdown
A top US Justice Department official installed by Donald Trump warned prosecutors that they must comply with the president’s hard-line immigration agenda and laid the groundwork for a clash with state and city officials who don’t cooperate with the administration’s crackdown.
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 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.
Trump DOJ cracks down on immigration enforcement in new memo: 'Vitally important work'
The Trump administration's Department of Justice issued a memo Tuesday announcing a crackdown on the enforcement of federal immigration rules.
Trump DOJ Orders Probes Into State, Local Immigration Resistors
The message to all DOJ employees from new Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove lays out a “newly established Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group.”
Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
The directives to Justice Department employees could face fierce blowback from legal advocacy groups and officials in cities and states led by Democrats.
The Justice Dept. Asserted Its Immigration Authority
The Justice Department threatened in a new memo to prosecute local officials who refuse to help President Trump carry out his immigration agenda. The directive raised the possibility of clashes between the Trump administration and Democrats in so-called sanctuary cities and states.
DOJ to investigate state or local officials who obstruct immigration enforcement: memo
A new DOJ memo signals that federal prosecutors should launch investigations into state and local officials who obstruct ...
Donald Trump's 'Revenge Tour' Raises Legal Questions: Attorneys
Legal experts react to a DOJ memo ordering federal prosecutors to investigate officials who hinder Trump's mass deportation ...