{"id":27980,"date":"2025-06-30T20:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27980\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:12:08","slug":"trump-administration-sues-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-city-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/27980\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Sues Los Angeles Over Sanctuary City Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/30\/politics\/los-angeles-sanctuary-city-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles<\/a>, Mayor <strong>Karen Bass<\/strong>, and the City Council over the city&#8217;s sanctuary city policy. The policy, enacted following President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>&#8216;s 2024 election victory, restricts city resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement. The Justice Department claims that these laws interfere with federal immigration law enforcement and violate the Constitution&#8217;s Supremacy Clause, which prevents local governments from obstructing federal law enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/justice-department-sues-la-over-immigration-enforcement-policies-2025-06-30\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles&#8217; refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities has led to increased lawlessness<\/a>, including rioting and vandalism. The federal government responded by deploying the California National Guard and United States Marines to restore order. Attorney General Pamela Bondi stated, &#8220;Sanctuary policies were the driving cause of the violence, chaos, and attacks on law enforcement that Americans recently witnessed in Los Angeles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/trump-administration-sues-la-mayor-bass-city-council-sanctuary-immigration-policies\/16891225\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit seeks to have Los Angeles&#8217; policies declared invalid<\/a>, arguing that they prevent local officials from assisting federal agents and sharing information necessary for enforcing federal immigration laws. U.S. Attorney <strong>Bill Essayli<\/strong> emphasized that the city&#8217;s ordinance contributes to a &#8220;lawless and unsafe environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles&#8217; sanctuary policies generally prohibit local resources, including police officers, from participating in federal immigration enforcement, except in cases involving serious or violent crimes. The lawsuit is part of President Trump&#8217;s broader effort to challenge sanctuary cities across the United States, a stance he has frequently highlighted, even threatening to withhold federal funding from such cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass, and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[24168,1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-27980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ai-assisted","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114774143562828404","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}