{"id":28272,"date":"2025-06-30T22:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28272\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:43:08","slug":"trump-administration-sues-la-over-sanctuary-city-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/28272\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Administration Sues LA Over Sanctuary City Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump Administration is suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies that limit the city\u2019s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, claiming that they led to \u201clawlessness\u201d when thousands of people took to the streets<\/a> earlier this month to protest the President\u2019s mass-deportation operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed<\/a> a lawsuit against the city on Monday, alleging that L.A.\u2019s sanctuary city policies are \u201cillegal\u201d and \u201cinterfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government\u2019s enforcement of federal immigration law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe practical upshot of Los Angeles\u2019 refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities has, since June 6, 2025, been lawlessness, rioting, looting, and vandalism,\u201d the DOJ alleges in the suit. \u201cThe situation became so dire that the Federal Government deployed the California National Guard and United States Marines to quell the chaos.”<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s efforts to conduct mass deportations have sparked pushback from voters, politicians, and courts across the country. Earlier this month, thousands of people in L.A. protested<\/a> Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting undocumented immigrants in the city. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, but some escalated amid clashes with law enforcement officers. Trump mobilized<\/a> National Guard troops to quell the protests against the wishes of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2014a rare and controversial<\/a> exercise of presidential power that prompted Newsom to sue<\/a> Trump. In a statement<\/a> about the suit, Newsom accused the President of \u201cintentionally causing chaos, terrorizing communities, and endangering the principles of our great democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a press release<\/a> announcing the Trump Administration\u2019s lawsuit against L.A. on Monday, Attorney General Pamela Bondi blamed L.A.\u2019s sanctuary city policies as \u201cthe driving cause\u201d of the \u201cchaos\u201d during the anti-ICE protests in the city earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cJurisdictions like Los Angeles that flout federal law by prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens are undermining law enforcement at every level\u2014it ends under President Trump,\u201d she said in the press release.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what to know about the situation.<\/p>\n

What are L.A.\u2019s sanctuary city policies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Nov. 19, the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to establish L.A. as a sanctuary city, barring any municipal resources\u2014such as property or personnel\u2014from being used for immigration enforcement purposes.<\/p>\n

According to a city councilmember’s press release<\/a> at the time, the policy \u201cprohibits the direct and indirect sharing of data with federal immigration authorities,\u201d which it called \u201can important gap to close in our city\u2019s protections for immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 1.35 million immigrants live in L.A., making up more than 34% of the city\u2019s population, according to the press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than one out of three people who live in Los Angeles, including my own parents, are immigrants. One in ten are undocumented,\u201d L.A. Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez said in the press release. \u201cWe refuse to stand by and let Donald Trump deport our neighbors, family, friends, and coworkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

What other cities are sanctuary cities?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many other cities<\/a> across the country are sanctuary cities, including Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Roughly a dozen states have put similar policies in place, as have a number of counties.<\/p>\n

While there is no legal or universal definition of what a sanctuary city is, jurisdictions that adopt such policies typically restrict the extent to which the local government can share information or cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agents.<\/p>\n

Read More: <\/strong>What Are Sanctuary Cities and Why Is Trump Targeting Them?<\/a><\/p>\n

How has the Trump Administration sought to crack down on sanctuary cities?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Administration has targeted<\/a> sanctuary cities since his second term began. On his first day back in office, Trump signed<\/a> an Executive Order directing the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions \u201cdo not receive access to Federal funds.\u201d More than a dozen cities and counties sued the Trump Administration and, in April, a federal judge blocked<\/a> the Administration from denying sanctuary jurisdictions federal dollars.<\/p>\n

In February, the DOJ sued<\/a> the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago, alleging that their sanctuary city policies are interfering with federal immigration enforcement efforts. The Trump Administration has also sued<\/a> four cities in New Jersey over their sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in May posted what it referred to as a \u201ccomprehensive list\u201d of dozens of jurisdictions that DHS said had such policies in place, accusing them<\/a> of \u201cdeliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws and endangering American citizens\u201d and demanding that they \u201creview and revise their policies to align with federal immigration laws.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are exposing these sanctuary politicians who harbor criminal illegal aliens and defy federal law. President Trump and I will always put the safety of the American people first. Sanctuary politicians are on notice: comply with federal law,\u201d DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement at the time.<\/p>\n

The list was removed from the department\u2019s official website days later, after local officials across the country questioned their jurisdictions\u2019 inclusions and criticized the department for a lack of transparency in the process, according to NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump Administration is suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies that limit the city\u2019s cooperation with federal…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337,9880],"class_list":{"0":"post-28272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-news-desk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114774737072233440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28272","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=28272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}