\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over its \u201csanctuary city\u201d policies, arguing they are obstructing the government from enforcing immigration law and contributed to the recent shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.The federal lawsuit is the latest in a series of suits brought by the Justice Department targeting state or city policies seen as interfering with immigration enforcement.\u201cNew York City has released thousands of criminals on the streets to commit violent crimes against law-abiding citizens due to sanctuary city policies,\u201d Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a news release. \u201cIf New York City won\u2019t stand up for the safety of its citizens, we will.\u201dThe lawsuit \u2014 which also names Mayor Eric Adams, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and numerous other city officials and departments \u2014 targets policies that include barring city law enforcement from honoring civil immigration detainers by holding people in custody past their release date.Kayla Mamelak Altus, a spokesperson for Adams, said the mayor \u201csupports the essence\u201d of the city\u2019s policies but has urged the City Council \u201cto reexamine them to ensure we can effectively work with the federal government to make our city safer\u201d when it comes to dealing with \u201cviolent criminals.\u201d She added: \u201cSo far, the Council has refused.\u201dA representative for the City Council did not immediately return a request for comment.The suit comes after Trump officials on Monday blamed the city\u2019s sanctuary policies for the shooting of a Customs and Border Protection officer in a Manhattan park over the weekend. The officer was off duty and not in uniform at the time.Authorities have said the two men apprehended in connection with Saturday\u2019s robbery-gone-wrong have been arrested a number of times since they entered the country illegally from the Dominican Republic in recent years. One of the men had been released following a 2024 arrest despite an active detainer, according to the lawsuit.Police say the 42-year-old officer had been sitting with a woman in a park beneath the George Washington Bridge when two men approached on a moped. The officer, who has not been named, drew his service weapon and exchanged gunfire with one of the men. The officer was shot in the face and arm while the suspect was hit in the groin and leg.The lawsuit says New York City’s policies violate the supremacy clause of the Constitution by interfering with the enforcement of federal law. Similar lawsuits have been filed in recent months against New York state; Colorado; Rochester, New York; Los Angeles; and elsewhere.\u201cNew York City has long been at the vanguard of interfering with enforcing this country\u2019s immigration laws,\u201d the lawsuit says. \u201cIts history as a sanctuary city dates back to 1989, and its efforts to thwart federal immigration enforcement have only intensified since.\u201dIt says city policies limiting cooperation and information sharing with federal agents conflict with federal law.New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman said the city \u201chas no obligation to redirect its resources to take on federal immigration enforcement, let alone the cruel and lawless deportation campaign the Trump regime is waging.\u201d\u201cNew York City\u2019s decades-old, bipartisan sanctuary laws have made our city safer, supported our economy, strengthened our communities, and made it easier for our people to access vital services,” Lieberman said.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tNEW YORK \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over its \u201csanctuary city\u201d policies, arguing they are obstructing the government from enforcing immigration law and contributed to the recent shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.<\/p>\n The federal lawsuit is the latest in a series of suits brought by the Justice Department targeting state or city policies seen as interfering with immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n \u201cNew York City has released thousands of criminals on the streets to commit violent crimes against law-abiding citizens due to sanctuary city policies,\u201d Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a news release. \u201cIf New York City won\u2019t stand up for the safety of its citizens, we will.\u201d<\/p>\n The lawsuit \u2014 which also names Mayor Eric Adams, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and numerous other city officials and departments \u2014 targets policies that include barring city law enforcement from honoring civil immigration detainers by holding people in custody past their release date.<\/p>\n Kayla Mamelak Altus, a spokesperson for Adams, said the mayor \u201csupports the essence\u201d of the city\u2019s policies but has urged the City Council \u201cto reexamine them to ensure we can effectively work with the federal government to make our city safer\u201d when it comes to dealing with \u201cviolent criminals.\u201d She added: \u201cSo far, the Council has refused.\u201d<\/p>\n A representative for the City Council did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n The suit comes after Trump officials on Monday blamed the city\u2019s sanctuary policies for the shooting of a Customs and Border Protection officer in a Manhattan park over the weekend. The officer was off duty and not in uniform at the time.<\/p>\n Authorities have said the two men apprehended in connection with Saturday\u2019s robbery-gone-wrong have been arrested a number of times since they entered the country illegally from the Dominican Republic in recent years. One of the men had been released following a 2024 arrest despite an active detainer, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n Police say the 42-year-old officer had been sitting with a woman in a park beneath the George Washington Bridge when two men approached on a moped. The officer, who has not been named, drew his service weapon and exchanged gunfire with one of the men. The officer was shot in the face and arm while the suspect was hit in the groin and leg.<\/p>\n The lawsuit says New York City’s policies violate the supremacy clause of the Constitution by interfering with the enforcement of federal law. Similar lawsuits have been filed in recent months against New York state; Colorado; Rochester, New York; Los Angeles; and elsewhere.<\/p>\n \u201cNew York City has long been at the vanguard of interfering with enforcing this country\u2019s immigration laws,\u201d the lawsuit says. \u201cIts history as a sanctuary city dates back to 1989, and its efforts to thwart federal immigration enforcement have only intensified since.\u201d<\/p>\n It says city policies limiting cooperation and information sharing with federal agents conflict with federal law.<\/p>\n New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman said the city \u201chas no obligation to redirect its resources to take on federal immigration enforcement, let alone the cruel and lawless deportation campaign the Trump regime is waging.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNew York City\u2019s decades-old, bipartisan sanctuary laws have made our city safer, supported our economy, strengthened our communities, and made it easier for our people to access vital services,” Lieberman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over its \u201csanctuary city\u201d policies, arguing they are obstructing…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":91409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,60672,60681,5310,60677,32328,8140,60673,14505,60674,60678,17239,24099,42832,15428,2089,60682,5288,405,403,60675,5226,5225,5228,5227,4531,60676,153,24098,60679,26012,27754,60680,6620,4352,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-91408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-attorney-general-pamela-bondi","10":"tag-border-protection-officer","11":"tag-city-council","12":"tag-civil-immigration-detainers","13":"tag-constitution","14":"tag-criminal","15":"tag-customs-and-border-protection-officer","16":"tag-dominican-republic","17":"tag-donna-lieberman","18":"tag-federal-law","19":"tag-federal-lawsuit","20":"tag-immigration-enforcement","21":"tag-immigration-law","22":"tag-justice-department","23":"tag-man","24":"tag-manhattan-park","25":"tag-mayor-eric-adams","26":"tag-new-york","27":"tag-new-york-city","28":"tag-new-york-civil-liberties-union","29":"tag-newyork","30":"tag-newyorkcity","31":"tag-ny","32":"tag-nyc","33":"tag-officer","34":"tag-police-commissioner-jessica-tisch","35":"tag-policy","36":"tag-sanctuary-city","37":"tag-sanctuary-city-policies","38":"tag-shnd","39":"tag-suit","40":"tag-supremacy-clause","41":"tag-time","42":"tag-trump-administration","43":"tag-united-states","44":"tag-united-states-of-america","45":"tag-unitedstates","46":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","47":"tag-us","48":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91408","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=91408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}