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.
DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials for resisting immigration enforcement
In a new memo, a Justice Department official seeks to realign the department's positions on immigration with President Trump's executive actions — and threatens local officials who don't cooperate.
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
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.
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.
Trump DOJ gears up for immigration enforcement
The acting deputy AG directed the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces to help with Trump's "immigration-related initiatives,” according to a memo.
Trump's DOJ to investigate sanctuary city officials who resist immigration crackdown
Fla., discusses President Donald Trump's swift action on illegal immigration and the DOJ directive to investigate state and local officials who obstruct law enforcement.
Trump administration directs Justice Department to step up immigration enforcement
The Trump administration is directing the Justice Department to dramatically boost its efforts on immigration enforcement, making it an agency top priority.
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.
Pierce County leaders respond to warning not to interfere with immigration enforcement
A U.S. Justice Department memo this week made clear that federal prosecutors should investigate and potentially prosecute local and state officials who interfere with immigration enforcement, a key ...
Trump grants deportation powers to DEA, ATF, and other law enforcement agencies
Donald Trump is leaning on agencies besides Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help execute his promise of carrying out mass deportations.
Trump Eyes Military Prisons to Expand Immigration Detention
An estimated 11.7 million people are living in the U.S. illegally, and ICE currently has the budget to detain only about ...
ICE planning to ramp up arrests in major U.S. cities after Trump takes office, sources say
The locations expected to be targeted by deportation teams from ICE include those with large populations of immigrants, one ...
ICE officers blitz US, arresting 460 immigrants under Trump’s mass deportation operation: Report
Federal law enforcement officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have begun carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation operation, making arrests this week in Boston and other ...
U.S. deploys 1,500 troops to southern border amid immigration crackdown
The Trump administration has ordered 1,500 U.S. military troops to the southern border as part of a crackdown on undocumented ...
House passes Laken Riley Act as Trump begins immigration crackdown
The bill would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants accused of theft ...
Laken Riley Act: Lightning-rod immigration bill set to go to Trump's desk after House passage
The Laken Riley Act will now go to Trump's desk and symbolically will become the first measure he signs into law of his ...