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.
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 immigration enforcement.
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 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.”
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 administration to criminally probe officials who resist immigration actions
President Donald Trump's administration has directed federal prosecutors to criminally investigate state and local officials who attempt
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.
DOJ Orders Crackdown on Local Efforts to Block Immigration Enforcement
The DOJ instructed prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against officials obstructing federal immigration enforcement.
Can DOJ target Phoenix officials for resisting Trump immigration crackdown? What we know
The Phoenix City Council will meet with attorneys behind closed doors next week to review a Justice Department memo targeting "sanctuary" cities.
Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local ...
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 ...