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 to investigate local officials who won’t enforce Trump immigration policies: Report
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is directing federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who won’t enforce the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws
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.
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.
DOJ orders probe into local efforts, including in NYC, to block immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials obstructing Trump's deportation plans, including those in New York, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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.
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 ...
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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 ...