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.
Trump administration directs Justice Department to step up immigration enforcement
The acting deputy attorney general issued a memo directing the DOJ to significantly overhaul its approach to immigration enforcement.
Trump administration: Immigration
California, a coalition of other states and the city of San Francisco have sued the Trump administration over President Trump’s executive order aimed at ending birthright citizenship, calling it unconstitutional. The swap that freed two Americans was brokered before President Biden left office Monday, according to a Trump administration official.
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.
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 to resist its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a memo to Justice Department staff seen by Reuters.
Justice Department career officials reshuffled to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda
Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.
Trump fired four top immigration court officials hours after taking office
The Trump administration fired four top officials at the DOJ’s Executive Office of Immigration Review, which oversees U.S. immigration courts, late Monday.
Trump administration warns city, state officials not to resist immigration crackdown
President Donald Trump's administration has directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe state and local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day he took office.
Trump DOJ Official Lays Groundwork for Immigration Crackdown
Justice Department employees were told to support Donald Trump’s immigration agenda by sharing data collected on people in the country illegally with federal immigration enforcers.
Trump’s three-day immigration blitz severely tightens border, sets stage for rapid deportations
The Trump administration has moved with lightning speed to roll out the president’s immigration agenda, effectively closing ...
House to vote on Laken Riley Act, teeing up immigration crackdown
The House will vote on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.
DOJ Orders Crackdown on Local Efforts to Block Immigration Enforcement
The DOJ instructed prosecutors to pursue criminal charges against officials obstructing federal immigration enforcement.
Philly DA Larry Krasner says he won’t break the law for Trump’s immigration crackdown
"My office is a law enforcement entity. We are going to follow the constitution and uphold the law," Krasner said as Trump ...
House poised to pass 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 ...
Former top DOJ immigration official says she was removed with no explanation
A former top DOJ immigration official who was removed from her position by new leadership tells ABC News that she did not ...
Trump’s immigration crackdown is here
In line with Trump’s edict, CNN’s Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez, Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann report. They’re ...
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 ...
Trump announced big changes to U.S. immigration. Here’s how they could affect Florida
Trump issued an executive order limiting birthright citizenship to only the children of legal permanent residents or American ...