(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A federal judge has tossed out a Trump administration lawsuit challenging ‘sanctuary’ policies in several New Jersey cities that restrict local cooperation with immigration crackdowns.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Evelyn Padin, issued Thursday, rejected claims by the Department of Justice that laws in Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken prohibiting local police from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to apprehend suspected undocumented immigrants violate the U.S. Constitution and are preempted by federal law.
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