The Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over local laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, saying the statutes unlawfully thwart immigration arrests and conflict with federal immigration law.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced a lawsuit against New York City’s so-called sanctuary city policies, days after the Trump administration blamed those policies for the shooting of an off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer in Manhattan.

After a federal judge threw out the Trump Administration's lawsuit against sanctuary cities in Illinois, the government looks towards New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested a 38-year-old man from Côte d'Ivoire on July 23 following his release from

Federal immigration authorities are ramping up enforcement across New York City in a major 2025 crackdown, targeting “sanctuary” policies and sparking fierce backlash.

Something unusual is happening in U.S. immigration courts. Government lawyers are refusing to give their names during public hearings. In June 2025, Immigration Judge ShaSha Xu in New York City reportedly told lawyers in her courtroom: “We’re not really doing names publicly.

President Trump has been in office for more than six months, and we are already seeing an impact in the Capital Region.