The federal government sued the city last week in an effort to permanently block policies that bar agencies from cooperating with ICE in some instances.

The case filed Thursday is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to sanction New York City over its "sanctuary" policies. Earlier this year, the administration began to claw back tens of millions of dollars that had already been allocated by Congress in migrant-crisis reimbursements.

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