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The Trump administration sued Los Angeles, its mayor and other top city officials Monday, claiming its sanctuary policy toward illegal migrants discriminates against federal law enforcement.
The suit names embattled Mayor Karen Bass and the entire LA city council, including its president Marqueece Harris-Dawson, as defendants, claiming the city’s policies thwart immigration authorities from enforcing federal law.
“Sanctuary City laws and policies are designed to deliberately impede federal immigration officers’ ability to carry out their responsibilities in those jurisdictions,” the lawsuit reads in part.
“The Los Angeles Ordinance and other policies intentionally discriminate against the Federal Government by treating federal immigration authorities differently.”
Attorney General Pam Bondi blasted Tinseltown in a statement.
“Sanctuary policies were the driving cause of the violence, chaos, and attacks on law enforcement that Americans recently witnessed in Los Angeles,” she said.
“Jurisdictions like Los Angeles that flout federal law by prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens are undermining law enforcement at every level — it ends under President Trump.”
The suit follows violent anti-ICE protests across downtown Los Angeles earlier this month, in which rioters attacked immigration authorities, burned cars in the streets, and vandalized and looted local businesses.
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