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federal immigration law
Coverage of federal immigration law in the Nexus archive.
- Judge dismisses Trump administration’s lawsuit against LA over ‘sanctuary city’ ordinance
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Los Angeles over its sanctuary city ordinance, ruling that federal law does not explicitly preempt the city’s policy restricting municipal resources for immigration enforcement. The judge allowed the Justice Department to amend claims against the city but not individual defendants, and the city emphasized the ordinance aims to protect victims and witnesses regardless of immigration status.