Justice Department, Trump and immigration

Justice Department emphasizes immigration, threatening to prosecute state, local officials who resist Trump agenda
The Justice Department's new leadership directed prosecutors to potentially charge state or local officials who impede President Trump's immigration policies.
Trump administration directs Justice Department to step up immigration enforcement
The acting deputy attorney general issued a memo directing the DOJ to significantly overhaul its approach to immigration enforcement.
Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
The directives to Justice Department employees could face fierce blowback from legal advocacy groups and officials in cities and states led by Democrats.
Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement
A memo from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove instructs officials to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration's immigration efforts.
Justice Department to investigate local officials who obstruct immigration enforcement
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.
Justice Department career officials reshuffled to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda
Justice Department career officials were reassigned to advance Donald Trump's immigration agenda, an official familiar with the matter told USA TODAY.
Trump tells Justice Department not to enforce TikTok ban for 75 days
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday that gives TikTok a 75-day extension during which the United States will not enforce the law meant to force the app’s owner to sell the company.
Trump Administration to Criminally Probe Officials Who Resist Immigration Actions
President Donald Trump's administration has directed federal prosecutors to criminally investigate state and local officials who attempt to resist its immigration enforcement efforts, according to a memo to Justice Department staff seen by Reuters.
DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
U.S. attorneys’ offices were told to investigate any official who defies federal immigration enforcement efforts and consider prosecuting them.
DOJ threatens to prosecute officials who resist Trump's immigration agenda
The Justice Department's new leadership directed prosecutors to potentially charge state or local officials who impede President Trump's immigration policies.
Trump's Justice Department is looking to crack down on local authorities that won't play ball on immigration
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove said that local laws that don't match Trump's immigration plans threaten national security.
Trump’s orders have a common theme: Have the Justice Dept. handle it
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...
Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s ...
Career Justice Department officials reassigned to different positions: reports
The U.S. Justice Department reportedly moved several senior officials to other divisions ahead of the Senate's anticipated ...
American, JetBlue to pay states' legal fees in antitrust lawsuit
American Airlines and JetBlue have agreed to pay a group of U.S. states nearly $2 million in legal fees after the states won ...
New Justice Department directive a warning for Minnesota’s sanctuary cities
A Department of Justice directive for federal prosecutors to investigate local officials who stand in the way of immigration ...
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Sonya Massey killing inquiry resolved by Justice Department
Investigation into racism and disability discrimination has been resolved with a new agreement between Department of Justice ...
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Trump’s AG pick Bondi questioned about potential weaponization of Justice Department
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be the country’s top law enforcement officer, was interrogated by ...
'Scales of justice will be rebalanced': Donald Trump becomes 47th President of United States
Trump said that America will soon be “greater, stronger, and far more exceptional than ever before”. “Sunlight is pouring ...