Overview

• The Department of Justice filed the lawsuit on June 30 in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seeking to enjoin the city’s sanctuary ordinance.
• The suit names Mayor Karen Bass, Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson and the full City Council, accusing Los Angeles of obstructing federal immigration law.
• It alleges that the sanctuary policies discriminate against federal authorities and violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
• City officials have condemned the action as an attack on local democracy and are preparing pretrial motions in the coming weeks.
• This legal move is the latest in a coordinated federal campaign targeting sanctuary jurisdictions in New York, New Jersey, Colorado and beyond.