Overview

• The Department of Justice has filed a federal lawsuit against Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City, and Paterson, targeting their sanctuary city policies.
• The suit alleges these policies obstruct federal immigration agents by restricting access to detainees and limiting information sharing with ICE.
• Acting Assistant Attorney General Yaakov Roth described the policies as a 'frontal assault' on federal immigration laws and enforcement efforts.
• City leaders, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and Hoboken Mayor Ravinder Bhalla, have vowed to contest the lawsuit, defending their policies as constitutional and community-focused.
• This legal action follows similar lawsuits against other sanctuary jurisdictions and comes amid ongoing judicial challenges to the administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.