Justice Department, immigration

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
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
Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. A Justice Department spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. At least 15 senior-level officials at the Justice Department had been reassigned by Tuesday,
DOJ to investigate state or local officials who obstruct immigration enforcement: memo
A new DOJ memo signals that federal prosecutors should launch investigations into state and local officials who obstruct immigration enforcement.
Trump’s Justice Department Begins His War on Immigration
Donald Trump’s Justice Department is already beginning its anti-immigration crusade, starting with policing state and local governments. The Associated Press obtained a department memo Wednesday directing federal prosecutors to investigate state and local government officials who interfere with new federal immigration laws.
Trump administration will investigate state and local officials who hinder immigration crackdown
The Justice Department will investigate state and local officials who stand in the way of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown: memo.
Justice Department threatens to prosecute local officials who attempt to obstruct immigration enforcement
A memo to prosecutors also instructs the Justice Department’s civil division to help identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Trump administration’s immigration initiatives and potentially challenge them in court.
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 ...
Merrick Garland says farewell to the Justice Department with praise, encouragement and an urgent warning for staffers
After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General ...
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Tribal justice office gains new leader amid big changes in Washington
An award-winning government employee has been named as the new director of the Office of Tribal Justice at the Department of ...
'Taking action to defend' birthright citizenship: Delaware joins states suing Trump's order
The Delaware Department of Justice is joining 17 states in suing the Trump administration for its order ending birthright ...
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 ...
Trump begins slew of executive actions on immigration, economy, other programs
President Trump, starting his second term, began a slew of executive actions by rescinding 78 Biden-era executive orders, ...
Transcript: Trump returns to presidency declaring ‘the golden age of America begins right now’
Our recent election is a mandate to completely and totally reverse a horrible betrayal, and all of these many betrayals that ...
Vanessa Waldref stepping down from role as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington
Waldref was sworn into office in 2021 and was the first woman to lead the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of ...
Justice Department sues Walgreens over opioid drug prescriptions
The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Walgreens, accusing the 124-year-old pharmacy chain of dispensing ...