The Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who they believe are interfering with the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, saying they could face criminal charges, in an apparent warning to the dozens of so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across America.

The U.S. Dept. of Justice sent federal prosecutors a memo to investigate state and local officials who interfere with President Trump’s new immigration laws.

In 2018 Ruth Monroy, Juan Perla and their children, including a then-infant son, fled their home country of El Salvador to escape gang violence. The decision comes after more than a year of strife and upwards of $200,000 in legal fees on the city's behalf.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon has announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that agents sent by President Donald Trump in 2020 to protect a federal courthouse used excessive force against racial justice protesters.

A federal judge Thursday issued a temporary pause on President Donald Trump's executive order banning birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional." The case, filed by Oregon, Illinois, Arizona and Washington, argued the order violates the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment and would cause financial burdens on the states.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order denying U.S. citizenship to the children of parents living in the country illegally, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging the order.

Two dozen Democratic-led states and cities are challenging President Donald Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship in court, a major constitutional challenge to one of the White House’s signature policies.