Geline Salac

Trump admin sues New York over immigration enforcement

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Agence France-Presse

<p>US President Donald Trump&#x27;s administration filed a lawsuit against New York on Wednesday accusing the Democratic-ruled state of hindering federal efforts to crack down on undocumented migrants.</p><p>The legal action comes a week after the Justice Department sued so-called &quot;sanctuary&quot; city Chicago and the Midwestern state of Illinois on similar grounds.</p><p>&quot;We sued Illinois and New York didn&#x27;t listen,&quot; US Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a press conference. &quot;New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops today.</p><p>&quot;If you don&#x27;t comply with federal law we will hold you accountable,&quot; Bondi said. &quot;And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you&#x27;re next.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/22/-un-american-birthright-citizenship-debate-divides-new-york-0942">&#x27;Un-American’: Birthright citizenship debate divides NY</a></div><p>Trump pledged during his 2024 presidential campaign to carry out the largest mass deportation of undocumented migrants in US history.</p><p>Bondi complained that law enforcement officers in New York are not allowed, for example, to check the residency status of motorists who they pull over for traffic violations.</p><p>&quot;If (they) pull over someone and don&#x27;t have access to their background, they have no idea who they&#x27;re dealing with,&quot; she said.</p><p>New York&#x27;s Department of Motor Vehicles also has a &quot;tipoff provision&quot; to &quot;inform any illegal alien when a federal immigration agency has requested their information,&quot; Bondi said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s unconstitutional, and that&#x27;s why we filed this lawsuit,&quot; she said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/29/trump-homeland-secretary-joins-ice-in-new-york-as-immigration-crackdown-intensifies-1616">Trump homeland secretary joins ICE in New York as immigration crackdown intensifies</a></div><p>Bondi was accompanied at the press conference by a woman whose 20-year-old daughter was murdered by a member of the MS-13 gang who the attorney general said should not have been allowed into the country.</p><p>&quot;No other parents should suffer by having their child murdered by somebody that shouldn&#x27;t be here,&quot; Bondi said. &quot;Millions of illegal aliens with violent records have flooded into our communities, bringing violence and deadly drugs with them.&quot;</p><p>Trump has insisted that undocumented migrants are disproportionately responsible for crime, despite research showing US citizens commit more offenses per capita.</p><p>After taking office, Trump declared a &quot;national emergency&quot; on the southern US border and signed an executive order stating that undocumented migrants present &quot;significant threats to national security and public safety.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Further exacerbating this national crisis, some of these aliens find safe havens from federal law enforcement detection in so-called Sanctuary Cities where they live and work among innocent Americans, who may later become their crime victims,&quot; it says.</p><p>Trump has long promised legal action against sanctuary states and cities, which are largely led by Democrats.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/3/mass-protests-held-in-los-angeles-as-trump-cracks-down-on-illegal-immigration-1223">Mass protests held in Los Angeles as Trump cracks down on illegal immigration</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/23/ph-embassy-puts-up-hotlines-for-filipinos-amid-trump-s-immigration-crackdown-1557">PH Embassy puts up hotlines amid Trump&#x27;s immigration crackdown</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>US President Donald Trump's administration filed a lawsuit against New York on Wednesday accusing the Democratic-ruled state of hindering federal efforts to crack down on undocumented migrants.</p>

US President Donald Trump's administration filed a lawsuit against New York on Wednesday accusing the Democratic-ruled state of hindering federal efforts to crack down on undocumented migrants.