U.S. Sues California to Void Immigrant Protection Laws

The U.S. Justice Department sued California, escalating a war over the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigration.

The lawsuit targets three state laws that interfere with federal immigration enforcement and violate the Constitution, according to the complaint filed March 6 in federal court in Sacramento.

Specifically, the statutes at issue restrict state and local law enforcement entities, as well as private employers, from sharing information about undocumented immigrants with federal agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Justice Department said in the lawsuit.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security officials have threatened for months to take punitive action against ...