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The Trump Department of Justice filed suit against Maryland, challenging the state's sanctuary immigration policies. The move escalates federal-state conflict over immigration enforcement.
The Trump Department of Justice filed suit against Maryland, challenging state laws that limit how much state and local police can cooperate with ICE detainers and immigration enforcement. The lawsuit frames sanctuary policies as violations of federal immigration law.
This is part of a broader federal strategy to break down state-level protections for immigrants. By suing Maryland, the DOJ is trying to establish that sanctuary policies are unconstitutional—a win would ripple across every blue state with similar laws. Maryland's policies restrict when local police can hold people past their release date based on ICE requests, a power that several states have decided they don't want their police to exercise. The outcome will determine how much control states retain over their own law enforcement priorities.
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