DOJ sues New Jersey over executive order limiting ICE cooperation, expanding sanctuary status

The Justice Department filed a suit against New Jersey and Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill, accusing the authorities of expanding its sanctuary policies and obstructing national migration enforcement done a caller enforcement order. 

The complaint, filed Monday, challenges Executive Order No. 12, which prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and different national migration officials from conducting unafraid arrests of transgression amerciable aliens wrong nonpublic areas of authorities property, including authorities correctional facilities.

The Justice Department filed a suit against New Jersey and Gov. Mikie Sherrill, accusing the authorities of expanding its sanctuary policies and obstructing national migration enforcement done a caller enforcement order.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the argumentation endangers national officers and the public.

"Federal agents are risking their lives to support New Jersey citizens safe, and yet New Jersey’s leaders are enacting policies designed to obstruct and endanger instrumentality enforcement," Bondi said successful a statement.

 "States whitethorn not deliberately interfere with our efforts to region amerciable aliens and apprehension criminals — New Jersey’s sanctuary policies volition not stand."

The suit alleged the bid unlawfully restricts practice with national authorities and results successful the merchandise of "dangerous criminals" from constabulary custody who would different beryllium taxable to removal.

According to the complaint, those individuals see amerciable aliens convicted of aggravated assault, burglary, and cause and quality trafficking offenses.

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Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the New Jersey argumentation endangers national officers and the public. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The Justice Department argued the bid violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause by discriminating against national migration authorities and interfering with Congress’ migration powers. 

The ailment said the argumentation bars ICE from utilizing authorities prisons, courthouses, parking garages and different facilities arsenic staging, processing oregon transportation sites — including for migration detainers that let national agents to instrumentality custody of removable aliens successful unafraid settings.

On her archetypal time successful office, Bondi directed the department’s civilian part to place authorities and section laws, policies and practices that undermine national migration enforcement oregon obstruct lawful national operations, the DOJ said. 

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a targeted enforcement operation. (DHS)

The section published a database of sanctuary jurisdictions connected Aug. 5, 2025, earlier New Jersey issued its latest enforcement bid and Bondi has vowed to bring litigation to extremity specified policies nationwide.

The suit marks the latest successful a bid of ineligible challenges filed by the Civil Division targeting sanctuary policies successful states and cities, including successful New York, Minnesota and Los Angeles.

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