Justice Department sues 4 New Jersey cities over immigration policies
Updated on: May 23, 2025 / 2:42 PM EDT / CBS New York
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The Trump administration is suing four New Jersey cities for alleged sanctuary city violations.
The Justice Department's civil lawsuit alleges the governments of Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City and Paterson unlawfully obstructed federal immigration agents, according to sources.
New Jersey mayors named in DOJ lawsuit
Mayors Ras Baraka, Ravi Bhalla, Steven Fulop and Andre Sayegh were also named as defendants in the DOJ's suit, along with the four city councils.
Baraka, the mayor of Newark, called the lawsuit "absurd" in a statement Friday.
"Nothing in our policies prevents law enforcement from doing their jobs. What we refuse to do is turn our city into an arm of federal immigration enforcement, which the courts have already ruled is not our role," Baraka said.
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