A little-noticed provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” forces blue states and cities to make a tough choice: Comply with federal immigration law or lose federal money for criminal justice aid.President Trump’s signature piece of legislation allocated $3.

The speculation follows "border czar" Tom Homan’s promise to “flood the zone” – New York City – with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The threat followed last weekend’s shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection agent at Fort Washington Park in Upper Manhattan.

On Feb. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a relatively terse 23-page complaint accusing the combined governments and officials of violating the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit alleged the "so-called" sanctuary policies at issue provide non-citizens "safe havens from federal law enforcement detection."

EVANSVILLE — While Evansville-area law enforcement's role in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is limited, a powerful network of license plate-reading cameras operated by local agencies became a tool for immigration investigators in recent months, data shows.

A Louisiana law that creates criminal penalties for local law enforcement officers who do not fully cooperate with federal immigration investigations is putting the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in a legal quagmire.

The Justice Department says city officials are intentionally obstructing enforcement of federal immigration law.