Trump DOJ Sues NYC Mayor Eric Adams Over Sanctuary Policies

The Trump administration is suing New York City Mayor Eric Adams over sanctuary policies that restrict cooperation between local officials and federal 🛂Immigration authorities.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit against both New York City and Adams over the Big Apple’s sanctuary laws, according to a post on X from Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. The lawsuit makes New York City the latest jurisdiction to be targeted in the Trump administration’s legal warfare against sanctuary havens across the U.S.

“The Department of Justice is suing New York City and Mayor Eric Adams for continuing to obstruct law enforcement with sanctuary city policies,” Bondi stated in a social media post.

“If New York’s leaders won’t step up to protect their citizens, we will,” the attorney general continued.

Announcement of the lawsuit came just days after an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer was allegedly ambushed and shot by two illegal migrants with lengthy criminal rap sheets in New York City’s Fort Washington Park, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Trump officials have placed the blame for the attack squarely on the Big Apple’s sanctuary city leaders.

“These violent thugs have committed a smorgasbord of crimes and been arrested multiple times and yet New York continued to release them, ignore an ICE detainer and allow them to continue to prey on Americans and terrorize our streets,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stated of the attack.