The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Colorado and the City of Denver on Friday, seeking to end state and city policies that impede federal authorities in enforcing immigration laws.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on May 2, targets multiple state and local laws in Colorado and Denver, known as “sanctuary laws.”
These laws “by intent and design interfere with and discriminate against the Federal Government’s enforcement of federal immigration law,” the lawsuit states.
The policies violate the “Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution,” said the complaint. The Supremacy Clause states that in general, federal law shall take precedence over any conflicting state law….