The federal lawsuit is the latest in a series of suits brought by the Justice Department targeting state or city policies seen as interfering with immigration enforcement.

Mayor Eric Adams, whose corruption charges were dropped so he could help with deportations, is among the defendants in the suit, which argues the federal government has sole power over immigration.

The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to end sanctuary city law policies in City, arguing that the laws that protect migrants violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.