"Under the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution and longstanding Supreme Court precedent, states cannot adopt immigration laws that interfere with the framework enacted by Congress," Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a statement.
The lawsuit against California on Monday represents a major escalation of the battle between the Trump administration and local jurisdictions, and is the latest of several legal clashes between the federal government and states and cities that have enacted laws to try to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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