NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Judge Evelyn Padin (a Biden appointee and former social worker) has dismissed a Trump Administration lawsuit against four New Jersey sanctuary cities.
The U.S Department of Justice argued that Newark, Paterson, Hoboken and Jersey City were unlawfully interfering with federal immigration operations.
In her decision, Padin argued that the municipalities’ respective policies were designed to avoid spending local resources on federal enforcement which, she reasoned, does not violate the Supremacy Clause.
“The Federal Government’s case has a fundamental flaw—it treats the Challenged Policies as though they operate in isolation. They do not,” Padin wrote.
The Trump Administration has not yet announced whether it intends to appeal the decision.
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