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Bondi announces new lawsuits against states allegedly failing to comply with immigration actions: ‘A new DOJ’

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced charges against New York state and officials within the government for allegedly failing to comply with federal law.

TheTrumpadministrationhasfiledalawsuitagainstthestateofNewYorkanditsgovernor,KathyHochul,andAttorneyGeneralLetitiaJames,allegingafailuretocomplywithfederallawbyshieldingillegalimmigrants,newlysworn-inAttorneyGeneralPamBondiannouncedWednesday.  “ThisisanewDOJ,”Bondiannouncedatanewsconference.“NewYorkhaschosentoprioritizeillegalaliensoverAmericancitizens.Itstops.Itstopstoday.” AlsochargedisMarkSchroeder,commissioneroftheNewYorkDepartmentofMotorVehicles.BondicitedNewYork’sGreenLightlaws,alsoknownastheDriver’sLicenseAct,whichallowsillegalimmigrantstogetadriver’slicense.  TOMHOMANBELIEVESICERAIDLEAKSARE‘COMINGFROMINSIDE’ASAURORALEAKERCLOSERTOBEINGIDENTIFIED ThelawalsopreventscertainfederalagenciesfromaccessingNewYorkState’sdriver’slicenseinformation. “Theyhavegreenlightlaws,meaningthey̵