June 25, 2026
A New Jersey federal judge has tossed a Trump administration suit challenging the sanctuary policies in four Garden State cities, ruling that most of the government's grievances against them actually stemmed from a statewide directive it unsuccessfully challenged previously.
September 03, 2025
Four Garden State cities blasted a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing them of obstructing federal immigration enforcement, telling a New Jersey federal judge that the case cannot overcome precedent that upheld the state policy at issue.
May 27, 2025
Four New Jersey cities — Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken — are obstructing federal immigration enforcement with their sanctuary policies in violation of the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, the federal government claims in a lawsuit filed in the Garden State.