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Justice Department directs prosecutors to investigate state and local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

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The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

The memo, written by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove , also instructs the Justice Department’s civil division to help identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the immigration initiatives.

The three -page memo signals an immediate and sharp turnabout in priorities from President Joe Biden's Democratic administration.

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English

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