新泽西州特伦顿讯 —— 特朗普政府正起诉新泽西州，缘由是该州发布行政令，禁止联邦移民执法人员在监狱、法院等州属场所的非公共区域实施逮捕。
美国司法部于周一在特伦顿联邦法院提起诉讼，挑战州长米基・谢里尔 2 月 11 日签署的行政令。该行政令同时禁止将州属场所用作移民执法的集结地或处理中心。
谢里尔为民主党人，1 月 20 日就职。诉讼文件称其 “执意包庇刑事罪犯，阻挠联邦执法”，指控她试图妨碍联邦执法、破坏特朗普总统的移民严打政策。
诉讼文件还指出，谢里尔的行政令 “对移民执法构成无法容忍的障碍”，并 “直接管控、歧视联邦政府”。值得注意的是，诉状中多次将其姓氏拼写为 “Sherill”(正确拼写为 Sherrill)。
周二被问及此次诉讼时，谢里尔表示：“我认为联邦政府当下应聚焦的，不是攻击像新泽西州这样致力于保障民众安全的州，而是切实培训移民与海关执法局(ICE)的执法人员。”
该州代理司法部长珍妮弗・达文波特称，特朗普政府 “正将资源浪费在一场毫无意义的法律挑战上”。她表示，新泽西州将应诉到底，并 “继续保障本州移民群体的安全”。
此次诉讼是特朗普政府对抗各州及地方移民执法限制政策的最新举措。
去年，司法部曾起诉明尼苏达州、科罗拉多州，以及纽约、芝加哥、洛杉矶、丹佛等城市，缘由是这些地区推行所谓 “庇护城市” 法规，禁止警方配合联邦移民执法人员。
去年 5 月，特朗普政府还就类似政策起诉了新泽西州的纽瓦克、泽西城、帕特森和霍博肯四座城市，该案目前仍在审理中。
Trump administration sues New Jersey over restrictions on immigration arrests
TRENTON, N.J. --The Trump administrationis suing New Jerseyover a state order that prohibits federal immigration agents from making arrests in nonpublic areas of state property, such as correctional facilities and courthouses.
The Justice Department lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court in Trenton, challenges Gov.Mikie Sherrill’sFeb. 11 executive order, which also bars the use of state property as a staging or processing area for immigration enforcement.
Sherrill, a Democrat whotook officeJan. 20, “insists on harboring criminal offenders from federal law enforcement,” the lawsuit said, accusing her of attempting to obstruct federal law enforcement and thwart President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Sherrill’s executive order “poses an intolerable obstacle” to immigration enforcement and “directly regulates and discriminates” against the federal government, said the lawsuit, which misspelled her name as “Sherill.”
Asked about the lawsuit Tuesday, Sherrill said: “What I think the federal government needs to be focused on right now, instead of attacking states like New Jersey working to keep people safe, is actually training their ICE agents."
The state’s acting attorney general, Jennifer Davenport, said the Trump administration was “wasting its resources on a pointless legal challenge.” New Jersey will fight the lawsuit and “continue to ensure the safety of our state’s immigrant communities,” she said.
The lawsuit is the latest in the Trump administration’s fight against state and local level restrictions on immigration enforcement.
Last year, the Justice Department sued Minnesota and Colorado, as well as cities including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Denver over so-called sanctuary laws, which are aimed at prohibiting police from cooperating with immigration agents.
Last May, the Trump administrationsued four New Jersey cities— Newark, Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken — over such policies. That case is pending.
