A growing battle over immigration enforcement is moving far beyond Washington, D.C., and into state legislatures and federal courtrooms across the country.
At the center of the fight is a simple question with enormous consequences: Can state governments make it harder for federal immigration officers to do their jobs?
The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Maine has become one of the clearest examples of the escalating confrontation between the Trump administration and Democratic-led states. Maine Governor Janet Mills made her position unmistakable when she declared that “covert civil immigration enforcement is not something Maine will facilitate.”
