The Trump Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles Monday over its sanctuary policies for illegal migrants, arguing that the city has violated the Supremacy Clause by deliberately discriminating against the federal government.

The suit, which was filed in the Central District of California, noted that President Donald Trump “campaigned and won the presidential election on a platform of deporting the millions of illegal immigrants the previous administration permitted, through its open borders policy, to enter the country unlawfully.”

The Department of Justice is asking the court to block Los Angeles from enforcing its sanctuary policies, according to the complaint.

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