DOJ prosecutors directed to investigate cities that don’t enforce immigration laws

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A top Justice Department official directed U.S. attorneys to investigate state and local jurisdictions that fail to enforce immigration laws, a move that came as part of the department’s broader effort to carry out President Donald Trump‘s border plans.

Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove issued the directive Tuesday night in a department-wide memo, obtained by the Washington Examiner, and outlined other immediate policy changes designed to crack down on illegal immigration.

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