DOJ sues blue states over denying undercover license plates for federal immigration agents

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The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it filed lawsuits against Maine, Washington, Oregon, and Massachusetts for denying undercover license plates to federal agencies. 

The Department of Homeland Security was specifically restricted in access to confidential plates, due to immigration enforcement activities in the Democratic-led states, but all four states continued issuing such plates to state and local law enforcement, according to the complaints. 

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