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DOJ Says ‘Discriminatory and Obstructionist Policies’ in These Blue States Endanger ICE Agents

Four blue states are putting federal agents in danger in an effort to hinder immigration enforcement, a Justice Department action contends.

On Monday, days after a Justice Department lawsuit, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, a Democrat, ordered state agencies to continue denying undercover license plates to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

This marks one of the latest federal-state conflicts in which blue-state governors have vowed to resist President Donald Trump’s policies.

In lawsuits filed late last week against the states of Maine and Massachusetts on the East Coast and against the states of Washington and Oregon on the West Coast, the Justice Department alleges that state policies denying confidential license plates to federal agents are unconstitutional.

The lawsuits allege that the state policies threaten the operational effectiveness and safety of federal agents who have faced targeted harassment across the country. The complaints further assert that if an agent can’t use undercover plates—as state and local law enforcement do—criminals can track and evade federal law enforcement.

However, Kotek said that Oregon’s decades-old sanctuary policy prevents the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles from cooperating with federal authorities for the purpose of immigration enforcement.

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