Trump has mostly lost challenges against ‘sanctuary’ cities and states, but that could change | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is fighting back against states that refuse to aid his immigration agenda after a wave of court losses, with a series of new lawsuits that tee up untested legal questions about the power of state and federal governments. The Justice Department last week filed four lawsuits against states that have refused to approve unmarked license plates for the cars of federal immigration agents. Federal judges have mostly ruled against Trump’s campaign to force states and cities to cooperate with the president’s mass deportation efforts. Most recently, a federal judge rejected a Trump challenge to a Boston city ordinance that bars local law enforcement from providing certain immigrant information and other types of assistance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. That decision was at least the fourth ruling dismissing a case brought in Trump’s second term against Democratic-led cities or states, for policies that limit what cooperation is given to federal agents in immigration enforcement The Trump administration is running into the same legal obstacles with the cases that it did in his first term, yet is pressing on, including in appeals. New Jersey sues D