The Trump administration is taking New York City to federal court over its "sanctuary" policies that restrict cooperation with federal immigration crackdowns, accusing the city of shielding wanted criminals from deportation.

The Justice Department on Thursday announced a lawsuit against New York City’s so-called sanctuary city policies, days after the Trump administration blamed those policies for the shooting of an off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer in Manhattan.

President Donald Trump's border czar is pledging to make sanctuary cities a primary target for federal immigration enforcement following the shooting of a border patrol agent