The Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over local laws that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, saying the statutes unlawfully thwart immigration arrests and conflict with federal immigration law.

The suit was filed in the Eastern District of New York. The department argued the city's sanctuary policies amount to an "intentional effort" to obstruct federal immigration enforcement and should be declared unlawful under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause.

The U.S. government on Thursday sued New York City, seeking to block enforcement of several local laws its says are designed to impede its ability to enforce federal immigration laws. In a complaint filed in Brooklyn federal court,