New Attorney General Pam Bondi has made one of her first moves to pause federal funding for sanctuary cities in the United States, including New York City.

A coalition of U.S. cities and counties on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to force so-called sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with his immigration crackdown and mass deportations.

As the Trump administration tries to aggressively increase its number of immigration arrests, “sanctuary cities” are a top target.

The federal lawsuit is the first by Trump's Justice Department against states or municipalities that have sanctuary city policies.

President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a sanctuary city.

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday sued Chicago, a so-called sanctuary city, arguing that it is illegally blocking efforts to deport undocumented migrants.

Trump's administration sued the "sanctuary" city of Chicago and the state of Illinois for, it argued, blocking the president's efforts to deport migrants.