It appears to be the first Justice Dept. lawsuit against local officials for allegedly interfering with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Not only is the Trump administration modeling their lawsuit on victories won by the Obama administration, the litigation is the second time Trump has sued a state in this fashion. The post ‘Sovereign powers to control’: Trump goes back to the Obama playbook to sue Illinois over immigration enforcement first appeared on Law & Crime.

Trump administration officials are suing Illinois and top state officials, hoping to force them to turn over suspected illegal immigrants rather than releasing them from jails and state prisons. The lawsuit filed Thursday is among the most recent efforts by Trump officials to push liberal-led states,