published Jul 9, 2018 5:32:45 PM, by Kartikay Mehrotra
(Bloomberg) —

A federal judge in Sacramento dismissed most of a lawsuit by the Trump administration attacking California’s trio of sanctuary laws aimed at protecting the state’s undocumented and immigrant community.

Judge John Mendez agreed with most of the state’s request to throw out the government’s complaint, in which the Justice Department claimed California is circumventing federal authority by imposing its own rules over cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Last week, Mendez sided with the Justice Department regarding one of the state statutes, ruling that private employers must comply with federal orders seeking information about immigrant employees. The government will continue to litigate its case against that law.

The U.S. has been prohibited from amending its filings to the federal district court. Any appeal will have to be made to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

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