The Trump Administration is suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policies that limit the city’s cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, claiming that they led to “lawlessness” when thousands of people took to the streets earlier this month to protest the President’s mass-deportation operation.

The Justice Department lawsuit aims to end "sanctuary" policies in Los Angeles and elsewhere that refuse to cooperate on immigration enforcement.

The 21-page lawsuit argues the policies “interfere with the federal government's enforcement of its immigration laws.”