Attorney General Bondi Announces DOJ Litigation Against New York Over Green Light Law

Name: "Attorney General Bondi Announces DOJ Litigation Against New York Over Green Light Law"
Uploaded: 2025-02-12
Duration: 14 min 41 s
Description: "Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced on February 12, 2025 that the Justice Department had filed charges against the State of New York, Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder, challenging the state's Green Light law as prioritizing illegal aliens over American citizens."

February 12, 2025 · The Justice Department · 0:14:41

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What happened

Attorney General Pamela Bondi, arriving from swearing in Tulsi Gabbard at the West Wing, announced that the Justice Department had filed charges against the State of New York, Governor Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James, and DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder. Bondi said this is a new DOJ taking steps to protect American citizens, and that New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens, which she said stops today.

Bondi noted the department had already sued Illinois and warned other states not complying with federal law that they are next. She introduced Tammy Nobles, an angel mom whose daughter Kayla Hamilton, just turned 20, was, according to Bondi, raped and murdered in 2022 by an MS-13 member who should not have been in the country and who was released and flown to Maryland, and let Nobles speak.

Bondi attacked New York’s Green Light law, which allows driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status, saying it gives a green light to illegal aliens while law enforcement officers who pull someone over cannot check their identity or access their background, putting officers’ lives on the line. Standing with FBI, DEA, and ATF personnel, she said President Trump has directed the practice to stop and that states that do not comply with federal law will be held accountable.

Why it matters

The New York filing was the Justice Department’s second sanctuary-policy lawsuit in its opening weeks, after Illinois, and Bondi’s warning to other states made it the template announcement for the administration’s federal-versus-state immigration enforcement campaign.

Sources: The Justice Department, “Attorney General Pamela Bondi Announces Litigation Against the State of New York”, 2025-02-12 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-02-12). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.