Attorney General Pam Bondi announced in her first news conference Wednesday that the Justice Department is suing New York and several local officials in the state over its immigration policies. Bondi specifically referred to New York’s Green Light law,

The filing of a civil lawsuit by the Department of Justice against New York State locks in an emerging clash between America’s attorney general — Pam Bondi — and the Empire State’s top law enforcement official — Attorney General James.

The new lawsuit comes after the U.S. government filed litigation against Illinois, the city of Chicago and Cook County.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a lawsuit against New York state, Gov. Kathy Hochul and two other state leaders over New York’s “green light law,” which Bondi said does not comply with federal law—marking the second lawsuit of its kind under the Trump administration.

The Justice Department sued Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Attorney General Letitia James and the head of the DMV and asked a judge to invalidate the Green Light Law.

One member of the working group will be Mr. Trump’s choice for deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, who represented the president in his criminal hush-money trial and frequently inveighed against what he called the “politicized prosecutions” of Mr. Trump. He accused the judge in that case, Juan Merchan, of bias against his client.

The newly sworn-in Attorney General, Pam Bondi, hosted her first press conference Wednesday afternoon about enforcing immigration in the United States.