WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it was probing the release by an upstate New York sheriff's office of an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, in what appears to be its first use of a new policy to target state and local agencies that do not comply with President Donald Trump's directives.

A congressional committee on Monday asked Denver Mayor Mike Johnston to testify in Washington, D.C., next month to defend the city’s policies limiting local police cooperation with federal

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Four sanctuary cities are under federal investigation for their immigration policies, including Denver, Chicago, New York City and Boston.