NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday sued New York City over its “sanctuary city” policies, arguing they are obstructing the government from enforcing immigration law and contributed to the recent shooting of an off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against New York City challenging its sanctuary city laws. It comes less than a week after a Customs and Border Patrol officer was shot in Manhattan by an undocumented immigrant .

New York City is among Democratic-led sanctuary cities in the US that have pledged to withhold assistance to federal authorities seeking to deport illegal immigrants. The lawsuit comes despite Adams’s calls for changing the city’s sanctuary laws to allow local law enforcement to notify federal immigration agents when illegal immigrants are arrested for violent crimes.