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. 

“This is a new DOJ,” General Bondi announced. “New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today,”  Ms. Bondi declared at her first press conference on Wednesday. The suit, filed at federal court at Albany, names Ms. James, Governor Hochul, and the leader of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Mark Schroeder.