The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. government Thursday, contends the state and its subdivisions are impeding federal immigration laws.

The lawsuit appears to be the first the Justice Department has filed after vowing to investigate state and local officials for allegedly interfering with the president's immigration policies.

On Wednesday evening, newly installed Attorney General Pam Bondi sent staff in several divisions of the Department of Justice more than a dozen memos within a 15-minute span, laying out the agency’s new policies on issues ranging from reviving the death penalty, to targeting sanctuary cities, to enforcing a strict return-to-office policy.

Ahead of the vote, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) urged his Democratic colleagues to support her.