active-litigation — DOJ filed suit April 14, 2026 against CT, Gov. Lamont, AG Tong, City of New Haven, and Mayor Elicker, targeting the state's Trust Act and New Haven's 2020 sanctuary executive order under the Supremacy Clause. CT disputed the lawsuit as 'baseless,' and the state Senate passed a counter-bill granting residents the right to sue federal officers for civil rights violations. The Cheshire student case — an Afghan teenager and aspiring cardiologist detained by ICE — galvanized bipartisan condemnation and became the fight's most visible human flashpoint.