U.S. District Judge Evelyn PadinU.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin, hand-picked by Joe Biden, just tossed the Trump administration’s lawsuit against four Democrat-run New Jersey sanctuary cities, handing illegal alien criminals another layer of protection.Judge Evelyn Padin dismissed the Department of Justice’s case against Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Hoboken without reaching the merits.She ruled the federal lawsuit had a “fundamental flaw” because it challenged only the cities’ sanctuary policies and did not also target New Jersey’s statewide Immigrant Trust Directive, the NY Times reported.Padin wrote that the city policies “do not operate in isolation” from the state directive that already restricts local law enforcement from cooperating with ICE. In other words, even if the cities’ rules were struck down, the state policy would still shield illegal aliens from federal removal.This is the same Biden-appointed judge who earlier allowed the case to proceed during a government funding fight, acknowledging the “crisis of illegal immigration” and the real harm to American citizens.Now she has slammed the door on this particular challenge with a technical ruling that leaves the sanctuary regime in place.The Times reported:The judge dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, meaning the Justice Department could refile it. A spokesman for the department did not immediately return a request for comment.The ruling came as protesters have swarmed Delaney Hall, an immigration facility in Newark, with nearly daily demonstrations.Local officials praised Judge Padin’s ruling, saying the immigrant trust directive was one key to maintaining good relationships between local police agencies and undocumented immigrants. Police departments depend on cooperation in immigrant neighborhoods to stop crime.Amol Sinha, the executive director for the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, wrote in a statement that the sanctuary policies “help people access public services” without fear of being detained, separated from their families and perhaps deported.“Public safety is strengthened when people can report crimes, and public health is improved when people can seek medical care,” he said.The Trump DOJ sued the four cities and their Democrat mayors and councils, alleging they violate the Supremacy Clause by:Blocking local officers from honoring ICE detainers for criminal illegal aliensPreventing willing officers from sharing critical information with federal immigration authoritiesRestricting access to illegal aliens in local custodyThese are the exact policies that have allowed repeat criminal illegal aliens to remain in American communities instead of being deported.The Gateway Pundit has documented for years how sanctuary jurisdictions across the country, from California to New York to New Jersey, repeatedly release dangerous illegal aliens who then go on to commit more crimes against U.S. citizens.Judge Padin’s ruling effectively shields those policies for now. The cities get to keep limiting cooperation with ICE, and the state’s Immigrant Trust DirectiveThe post OUTRAGE: Biden Judge BLOCKS Trump DOJ From Challenging New Jersey Sanctuary Policies That Shield Illegal Alien Criminals appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.