NEW: A federal judge in California today largely rejected the Justice Department's constitutional challenge to California's so-called "sanctuary" laws. The judge concluded with a plea to Congress to do something about immigration reform buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-j… 
The judge upheld laws that restrict state and local cooperation with federal immigration authorities and that require state review of facilities in California that house federal immigration detainees buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-j…
The judge said California could require employers to give employees notice of upcoming employment eligibility inspections, but couldn't block employers from voluntarily giving the feds access to employee records and nonpublic areas under penalty of a fine buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-j…
This was DOJ's most direct challenge to sanctuary laws to date — AG Sessions did a big public announcement of the suit in March, and officials said at the time that they were reviewing other laws elsewhere (no other suit like this has been filed so far) buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-j…
DOJ spox says they're "disappointed" with today's ruling rejecting most of the department's constitutional challenge to California's so-called sanctuary laws, but are pleased the judge struck down some of the limits on employer cooperation with the feds buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/a-j…
