The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to throw out a California immigrant-sanctuary law that limits local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The justices’ order leaves in place lower court rulings that upheld the law. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear the administration’s appeal.
The administration said the 2017 state immigrant-sanctuary measure conflicts with federal immigration law and makes it harder to deport people who are in the country illegally.
California argued that encouraging local police to participate in federal immigration enforcement is counterproductive because it makes people less likely to report crimes if they believe they’ll be deported for doing so.
(AP)
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A victory for state’s rights. Everyone critical of this decision will be rejoicing when it as used as a precedent in “red” states to thwart President Biden’s orders.
Unlike the decision on gay rights, this decision is 100% in line with both the intent of the authors of the Constitution and precedent going back centuries. The Trump Administration has been trying to commandeer local police agencies to enforce federal law, without even offering compensation. The Tenth Amendment was written specifically to prevent that, and it is good that the Supreme Court has slapped Trump down on this one.