Can't wait for this to end up on the SCOTUS docket: The Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Sanctuary City Policies In Los Angeles, California With recent SCOTUS decisions based on the constitution, it will be the end of sanctuary cities, counties, and states: “Today’s lawsuit holds the City of Los Angeles accountable for deliberately obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration law,” said U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli for the Central District of California. “The United States Constitution’s Supremacy Clause prohibits the city from picking and choosing which federal laws will be enforced and which will not. By assisting removable aliens in evading federal law enforcement, the City’s unlawful and discriminatory ordinance has contributed to a lawless and unsafe environment that this lawsuit will help end.” On her first day in office, Attorney General Bondi instructed the Department’s Civil Division to identify state and local laws, policies, and practices that facilitate violations of federal immigration laws or impede lawful federal immigration operations, and, where appropriate, to take legal action to challenge such laws, policies, and practices. Today’s lawsuit is the latest in a series of lawsuits brought by the Civil Division targeting illegal sanctuary city policies across the country, including in New York and New Jersey. From the LA Times: Trump administration sues Mayor Karen Bass, L.A. City Council over sanctuary policy The U.S. Department of Justice sued the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass and City Council members Monday, calling L.A.’s sanctuary city law “illegal” and asking that it be blocked from being enforced. The lawsuit, filed by the Trump administration in California’s Central District federal court, said the country is “facing a crisis of illegal immigration” and that its efforts to address it “are hindered by Sanctuary Cities such as the City of Los Angeles, which refuse to cooperate or share information, even when requested, with federal immigration authorities.” Federal prosecutors said in their filing that Trump campaigned and won the 2024 presidential election on a platform of deporting “millions of illegal immigrants.” By enacting a sanctuary city ordinance, the City Council sought to “thwart the will of the American people regarding deportations,” the lawsuit states.
Sanctuary city policies have been in place since 1979. This is a jurisdiction issue and spelled out rather plainly in the Constitution. Refusing to cooperate or share information is not considered active hindrance, and state/local LEOs cannot be forced into enforcing Federal law. Just like Feds can't force their way into local law cases. Of course, the Constitution and the 10th Amendment mean nothing to MAGA. Even though they've lost cases line these before. Like in 2018, when the Feds sued adhesive the California Values Law and lost.
i actually agree with a lot of what you wrote. I don’t understand what the obsession is with reforming NY, LA Boston etc. who gives a sh-t what they do. That’s up to the residents to decide
Except for the fact that some of those illegal people (many dangerous ones) hiding out in these sanctuary cities leave for other cities to do their dirty deeds. This is why we have FEDERAL immigration laws... and not city or state immigration laws, and those allowed to reside there.
yes but we can’t be everywhere all the time. Make the cities that want the help inhospitable to those you don’t want around. There is plenty of trouble for them to get into in LA Chicago Boston, Etc
