Posted on 04/19/2019 7:22:32 AM PDT by Red Badger
April 18 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court upheld California's so-called "sanctuary state" laws late Thursday, reinforcing a lower court ruling to keep them in place.
The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected challenges by the Trump administration against California laws SB 54, AB 103 and AB 450, aimed at protecting immigrants in the state from arrest and deportation.
For AB 54, which limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, the court ruled the state's "refusing to help is not the same as impeding" efforts to enforce federal immigration laws.
The judges said they had no doubt "SB 54 makes the jobs of federal immigration authorities more difficult," but noted California has the right to refrain from assisting in federal efforts.
The panel ruled AB 103, which prohibits state and local agencies from entering into immigration contracts with the federal government, was not invalid because "even if AB 103 treats federal contractors differently than the state treats other detention facilities," the United States failed to demonstrate that it treated other facilities more favorably.
Lastly, the panel ruled AB 450 -- which requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to obtain a judicial warrant before entering a place of business, and restricts employers from sharing information with the agency -- does not "violate the intergovernmental immunity doctrine." The court said, "An employer is not punished for its choice to work with the federal government, but for its failure to communicate with its employees."
Thursday's decision upheld a ruling last July by U.S. District Judge John Mendez that dismissed the United States' argument against the three laws.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the court ruling allows states' rights and the 10th Amendment to thrive.
"We continue to prove in California that the rule of law not only stands for something but that people cannot act outside of it," Becerra said.
The federal government sets immigration policy.
Imagine the fiasco of confusion if each state came up with it’s own version of immigration policy.
I believe in State’s Rights, but not for this.
California is just being California, the petulant know-nothing child.
F*n idiots.
The Decline Continues..
9th circus again.
Don’t be ridiculous. Only illegal aliens get to do that.
What happened to Prop 187!? 9th Circuit? The hypocracy makes my head hurt.
True, BUT, the process will take about five years.
What in the hell can be done to eliminate this cycle of planned insanity.
The demonRATs know their rulings will eventually overturned, but they are happy to just buy some more time, and then just do it again and again and...
They just keep biding time waiting for when they get their complete power back.
So, arrest the governor and lots of others. Detain and then ship them off to seclusion. Let them protest the Federal government from incommunicado detention
California has de facto seceded from the union
Declare the state to be in a state of insurrection and give the appropriate responses.
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