The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected most of the Trump Administration’s arguments to stop the implementation of California’s sanctuary laws.
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn three California laws:
- AB 450, which contains a provision that requires employers to alert employees before federal immigration inspections;
- AB 103, which mandates an inspection requirements on facilities that house immigration detainees;
- SB 54, which limits the cooperation of local and state law enforcement with federal immigration officials.
In July last year, U.S. District Judge John Mendez denied the Trump administration’s attempt to invalidate AB 103 and SB 54 and denied part of its complaint against AB 450.
Court’s opinion on California’s sanctuary laws
On Thursday, the three-judge panel unanimously upheld the district court’s ruling with respect to AB 450 and AB 103 excluding one subsection of the law. The appeals court also agreed with the lower court’s ruling on SB 54.
