Appeals Court Rejects Most of Trump Administration’s Arguments against California Sanctuary Laws

The United States stresses that, in crafting the INA, Congress expected cooperation between states and federal immigration authorities. That is likely the case. But when questions of federalism are involved, we must distinguish between expectations and requirements. In this context, the federal government was free to expect as much as it wanted, but it could not require California’s cooperation without running afoul of the TenthAmendment,” according to Judge Milan D. Smith Jr., who wrote the court’s opinion.