The Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear the Trump administration’s request to strike down several provisions of a California “sanctuary” law that limits the cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration agents.
There are several questions that one must ask. Why would any court allow, any person, to help any illegal alien, using the power of the state to shield them from deportation from I.C.E.? According to US Code, it is illegal to help an illegal alien do anything, to get into and avoid deportation from the US.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324
US Code Title 8, Section 1324
Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
(A)Any person who—
“(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(I)
(II)
“The federal government argues that SB 54 “concededly ‘frustrate[s]’ and ‘obstructs’ federal immigration enforcement,” as it eliminates the chance for immigration agents to take illegal immigrants into custody prior to release.
In its argument, the federal government says that the SB 54 provisions encroach on the federal government’s right to set conditions under which illegal immigrants in the United States may be detained, released, and removed, adding that the federal government has absolute and exclusive “power over immigration, naturalization, and deportation.”
“The ‘supremacy of the national power’ in this area ‘is made clear by the Constitution, was pointed out by the authors of The Federalist in 1787, and has been given continuous recognition by this Court,’” the petition stated.
As in other matters, the SCOTUS has been presented with conflicting arguments from progressives. In this case, California argued that they have the Constitutional rights to govern immigration laws in their states.
This contrasts with the July 2010 federal lawsuit against Arizona’s state immigration laws, here is AG Holder’s argument for the Federal government sole responsibility to set immigration laws.
“Setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration law is a national responsibility,” Holder said. “A patchwork of state laws will only create more problems than its solves.”
Again the American citizens are presented with open lawlessness in our government without the protections of law and order from the courts. The SCOTUS, which recently has been considered conservative, is showing the weight of trying so hard to be neutral, they are abdicating their Constitutional responsibilities at our nation’s expense.
