The Trump administration had asked SCOTUS to step in and review one of California's so-called sanctuary laws that limits cooperation between law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The court declined to do so.
Washington The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a lower court opinion upholding one of California's so-called sanctuary laws that limits cooperation between law enforcement and federal immigration authorities, a measure that the Trump administration says is meant to"undermine" federal immigration enforcement.
The Trump administration had asked the court to step in and review the law and the court declined to do so. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two of the Court's conservative members, supported taking up the case. The law -- and others like it -- have ignited a firestorm between the federal government, which has made immigration enforcement a top priority, and some states that say they are within their rights to determine how best to use their own resources.
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