The Trump administration’s lawsuits targeting Illinois and New York laws for obstructing federal immigration efforts could be the opening volley in a bid to ultimately test the conservative Supreme Court’s commitment to states’ rights.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is on a mission to get the nation’s courts to rethink the legality of sanctuary laws amid a national backlash against illegal immigration. Over the last decade, the courts have largely backed the laws in sanctuary jurisdictions and found that Trump’s previous attempts to deny federal funds to those jurisdictions were illegal.
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