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Immigration,
Government

Apr. 16, 2018

‘Sanctuary’ challengers make unusual arguments

Friend-of-the-court briefs being filed in the lawsuit the Trump administration brought against California’s “sanctuary” laws are posing new and unusual arguments regarding the rights of municipalities to resist the state and set their own priorities on immigration enforcement, legal experts say.

‘Sanctuary’ challengers make unusual arguments
Municipalities and other parties have posed new and unusual arguments in siding with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions against California's "sanctuary" laws.

Friend-of-the-court briefs being filed in the lawsuit the Trump administration brought against California's "sanctuary" laws are posing new and unusual arguments regarding the rights of municipalities to resist the state and set their own priorities on immigration enforcement, legal experts say.

Filed by several municipalities and other interested parties, experts say the briefs, all of which so far have been in support of the plaint...

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