U.S. Supreme Court,
Immigration,
Government,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 16, 2018
Sanctuary city battle is heating up
The financial stakes involved in the suit demonstrate the magnitude of the contest, and the deliberately coercive nature of the federal action.
Charles S. Doskow
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
Email: dosklaw@aol.com
Harvard Law School
Charles is a past president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and in 2012 was awarded the chapter's Erwin Chemerinsky Defender of the Constitution award.
On Jan. 1, California formalized its position of intransigent and controversial opposition to the immigration policies of the Trump administration. On that date Senate Bill 54, passed by both houses of the legislature and signed by the governor, became law, and enacted the "sanctuary" policies adopted by cities and counties across America.
The new law, which bears the heading "Law enforcement sharing data," adopts in statutory form t...
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