Sanctuary policies across the country could be in jeopardy after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the federal government power to deport illegal aliens, even if local authorities object.
Panel of 3 judges unanimously sided with It filed a lawsuit jointly with President-elect Donald Trump's administration in a lawsuit against King County, Washington, and County Executive Dow Constantine.
“It's a big win.”
The complaint centered on Constantine's April 2019 content. presidential order It prohibited Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from using Boeing Field, the county's international airport, to facilitate deportations.
The executive order emphasized Sanctuary's commitment to protecting immigrants and refugees from federal immigration officials.
It states that “King County has effective policies in place to ensure that King County will not affiliate or cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement without a valid court order regarding: This is evidenced by their refusal to respect the honor of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees.” To a correctional facility. ”
The order states that the county learned in 2018 that “aircraft operated by a charter operator were providing service to ICE” and that the airport was being used “as a location for the transfer of immigrant detainees.” are.
The group called the practice “very problematic” and said it “could lead to human rights violations.”
As a result of Constantine's executive order, ICE was forced to relocate operations and increase costs.
The Trump administration sued, arguing that the order violated the Supremacy Clause's intergovernmental privilege doctrine and the Assignment Instrument Agreement.
District courts have so far sided with Trump, and King County has moved to appeal the ruling to the Ninth Circuit. However, the Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's decision.
The Ninth Circuit panel found that the Trump administration had inflicted “two related, specific and separate injuries.”
“The United States' inability to operate charter flights has increased ICE's operating costs and effectively had a special and individualized impact on the United States. The United States is also at immediate risk of future injury by the Executive. “Order,'' the filing said.
The court found that “the injuries are fairly traceable to Constantine's orders,” noting that ICE's charter flights likely would have resumed without Constantine's orders.
The Ninth Circuit further held that the order “unreasonably restricted how the federal government transfers noncitizen detainees by preventing ICE from using civilian FBOs.” [fixed base operator] It ostensibly discriminated against the United States by blaming Boeing Field contractors and naming and disfavoring the federal government and its contractors. ”
Trump's next border czar, Tom Homan. called The appeals court's ruling was a “major victory” for the administration's mass deportation plans.
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