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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,127 posts)
Thu Mar 8, 2018, 11:48 AM Mar 2018

California attorney general fires back over lawsuit by Justice Department

As the battle between the United States and California over immigration makes its way in court, the war of words is just beginning.

The Justice Department sued California late Tuesday, alleging that state policies that prohibit some cooperation with federal immigration enforcement are unconstitutional.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra fired back hours later, saying his state should not be forced to do the federal job of trying to enforce immigration laws.

"We're not gonna have them coerce us into doing things that they want us to do simply because they don't want to do it them themselves," he told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-attorney-general-fires-back-over-lawsuit-by-justice-department/ar-BBK0Sap?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

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California attorney general fires back over lawsuit by Justice Department (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2018 OP
He's right they can't be forced. However a state also can't actively interfere with Federal Law PoliticAverse Mar 2018 #1
The local news in San Diego said last night BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #2

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. He's right they can't be forced. However a state also can't actively interfere with Federal Law
Thu Mar 8, 2018, 11:54 AM
Mar 2018

enforcement and some of the laws they've passed may be construed to do that.

This will be decided by the courts deciding where the boundary between the states and federal government is in this matter.

Some of the California 'sanctuary' laws targeted by feds could be vulnerable, legal experts say:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-california-sanctuary-laws-20180308-story.html

BigmanPigman

(51,618 posts)
2. The local news in San Diego said last night
Thu Mar 8, 2018, 12:04 PM
Mar 2018

that this is going to cost the taxpayers in the state money due to a long lawsuit. This is what the Moron has done his whole life...sue everyone until they are broke from legal fees due to ridiculous lawsuits (such as never paying his workers what he owes them and he does them!). He sued Bill Maher over something stupid and even though he won Maher still had to pay all those legal fees. Fucking Moron! I hope the porn star sues the "pants off of him" (financially, not literally this time).

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