California won't aid Trump's massive deportation plans because it legally can't, says senator

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Source: The Independent

Monday 02 December 2024 23:00 GMT


A California senator has said that the state won’t aid the incoming Trump administration in its mass deportation efforts because it would be legally unable to. Sen. Alex Padilla of the Golden State appeared on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, saying that he would work to block state resources from boosting deportation efforts by pushing for the government to follow the constitutional requirement that it’s up to the federal government to control the border.

“There’s an important distinction here. No state’s government, not Texas, not California, not any state in the nation, has a constitutional authority to impose federal immigration law,” the Democrat said. “That is the responsibility of the federal government.”

Trump has insisted that he will declare a national emergency and utilize the military to conduct the mass deportations, a proposed effort that has faced criticism from both Democrats and some Republicans.

“Let the federal government do the federal government’s job, but have state and local officials do the state and local officials’ job,” Padilla added. “There doesn’t have to be a conflict unless that’s what Trump wants.” A law from 2017, California Senate Bill 54, prohibits the use of state and local resources to aid the federal government in immigration enforcement, Politico noted.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-donald-trump-mass-deportation-b2657615.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. I don't think Americans get it yet

Laws are arcane. They don't matter anymore. Trump's will is what matters. We will find out.

[azureblue]

2. there is nothing Trump can do

to force CA to go along. If he threatens to withhold funds, then CA can simply stop sending money to the federal government. If NY does the same, then several red states, that depend on Blue State money, will collapse. Win / win.
Screw you, Trump.

[mwooldri]

3. A couple of things.

I don't know how a state can withold funds from the federal government, especially since the feds collect direct from the taxpayer for their parts.

Also a president can federalize a state's national guard. I suppose the guy could federalize the California National Guard and send them to the border.

[The Mouth]

6. Fantasy. a nice fantasy, but completly impossible

Taxes are sent directly to the IRS. there is simply no way of doing this.

It's as absurd as people who think the Electoral College will, or could, ever go away; not happening and anyone who thinks it could is oblivious.

[Initech]

4. Rule of law doesn't matter anymore. Otherwise, Fuckface would have been barred from running again.

[Old Crank]

5. What CA should do

Is prosecute the people hiring the undocumented workers. Farm bosses, food CEOs, builders round them up. They know because they all want exemptions from hiring undocumented workers.

[MichMan]

7. Business owners would quickly make sure they fired anyone without a green card if they feared punishment

Once undocumented workers find out they are unemployable and thus impoverished, they would voluntarily leave. That would include many who have been here for many years, however.

[Old Crank]

9. What is the statute of limitations?

Drag them into court.

[Grokenstein]

8. Biden should declare a national emergency and deport dementia donnie.

And his immediate family.
And he'll need his aides and cabinet picks.
Oh, and any and all redcaps who want to accompany their lord and master.
But where?
That mass of plastic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is still around, maybe they could go there, create a new empire. He alone can do it!!