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13-02-2025
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Turley predicts 'ferocious' court battle, but says Trump admin has 'strong case' on ICE deportations in NY
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley predicted a "ferocious" legal battle will soon play out between the Trump administration and blue states. Turley reacted on "America's Newsroom" Thursday to Attorney General Pam Bondi freezing federal funding for sanctuary cities and suing New York over the state's sanctuary policies. Tom Homan Believes Ice Raid Leaks Are 'Coming From Inside' As Aurora Leaker Closer To Being Identified JONATHAN TURLEY: I think the federal government has a strong case here, particularly with regard to one of the provisions in that law, which is a tip-off provision. And under the law, if the federal government makes an inquiry into a suspected illegal alien, that person is then notified by New York and given a heads-up. And the Feds have said, 'Well, what are you doing? I mean, we're making inquiries because we may want to apprehend this person. And you're giving them a chance to abscond.' And that's more than refusing to cooperate with federal enforcement. That's actually frustrating federal enforcement. So this is going to trigger a ferocious legal battle. … The state on its side can argue that this violates what's called the anti-commandeering doctrine. And that's a line of cases that says that the federal government cannot commandeer or require the state to carry out federal policies or programs. Now, that's based on states' rights, but this is a very murky area because, as you can tell from those sound bites, Illinois and New York are actively trying to frustrate federal enforcement and so the federal government is going to court and throwing a flag on this play and saying, you know, you're not allowed to do that. This is not commandeering. This is obstruction on your part. The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James, alleging a failure to comply with federal law by shielding illegal immigrants, Bondi announced Wednesday. Read On The Fox News App During the news conference, Bondi urged states with sanctuary policies to comply with federal law. Ag Pam Bondi Vows To 'Fight Back' Against Judges Blocking Trump's Anti-corruption Agenda Also charged is Mark Schroeder, commissioner of the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. Bondi cited New York's Green Light laws, also known as the Driver's License Act, which allows illegal immigrants to get a driver's license. The law also prevents certain federal agencies from accessing New York State's driver's license information. The Justice Department last week asked a federal judge to strike down sanctuary policies in Illinois and Chicago. "If you don't comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable," Bondi said. "We did it to Illinois, strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you're next. Get ready." Turley added on "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that the Trump administration is taking a different approach than the president's first term. TURLEY: "The interesting thing about this effort is it's part of an overall effort to get these issues into court, get judicial review, establish what the navigational beacons are. And going forward, I like that, because this is an administration on a mission. They want to not waste all the time that they saw just burn away in the first term and instead hit the ground running. So they've gone on this sort of full assault across the board. They're virtually inviting people to take them to court and they also have strong arguments. "We don't want to sue you. We don't want to prosecute people. We want people to comply with the law," Bondi said. "This is a new DOJ," the AG continued at the news conference. "New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today."Original article source: Turley predicts 'ferocious' court battle, but says Trump admin has 'strong case' on ICE deportations in NY
Fox News
13-02-2025
- Politics
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Turley predicts 'ferocious' court battle, but says Trump admin has 'strong case' on ICE deportations in NY
Constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley predicted a "ferocious" legal battle will soon play out between the Trump administration and blue states. Turley reacted on "America's Newsroom" Thursday to Attorney General Pam Bondi freezing federal funding for sanctuary cities and suing New York over the state's sanctuary policies. JONATHAN TURLEY: I think the federal government has a strong case here, particularly with regard to one of the provisions in that law, which is a tip-off provision. And under the law, if the federal government makes an inquiry into a suspected illegal alien, that person is then notified by New York and given a heads-up. And the Feds have said, 'Well, what are you doing? I mean, we're making inquiries because we may want to apprehend this person. And you're giving them a chance to abscond.' And that's more than refusing to cooperate with federal enforcement. That's actually frustrating federal enforcement. So this is going to trigger a ferocious legal battle. … The state on its side can argue that this violates what's called the anti-commandeering doctrine. And that's a line of cases that says that the federal government cannot commandeer or require the state to carry out federal policies or programs. Now, that's based on states' rights, but this is a very murky area because, as you can tell from those sound bites, Illinois and New York are actively trying to frustrate federal enforcement and so the federal government is going to court and throwing a flag on this play and saying, you know, you're not allowed to do that. This is not commandeering. This is obstruction on your part. The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James, alleging a failure to comply with federal law by shielding illegal immigrants, Bondi announced Wednesday. During the news conference, Bondi urged states with sanctuary policies to comply with federal law. Also charged is Mark Schroeder, commissioner of the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. Bondi cited New York's Green Light laws, also known as the Driver's License Act, which allows illegal immigrants to get a driver's license. The law also prevents certain federal agencies from accessing New York State's driver's license information. The Justice Department last week asked a federal judge to strike down sanctuary policies in Illinois and Chicago. "If you don't comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable," Bondi said. "We did it to Illinois, strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you're next. Get ready." Turley added on "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that the Trump administration is taking a different approach than the president's first term. TURLEY: "The interesting thing about this effort is it's part of an overall effort to get these issues into court, get judicial review, establish what the navigational beacons are. And going forward, I like that, because this is an administration on a mission. They want to not waste all the time that they saw just burn away in the first term and instead hit the ground running. So they've gone on this sort of full assault across the board. They're virtually inviting people to take them to court and they also have strong arguments. "We don't want to sue you. We don't want to prosecute people. We want people to comply with the law," Bondi said. "This is a new DOJ," the AG continued at the news conference. "New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today."
Yahoo
13-02-2025
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Bondi announces new lawsuits against states allegedly failing to comply with immigration actions: ‘A new DOJ'
The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James, alleging a failure to comply with federal law by shielding illegal immigrants, newly sworn-in Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday. "This is a new DOJ," Bondi announced at a news conference. "New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens. It stops. It stops today." Also charged is Mark Schroeder, commissioner of the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. Bondi cited New York's Green Light laws, also known as the Driver's License Act, which allows illegal immigrants to get a driver's license. Tom Homan Believes Ice Raid Leaks Are 'Coming From Inside' As Aurora Leaker Closer To Being Identified The law also prevents certain federal agencies from accessing New York State's driver's license information. "They have green light laws, meaning they're giving a green light to any illegal alien in New York, where law enforcement officers cannot check their identity if they pull them over," Bondi said. "And law enforcement officers do not have access to their background. And if these great men and women pull over someone and don't have access to their background, they have no idea who they're dealing with, and it puts their lives on the line every single day. Read On The Fox News App "If you don't comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable," Bondi said. "We did it to Illinois, strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you're next. Get ready." The Justice Department last week asked a federal judge to strike down sanctuary policies in Illinois and Chicago. Bondi was joined by "angel mom" Tammy Nobles of Maryland, whose 20-year-old daughter, Kayla Hamilton, was raped and murdered by an illegal immigrant and MS-13 member in 2022. Federal Court Blocks Trump Admin From Sending Detained Venezuelan Immigrants To Guantánamo Bay The Department of Homeland Security "did not do their jobs," Nobles said Wednesday, at times choking back tears while sharing her family's story. "They did not check his background," she said. "I'm so thankful for Pam for having me here today, and I'm so thankful for the opportunities I got from Trump and and any other platform — and for the people (allowing) me to share her story, because this is going to end." The suspect, Walter Martinez, an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador who was in the United States illegally, entered the country through Texas as an unaccompanied minor in March 2022. He was apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol and eventually sent to Maryland to live with a sponsor. Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Four months later, Martinez moved to a mobile home in Aberdeen, where he was accused of killing Hamilton. During the news conference, Bondi urged states with sanctuary policies to comply with federal law. "We don't want to sue you. We don't want to prosecute people. We want people to comply with the law," she said. "This is very simple. An MS-13 member murdered her daughter. That's happening throughout this country. "One angel mom is too many," she added. "And we have angel moms throughout this country who should not be going through this. Comply with the law. This is the last thing we want to be doing." Fox News Digital has reached out to the offices of Hochul, James and article source: Bondi announces new lawsuits against states allegedly failing to comply with immigration actions: 'A new DOJ'
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12-02-2025
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Bondi announces new lawsuits against states failing to comply with immigration actions: ‘A new DOJ'
The Justice Department has filed charges against the state of New York and its governor, Kathy Hochul, and Attorney General Letitia James for failing to comply with federal law by shielding illegal immigrants, newly sworn-in Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Wednesday. Also charged is Mark Schroder, commissioner of the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. Bondi cited New York's Green Light laws, also known as the Driver's License Act, which allows illegal immigrants to get a driver's license. The law also prevents certain federal agencies from accessing New York State's driver's license information. "If you don't comply with federal law, we will hold you accountable," Bondi said. "We did it to Illinois, strike one. Strike two is New York. And if you are a state not complying with federal law, you're next. Get ready." This story is breaking. Please check back for updates.
