The prosecutors’ statement arises after Trump’s new government threatened government officials who do not comply with their migratory orders.
A coalition of 11 US General Prosecutors sent a joint declaration in response to a memorandum of the administration of President Donald Trump making it clear that local and state governments of those states will not participate in the implementation of immigration laws .
The prosecutors’ statement arises after Trump’s new government threatened government officials who do not comply with their migratory orders.
“The Federal Law prohibits state and local actors to resist, obstruct or not comply what the new administration on the participation of local and state authorities in the application of immigration laws expects.
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However, Democratic prosecutors recalled that it is established, through long -date precedents of the Supreme Court, that the US Constitution prevents the federal government from ordering states to enforce federal laws.
«While the federal government can use its own resources for the application of immigration laws, the Court ruled in Printz v. The United States that cannot ‘incorporate into its service, at no cost for themselves, to police officers of the 50 states’, also point to Bove in the joint declaration of prosecutors, led by New York and California.
Prosecutors remind Bove that this balance of power between the federal government and state governments “is a cornerstone of our American federalism system,” according to a joint statement.
They also warn that the president “cannot unilaterally rewritten the Constitution” and that he has made “worrying threats” of using the authority and procedural resources of the Department of Justice as a weapon to attack the public servants who act in compliance with the laws of their states ».
«For now, these vague threats are just that: empty words written on paper. But they are sure that our states will not hesitate to answer if these words become illegal actions, ”they also warned of a statement, signed by New York prosecutors, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Vermont.
