In response, the Trump administration tried to cut off federal funds to punish cities in California for their policies. “There is real uncertainty about who will win it,” said Ilya Somin, law professor at George Mason University. When the Supreme Court knocked down most of a controversial Arizona immigration law in 2012, the justices upheld the government's broad authority to enforce federal immigration law. That could prove a powerful precedent in the California case by underscoring that federal law outweighs state law, Vaughan said. Another California law prohibits employers from letting federal immigration officials raid a workplace without a court order.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2018 20:12 UTC