My New Brennan Center Article on “Sanctuary Policies in a Federal System”
Earlier today, the Brennan Center (NYU) published my article on “Sanctuary Policies in a Federal System.” It describes what state immigration sanctuary policies are, their constitutional basis, how they might hamper Trump’s mass deportation policies, and how he can try to get around them. I also draw parallels with conservative “gun sanctuaries.” Here is an excerpt from the introduction:
President Donald Trump’s new administration has made a high priority of pursuing mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. It has also stripped hundreds of thousands of legal migrants of status, thus making them eligible for deportation.
If fully implemented, the administration’s deportation agenda may consign hundreds of thousands of migrants t
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