It is well-established—through longstanding Supreme Court precedent—that the U.S. Constitution prevents the federal government from commandeering states to enforce federal laws. While the federal government may use its own resources for federal immigration enforcement,

That has left even immigrants pursuing legal entry to the country concerned that they, too, could be kicked out.A Ugandan man was summoned to a surprise meeting with federal immigration officials in Vermont on Tuesday.

Attorneys general from California, New York, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Rhode Island and Vermont issued a joint statement, claiming the "commandeering" of state and local police is unconstitutional.

The family of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was killed in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border says he was a military veteran who worked security duty at the Pentagon during the time of the Sept.

The "sanctuary schools policy" was introduced to the Winooski School Board of Trustees earlier this month. A summary of the measure states the Winooski School District would "establish itself as a safe place for its students and their families if faced with fear and anxiety about immigration enforcement efforts."

Obama-era rules, which Trump kept in place during his first administration, currently prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement from making arrests at so-called “sensitive locations,” including schools,

The Sacramento Police Department vowed not to engage in any immigration enforcement in accordance with California law two days after the Trump Administration threatened to prosecute local officials who don’t cooperate with federal immigration agents.

A seafood store in Newark was raided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Thursday, according to Mayor Ras Baraka. The raid came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office stating that federal immigration authorities can arrest people at sensitive locations.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined 10 other state attorneys general to assert that the the federal government can't enlist state and local police to enforce its new immigration

The campaign to compel local officials to cooperate with federal immigration authorities returned to the State House Thursday with renewed optimism this could be the year to ban so-called sanctuary city policies.

I asked them [the agents] what documentation they were looking for, and they said it was a license or a passport. I thought, who walks around with a passport?”