Municipal Law

ANTI-SANCTUARY AND IMMIGRATION LOCALISM

Pratheepan Gulasekaram,* Rick Su ** & Rose Cuison Villazor ***

A new front in the war against sanctuary cities has emerged. Until recently, the fight against sanctuary cities has largely focused on the federal government’s efforts to defund states like California and cities like Chicago and New York for resisting federal immigration enforcement. Thus far, localities have mainly prevailed against this federal anti-sanctuary campaign, relying on federalism protections afforded by the Tenth Amendment’s anticommandeering...