Fact-check: “States do not have to support the Federal Government in immigration enforcement and can refuse to participate in efforts of Federal officials to detain illegal immigrants.”
Verdict: Mostly True (82% confidence)
Multiple Supreme Court precedents, federal appellate rulings, and federal regulations documented that states generally cannot be compelled to participate in federal immigration enforcement under the anti-commandeering doctrine, and that ICE detainers are legally characterized as requests rather than mandates. However, the claim requires qualification because 8 U.S.C. § 1373 restricts states from blocking certain immigration-status information sharing, some states' own laws mandate cooperation,…
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