India, June 13 -- The U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint against the State of New York, challenging state policies that blocked immigration officials from arresting individuals at or near New York courthouses.
The complaint challenges a law, called 'the Protect Our Courts Act', that purposefully shields dangerous aliens from being detained at or on their way to or from a courthouse and imposes criminal liability for violations of the shield. This law and accompanying polices violate the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because they obstruct the execution of federal immigration authorities, the Jusice Department stated in the complaint.
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