Open Borders And Closed Courts: How The Supreme Court Laid The Seeds For The Immigration Crisis

 The courts have left few options for either the states or Congress in compelling the enforcement of federal law.

The court declared that the states were preempted or barred from taking such action.

While giving the state a small victory in allowing state officers to investigate the immigration status of a suspect with reasonable suspicion, it left little room for independent state action in the area.

The combination of the sweeping preemption by the courts and diminishing enforcement by the agencies has left states as mere observers to their own destruction.

The question is whether states have finally reached a point of near-total disempowerment, becoming effective nullities or nonentities in dealing with this overwhelming influx across their own borders.

Members of Congress have been told that they cannot sue to enforce mandatory provisions, while states are told that they cannot sue to secure their own borders.

The combination of open borders and closed courts will continue to fuel this crisis.

If the justices will not allow states to close their borders, they can at least open the courts to allow them greater ability to be heard.

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/02/05/open-borders-and-closed-courts-how-the-supreme-court-laid-the-seeds-for-the-immigration-crisis/