California Barred From Enforcing Parts of Sanctuary Laws
- Judge grants U.S. a preliminary injunction against state
- Mendez concedes his Thursday ruling will likely be appealed
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent waits as a group of undocumented men, not pictured, are deported to Mexico at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, California on Feb. 26, 2015.
Photographer: David Maung/Bloomberg
A federal judge in Sacramento has ruled that private employers must comply with federal orders seeking information about immigrant employees, partly rejecting California’s sanctuary laws.
Judge John Mendez approved the Justice Department’s request for a preliminary injunction against sections of the Immigrant Worker Protection Act. But the judge denied the U.S.’s request to stop California from enforcing laws that bar local police from complying with federal directives and authorize the state attorney general to inspect privately owned federal detention centers.