JUST IN: US Supreme Court says it will not take up a legal battle over whether local governments can declare themselves sanctuaries and refuse to help federal agents enforce immigration laws.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco said local officials have no duty to help immigration agents enforce federal law.
Supporters of the sanctuary laws say they make communities safer by encouraging undocumented victims of crime to cooperate with police. But the Justice Department said California has no right"to obstruct federal law by adopting policies governing the regulation of aliens," and cannot"adopt a law that makes the jobs of federal immigration authorities more difficult."
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