Executive Order 13768#Legal challenges

{{Main|Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration}}

During his campaign, Trump proposed the mass deportation of illegal immigrants as part of his immigration policy.Nick Gass, [https://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/donald-trump-immigration-plan-121420 "Trump's immigration plan: Mass deportation"], Politico (August 17, 2015).Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/messy-legal-process-could-challenge-trumps-mass-deportation-plan "Messy legal process could challenge Trump's mass deportation plan"], Fox News (November 27, 2015).Kate Linthicum, [http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-trump-deportation-20151113-story.html "The dark, complex history of Trump's model for his mass deportation plan"], Los Angeles Times (November 13, 2015). Jeff Sessions was confirmed on February 7 as Attorney General. Among his first statements, Sessions claimed that, "We need to end this lawlessness that threatens the public safety, pulls down the wages of working Americans."{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38923511|title=Attorney General Jeff Sessions: End migrant lawlessness|publisher=BBC|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017}}

On August 31, 2016 Trump laid out a 10-step plan as part of his immigration policy where he reiterated that all illegal immigrants are subject to deportation with priority given to illegal immigrants who have committed significant crimes and those who have overstayed visas. He noted that all those seeking legalization would have to go home and re-enter the country legally.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-eases-terms-on-immigration-trade-after-meeting-with-mexican-president-enrique-pena-nieto-1472677336|title=Donald Trump Vows Deportations After Easing Tone in Meeting With Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto|last1=Epstein|first1=Reid J.|date=September 1, 2016|last2=Hook|first2=Janet|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|last3=Luhnow|first3=David|access-date=September 1, 2016}}{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4475417/donald-trump-immigration-policy-mexico-deportation/|title=Donald Trump Pivots Back to Hard-Line Immigration Stance|date=August 31, 2016|magazine=Time|access-date=September 1, 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/31/us/politics/donald-trump-immigration-changes.html|title=A Look at Trump's Immigration Plan, Then and Now|last=Corasaniti|first=Nick|date=August 31, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 1, 2016}}{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4463874/donald-trump-softening-immigration-position/|title=Donald Trump Signals 'Softening' of Immigration Position|last=Miller|first=Zeke J.|date=August 23, 2016|magazine=Time|access-date=September 1, 2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/28/politics/donald-trump-immigration-explainer|title=Trump to give immigration speech amid major questions|last=Bradner|first=Eric|date=August 28, 2016|publisher=CNN|access-date=September 1, 2016}}

On February 8, 2017, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 36-year-old Guadalupe García de Rayos, when she attended her required annual review at the ICE office in Phoenix, and deported her to Mexico the next day based on a removal order issued in 2013 by the Executive Office for Immigration Review. The arrest prompted protests from her family and others{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/09/arizona-guadalupe-garcia-de-rayos-deported-protests|title=Arizona woman deported to Mexico despite complying with immigration officials|newspaper=The Guardian |date=9 February 2017 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |last1=Nevarez |first1=Griselda }}{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/us/arizona-guadalupe-garcia-de-rayos-protests/index.html|title=Deported mother: 'I did it for love'|author1=Steve Almasy |author2=Emanuella Grinberg |author3=Ray Sanchez |date=9 February 2017 |publisher=CNN}}{{citation|title=Increase in US Immigration Enforcement Likely to Mean Jump in Deportations|publisher=Voice of America News|date=February 3, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2017|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/increased-us-immigration-enforcement-to-mean-jump-in-deportations/3705604.html}}{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/us/phoenix-guadalupe-garcia-de-rayos.html|title=She Showed Up Yearly to Meet Immigration Agents. Now They're Deporting Her|author=Fernanda Santos|date=February 9, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|location=Phoenix, Arizona}} Immigrant advocates believe that she is one of the first to be deported after the EO was signed and that her case reflects the severity of the crackdown on illegal immigration.{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-phoenix-trump-detainee-20170208-story.html|title=Longtime Phoenix resident in U.S. illegally detained in early display of Trump executive order's reach|date=February 9, 2017|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} ICE officials said that proceedings in Immigration Court had resulted in a finding that she did not have a legal basis to remain in the US.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/us/arizona-garcia-de-rayos-protests/index.html|title=Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos has become the focus of a national debate over the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.|author=Ray Sanchez|date=10 February 2017 |publisher=CNN}} In 2008, she was working at an amusement park in Mesa, Arizona when then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio ordered a raid that resulted in her arrest and felony identity theft conviction for possessing a false Social Security number.{{cite web|title=Case Information|url=http://www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov/docket/CriminalCourtCases/caseInfo.asp?caseNumber=CR2008-136210|publisher=Judicial Branch of Arizona: Maricopa County|access-date=10 February 2017}}

Section 5 of the order prioritizes removal of aliens who "have been convicted of any criminal offense; have been charged with any criminal offense, where such charge has not been resolved; have committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense; have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official matter or application before a governmental agency; have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits; are subject to a final order of removal, but who have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the United States; or in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or national security."{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/index.html|title=Key points in Trump's immigration executive orders|author1=Tal Kopan |author2=Catherine E. Shoichet |publisher=CNN|date=January 25, 2017}}

This provision of the executive order greatly expands the category of people classified as "priorities for removal," making all aliens who have been charged with a crime, or believed could have been charged with a crime, priorities for deportation.Camila Domonoske, [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/22/516649344/whats-new-in-those-dhs-memos-on-immigration-enforcement What's New In Those DHS Memos On Immigration Enforcement?], NPR (February 22, 2017). The order expands to even those convicted of minor crimes, such as traffic offenses.Debra Cassens Weiss, [http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/deportation_priorities_will_expand_along_with_the_expedited_removal_process Deportation priorities will expand to include those convicted of even minor crimes], ABA Journal (February 21, 2017). This marks a change from the Obama administration, which placed the highest priority for deportation on aliens who had been convicted of serious crimes.

Section 9(a) deals with disqualification of sanctuary cities from receiving U.S. federal grants. Section 9(a) states:

:In furtherance of this policy, the Attorney General and the Secretary, in their discretion and to the extent consistent with law, shall ensure that jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with 8 U.S.C. 1373 (sanctuary jurisdictions) are not eligible to receive Federal grants, except as deemed necessary for law enforcement purposes by the Attorney General or the Secretary.

It has been successfully challenged in the following cases, where it has been declared unconstitutional:

• City and County of San Francisco v. Trump
• City of Chelsea v. Trump

Section 9(b) deals with the compilation and publication of information about immigrant crime.

Section 9(b)states:

:To better inform the public regarding the public safety threats associated with sanctuary jurisdictions, the Secretary shall utilize the Declined Detainer Outcome Report or its equivalent and, on a weekly basis, make public a comprehensive list of criminal actions committed by aliens and any jurisdiction that ignored or otherwise failed to honor any detainers with respect to such aliens.{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united|website=The White House|publisher=Office of the Press Secretary|access-date=March 3, 2017|title=Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States|language=en|date=January 25, 2017}}

While there is evidence that immigrants commit fewer crimes and are incarcerated at a lower rate than native-born Americans, there are very few studies of crime specific to illegal immigrants who are the targets of the order.{{cite web|author=Amanda Erickson|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/03/02/adolf-hitler-also-published-a-list-of-crimes-committed-by-groups-he-didnt-like/|title=Adolf Hitler also published a list of crimes committed by groups he didn't like|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 2, 2017}}{{cite web|author=Richard Pérez-Peña|title=Contrary to Trump's Claims, Immigrants Are Less Likely to Commit Crimes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/us/trump-illegal-immigrants-crime.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=January 26, 2017}} Critics say that the effort to publicize immigrant crime is an effort to skew public perceptions about crimes committed by undocumented migrants.

Some historians have compared Trump's proposed list of crimes committed by immigrants to the Nazi Germany-era policy of publishing lists of crimes supposedly committed by Jews.{{cite news|author=Amy Goodman|title=In Move Recalling Nazi-Era Policies, Trump to Create Office to Track Crimes Committed by Immigrants|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2017/3/1/in_move_recalling_nazi_era_policies|work=Democracy Now!|date=March 1, 2017|language=en|quote=Scholars also say Trump's proposed list of crimes committed by immigrants recalls Nazi Germany-era policy, where the Nazi Institute for Research on the Jewish Question kept files on crimes committed by Jews}} Historian Claudia Koonz of Duke University, an expert on Nazi Germany, said that the proposal was deeply troubling and that: "It's tough to make parallels when the scapegoat is so different. But the process is the same. The process was to exaggerate every piece of evidence showing the criminality of the targeted group. Even though it was atypical and not representative, by the media blitz that accompanied it, people began to see it as normal."{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/03/01/in-singling-out-crimes-by-illegal-immigrants-donald-trump-evokes-troubling-precedents.html|title=In singling out crimes by illegal immigrants, Donald Trump evokes troubling precedents|date=March 1, 2017|author=Daniel Dale|newspaper=Toronto Star}} A number of commentators, including Amanda Erickson of The Washington Post, Christopher Hooton of The Independent, and Tessa Stuart of Rolling Stone also compared the policy of distributing list of criminal actions committed by undocumented immigrants to antisemitic Nazi propaganda that focused on crime in order to stir up anger and hatred toward Jews.{{cite tweet|author=Christopher Hooton|user=ChristophHooton|number=824537495673208832|date=January 26, 2017|title=Nazi Germany vs. Trump Administration, compare and contrast}}{{cite news|title=One of Trump's worst proposals yet was also implemented by Hitler in Nazi Germany|url=https://www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-adolf-hitler-nazi-published-list-crime-immigrants-congress-confirmation-7605146|date=March 1, 2017|work=The Independent|language=en|access-date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303113453/https://www.indy100.com/article/donald-trump-adolf-hitler-nazi-published-list-crime-immigrants-congress-confirmation-7605146|archive-date=March 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|author=Tessa Stuart|title=Why Trump's Immigration Policy Is a Legal Mess|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-trumps-immigration-policy-is-a-legal-mess-w468346|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 23, 2017|language=en}}

Section 13 creates the Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, which operates to assist victims of immigrant crime. The Biden administration dissolved the office on June 11, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-administration-dismantles-trump-era-office-victims-immigrant-crime/|title=Biden administration dismantles Trump-era office for victims of immigrant crime|date=12 June 2021|work=CBS News|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=15 June 2021}}

The challenges are based largely on the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This amendment was the basis for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Printz v. United States (1997), in which the Court, in an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia, struck down a law, held that the U.S. government cannot engage in "federal commandeering of state governments." While an emphasis on the Tenth Amendment has historically been championed by conservative jurists, the states and local governments challenging the executive order in this case reflect the amendment's use by liberals.Damon Root, [http://reason.com/archives/2017/02/04/will-liberals-learn-to-love-th Will Liberals Learn to Love the 10th Amendment? It's Trump vs. Scalia when cities offer sanctuary to immigrants], Reason (March 2017).

A federal statute involved in the cases is section 1373 of title 8 of the United States Code. That section provides that "a Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual".

Legal scholar Ilya Somin, writing in the Washington Post{{'}}s The Volokh Conspiracy, wrote: {{quote|There are two serious constitutional problems with conditioning federal grants to sanctuary cities on compliance with Section 1373. First, longstanding Supreme Court precedent mandates that the federal government may not impose conditions on grants to states and localities unless the conditions are "unambiguously" stated in the text of the law "so that the States can knowingly decide whether or not to accept those funds." Few if any federal grants to sanctuary cities are explicitly conditioned on compliance with Section 1373.
Any such condition must be passed by Congress, and may only apply to new grants, not ones that have already been appropriated. The executive cannot simply make up new conditions on its own and impose them on state and local governments. Doing so undermines both the separation of powers and federalism.
Even aside from Trump's dubious effort to tie it to federal grants, Section 1373 is itself unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the federal government may not 'commandeer' state and local officials by compelling them to enforce federal law. Such policies violate the Tenth Amendment.Ilya Somin, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/26/constitutional-problems-with-trumps-executive-order-on-sanctuary-cities/ Why Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities is unconstitutional], Washington Post, January 26, 2017.}}

{{Infobox United States District Court case

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| name = City and County of San Francisco v. Trump

| court = United States District Court for the Northern District of California

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| full name = City and County of San Francisco, Plaintiffs, v. Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States of America, et al., Defendants

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| citations = No. 3:17-cv-00485

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{{Infobox United States District Court case

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| name = County of Santa Clara v. Trump

| court = United States District Court for the Northern District of California

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| citations = 3:17-cv-00574[https://www.clearinghouse.net/detail.php?id=15622 Case Profile: County of Santa Clara v. Trump], Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, University of Michigan Law School.

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{{Infobox United States District Court case

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| name = City of Richmond v. Trump

| court = United States District Court for the Northern District of California

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| citations = 3:17-cv-01535[https://www.clearinghouse.net/detail.php?id=15692 Case Profile:], Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse, University of Michigan Law School.

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City and County of San Francisco v. Trump or San Francisco v. Trump, No. 3:17-cv-00485 (N.D.Cal. 2017), were resolved by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, finding that Executive Order 13768 is unconstitutional on the grounds it violates the Fifth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, as well as the doctrine on the separation of powers, in line with claims made by the petitioners.{{cite web|url=http://www.sfcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Complaint.pdf|title=3:17-cv-00485 Complaint For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief}}{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-san-francisco-trump-20170131-story.html|title=San Francisco sues Trump over executive order targeting sanctuary cities|first=Maura|last=Dolan|website=Los Angeles Times |date=31 January 2017 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/01/31/san-francisco-files-suit-against-trumps-executive-order-on-sanctuary-cities/|title=Opinion - San Francisco files suit against Trump's executive order on sanctuary cities|newspaper=The Washington Post }}

On January 31, 2017 the City and County of San Francisco filed a civil action challenging the executive order on the grounds that it violates the Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution with regard to State Sovereignty. San Francisco sued the Trump administration over the executive order requiring the federal government to withhold money from so-called sanctuary cities that protect criminal aliens from federal prosecution. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California alleges that Trump's order violates the Tenth Amendment, which states that powers not explicitly given to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved for the states.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/01/31/san-francisco-sues-trump-over-sanctuary-city-order/97291804/|title=San Francisco sues Trump over sanctuary city order|website=USA Today }}{{cite web|url=http://courthousenews.com/san-francisco-sues-feds-over-sanctuary-city-ban/|title=San Francisco Sues Feds Over Sanctuary City Ban|date=February 1, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Fuller|first1=Thomas|title=San Francisco Sues Trump Over 'Sanctuary Cities" Order|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/san-francisco-lawsuit-trump-sanctuary-cities.html?_r=0|access-date=10 February 2017|work=New York Times|date=January 31, 2017}}

The civil suit alleges three causes of action (1) Declaratory Relief – San Francisco complies with {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}, (2) 10th Amendment – {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}(a) is unconstitutional, and (3) 10th Amendment – Executive Order Section 9(A) enforcement directive is unconstitutional. The suit seeks a Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief holding that, (1) {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}(a) is unconstitutional and invalid on its face; (2) Enjoin Defendants from enforcing Section 1373(a) or using it as a condition for receiving federal funds; (3) Declare that Section {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}(a) is invalid as applied to state and local Sanctuary City laws, (4) Enjoin Defendants from enforcing Section 1373(a) against jurisdictions that enact Sanctuary City laws for legitimate local purposes; (5) Declare that San Francisco complies with Section {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}; (6) Enjoin Defendants from designating San Francisco as a jurisdiction that fails to comply with Section {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}; (7) Enjoin unconstitutional applications of the Enforcement Directive in Executive Order Section 9(a).

Unlike other suits brought in United States district courts across the United States challenging Executive Order 13769, this suit is the first one to challenge Executive Order 13768 on the basis of the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/317147-san-francisco-files-lawsuit-against-trump-for-sanctuary-cities/|title=San Francisco sues Trump admin. over sanctuary cities order|first=Max|last=Greenwood|date=January 31, 2017}}

On February 3, 2017, Santa Clara County, California filed a separate lawsuit challenging the order on the same grounds.[http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/04/14/trump-sanctuary-cities-lawsuit-san-francisco-santa-clara-county/ Bay Area Counties In Court Over Trump Sanctuary Cities Order], CBS San Francisco Bay Area (April 14, 2017). For reasons of "judicial efficiency," both cases were assigned to District Court Judge William Orrick III. The State of California, represented by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, filed an amicus brief in support of the two counties' challenge.[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2017-03-23/california-joins-suit-against-defunding-of-sanctuary-cities California Joins Suit Against Defunding of Sanctuary Cities], Associated Press (March 23, 2017). Judge Orrick issued a preliminary injunction with nationwide effect halting implementation of the order on April 25, 2017, ruling that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits of their challenge.{{cite news|last1=Levin|first1=Sam|title=Trump's order to restrict 'sanctuary cities' funding blocked by federal judge|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/25/trump-sanctuary-cities-funding-executive-order-blocked|access-date=April 25, 2017|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 25, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Egelko|first1=Bob|title=Judge says Trump can't punish cities over sanctuary city policies|url=http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Judge-says-Trump-can-t-punish-cities-over-11098098.php|access-date=April 25, 2017|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 25, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfcityattorney.org/2017/04/25/statement-city-attorney-dennis-herrera-ruling-sf-v-trump-lawsuit/|title=Herrera wins nationwide halt to enforcement of Trump's sanctuary city order - City Attorney of San Francisco|date=25 April 2017}}

On November 20, 2017, Judge Orrick issued a summary judgment that ruled Section 9(a) of the Executive Order was unconstitutional on its face and issued a permanent nationwide injunction against its implementation.{{cite news|newspaper = Huffington Post|title = Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Executive Order On Sanctuary Cities|date = November 21, 2017|access-date = November 24, 2017|first = Nick|last = Visser|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/sanctuary-cities-executive-order-blocked_us_5a139666e4b0aa32975d6b3f|url-status = live|archive-date = November 24, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171124040409/http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/sanctuary-cities-executive-order-blocked_us_5a139666e4b0aa32975d6b3f}} The judgment concluded:

{{quote|text = The Counties have demonstrated that the Executive Order has caused and will cause them constitutional injuries by violating the separation of powers doctrine and depriving them of their Tenth and Fifth Amendment rights. Accordingly, the Counties' motions for summary judgment are GRANTED regarding Section 9(a). The defendants are permanently enjoined from enforcing Section 9(a) of the Executive Order against jursisdictions they deem as sanctuary jurisdictions. Because Section 9(a) is unconstitutional on its face, and not simply in its application to the plaintiffs here, a nationwide injunction against the defendants other than President Trump is appropriate.|author = Judge William Orrick, County of Santa Clara v. Trump, at p. 28.{{cite court|litigants = County of Santa Clara v. Trump (17-cv-00485-WHO)|url = http://www.cand.uscourts.gov/filelibrary/3225/Order-Granting-Motion-for-Summary-Judgment.pdf|court = N.D. Cal.|date = November 20, 2017}}}}

The city of Richmond, California filed a similar lawsuit on March 21, 2017. This lawsuit was also assigned to Judge Orrick.

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| name = City of Chelsea v. Trump

| court = United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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| full name = City of Chelsea, City of Lawrence, Plaintiffs, v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, United States of America, John F. Kelly, Secretary of United States Department of Homeland Security, Dana J. Boente, Acting Attorney General of the United States, Does 1-100, Defendants.

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On February 8, 2017, the cities of Chelsea, Massachusetts and Lawrence, Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Boston, challenging the validity of the executive order.Milton J. Valencia, [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/08/chelsea-lawrence-sue-trump-over-sanctuary-city-penalties/tXbFN0dM6Wy88gHEjwxdYO/story.html Chelsea, Lawrence sue over Trump's sanctuary city order] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501094216/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/02/08/chelsea-lawrence-sue-trump-over-sanctuary-city-penalties/tXbFN0dM6Wy88gHEjwxdYO/story.html |date=2018-05-01 }}, Boston Globe (February 8, 2017).[http://lawyerscom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sanctuary-Cities-Complaint-FINAL-FILED.pdf Complaint] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081016/http://lawyerscom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sanctuary-Cities-Complaint-FINAL-FILED.pdf |date=2017-02-11 }}, City of Chelsea v. Trump (D. Mass.). The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice and the law firm Goodwin Procter are representing the cities pro bono in the suit.

The civil suit alleges eight causes of action: (1) declaratory relief that the City of Chelsea complies with {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}; (2) declaratory relief that the City of Lawrence complies with {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}; (3) the Section 9(A) of the executive order (the "enforcement directive") is unconstitutionally coercive under the Tenth Amendment; (4) the executive order is facially unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment; (5) the executive order is unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment as applied to plaintiff cities, (6) {{UnitedStatesCode|8|1373}}(a) is unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment; (7) the executive order violates the separation of powers recognized by the United States Constitution, and (8) the executive order as unconstitutionally vague in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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{{Infobox United States District Court case

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| name = Gonzalez v. ICE

| court = United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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| full name = The State Of New York and Eric Gonzalez v. United States Immigration And Customs Enforcement, Matthew T. Albence, United States Department Of Homeland Security and Kevin K. Mcaleenan,

| date decided = June 10, 2020

| citations = 1:19-cv-08876

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While the EO had been ruled unconstitutional in 2017, ICE established the practice of arresting immigrants while they were at courthouses via the 2018 directive, "Directive Number 11072.1, Civil Immigration Enforcement Actions Inside Courthouses", based on the practice established in the EO. The directive asserted that "law enforcement officials routinely engage in enforcement activity in courthouses throughout the country because many individuals appearing in courthouses for one matter are wanted for unrelated criminal or civil violations" and believed this was consistent with long-standing law enforcement policies.

The state of New York, under its Attorney General Letitia James, and the Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez filed suit in September 2019 against ICE in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York related to its execution of the EO. The plaintiffs challenged ICE's on two counts: that civil arrests made at a courthouse violated a common law practice embedded in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (INA), and that the arrest policy was adopted in an "arbitrary and capricious manner" that violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), and sought injunctive and declaratory relief from the ICE's practices.{{cite web | url = https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.523449/gov.uscourts.nysd.523449.1.0.pdf | title= Complaint For Declaratory And Injunctive Relief | date= September 25, 2019 | access-date = June 10, 2020 | publisher = United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | via = CourtListener.com }} Judge Jed Rakoff rejected ICE's request to dismiss the lawsuit in November 2019, stating that the plaintiffs had a valid claim; "Courts cannot be expected to function properly if third parties (not least the executive branch of the government) feel free to disrupt the proceedings and intimidate the parties and witnesses by staging arrests for unrelated civil violations in the courthouse."{{cite web | url = https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-ice-courthouse-arrests-ruling-20191219-5pw3mibyffdftnkfnwtlmw73eq-story.html | title = Federal judge clears way for New York lawsuit challenging ICE on courthouse arrests | first1 = Stephen Rex | last1 = Brown | first2 = Leonard |last2 = Greene | date = December 19, 2019 | access-date = June 10, 2020 | work = New York Daily News }} Judge Rakoff issued his summary judgement on June 10, 2020, affirming both counts that the ICE policy was illegal and enjoining the agency from performing any more arrests in such a manner in any courtroom in the state of New York. Rakoff agreed with the plaintiffs that the actions had chilling effects for reporting other civil and criminal issues even for immigrants who were not under ICE suspicions; "Evidence proffered by the plaintiffs indicates that substantial numbers of non-citizen litigants, even those who were not themselves subject to these actions, now feared any kind of participation in the legal system, including reporting domestic violence, litigating family court actions, and pursuing meritorious defenses to criminal charges."{{cite web | url = https://lawandcrime.com/immigration/federal-judge-declares-ice-arrests-at-courthouses-illegal-in-huge-blow-to-trump-administration/ | title= Federal Judge Declares ICE Arrests at Courthouses 'Illegal' in Huge Blow to Trump Administration | first = Colin | last = Kalmbacher| date= June 10, 2020 | access-date = June 10, 2020 | work = Courthouse News }}

In response to the executive order, California passed California Sanctuary Law SB54.{{cite news |last1=Kopetman |first1=Roxana |title=California's sanctuary law, SB54: Here's what it is — and isn't |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2018/05/04/californias-sanctuary-law-sb-54-heres-what-it-is-and-isnt/ |access-date=22 January 2019 |newspaper=Orange County Register |date=4 May 2018}}

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