California’s new law aimed at unmasking federal immigration agents has no effect on federal operations, acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli told Newsmax Friday, stressing that the state has no jurisdiction over federal authority.
“We have the Supremacy Clause in the Constitution,” Essayli said on Newsmax’s “National Report.”
He continued, “The system of government was set up so the federal government could operate unhampered or unaffected by all 50 states passing their own regulations. If every state started passing its own framework of rules for the federal government, it would be a total mess and unworkable.”
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