LOS ANGELES — A California law banning private prisons and immigrant detention facilities in the state violates the U.S. Constitution when applied to facilities operated on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a federal appellate court ruled Monday.
State officials said they were "deeply disappointed" in the decision.
The 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the 2019 law in question — Assembly Bill 32 — specifically violated the Constitution's "Supremacy Clause," which precludes states from interfering with the enforcement of federal laws.
