“If states cannot remain free to control their agencies and employees to resist federal immigration enforcement, which is within states’ constitutional prerogatives, the Tenth Amendment anticommandeering doctrine means nothing,”

Ramón E. Reyes Jr. · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-17

Reyes pointed to the Tenth Amendment's anti-commandeering doctrine, which prevents the federal government from forcing state and local governments to administer federal programs.