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What constitutional principle bars the federal government from forcing Minnesota or Illinois police to enforce ICE detainers?

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The anti-commandeering doctrine, rooted in the Tenth Amendment and affirmed in Printz v. United States (1997), forbids the federal government from compelling state officers to enforce federal law. Sta...

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