The Trump administration sues California, claiming the state's new ban on private prisons and immigration detention centers is unconstitutional.
The Trump administration sued the state of California on Friday, asserting that a new state law that bans for-profit prison contracts unconstitutionally interferes with the federal prison and immigration detention systems.
“California, of course, is free to decide that it will no longer use private detention facilities for its state prisoners and detainees,” the lawsuit said. “But it cannot dictate that choice for the federal government, especially in a manner that discriminates against the federal government and those with whom it contracts.”prohibits new private detention contracts in California and changes to current contracts. It phases out existing facilities entirely by 2028.Gov.
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