> But also, why shouldn’t these cities help federal agencies enforce the law?
Because they are a subdivision of a separate sovereignty, which has its own laws and priorities, and its own limited resources with which to pursue them, and which doesn't have either the unlimited borrowing authority or the practical freedom to borrow that comes from borrowing in a currency that it controls that the federal government has, so those constraints are much more sharp than they are for the federal government.
If the federal government wants its laws enforced, it should expend the resources to enforce them.
Bur daddy Trump didn’t campaign on spending more money. Just results. Im so tired of disingenuous campaign “promises” leading to electing officials who don’t have a clue. And this isn’t about left and right, it’s about politics becoming a PR charade and society refuses to hold those elected really accountable for their campaign declarations.
Because they are a subdivision of a separate sovereignty, which has its own laws and priorities, and its own limited resources with which to pursue them, and which doesn't have either the unlimited borrowing authority or the practical freedom to borrow that comes from borrowing in a currency that it controls that the federal government has, so those constraints are much more sharp than they are for the federal government.
If the federal government wants its laws enforced, it should expend the resources to enforce them.