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Another provision mandates that anyone with access to DMV data must agree not to disclose it improperly. Finally, the law requires that individuals be notified within three days if a federal immigration agency requests their information. According to the federal government, these measures collectively impede the ability of federal authorities to carry out their enforcement responsibilities and therefore constitute a violation of federal law.
Judge Nardacci’s ruling carefully parsed the federal government’s arguments and emphasized the limited judicial role in cases involving policy disputes. She noted that while immigration enforcement is undeniably a contentious and highly politicized issue, her responsibility was not to weigh the policy’s merits but to determine whether the plaintiffs had met the legal burden to show that the law contravened the Constitution. In her opinion, the judge stated, “The Court’s role is not to evaluate the desirability of the Green Light Law as a policy matter, but rather to assess whether Plaintiff’s well-pled allegations, accepted as true, establish that the challenged provisions of the Green Light Law violate the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.”
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