Something a lot of people dont understand: US state governments aren’t part of the US federal government, in any capacity — they’re independent states in a unio

Something a lot of people dont understand: US state governments aren’t part of the US federal government, in any capacity — they’re independent states in a union. That’s why it’s strange here: ICE are agents of the federal government, who aren’t subject to state laws in the performance of their duty — Washington can’t stop ICE from doing their job, so instead they punish people who cooperate. An analogy might be that mom and dad are fighting, and now punishing the kids who listen to the other parent.