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法律专家表示，司法部试图通过至上条款迫使各州发放车牌，将面临一场硬仗
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发布于2026年5月29日 美国东部时间12:42pm
部分蓝州“蓄意破坏”执法：佛罗里达州州长
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美国司法部周四宣布，已就四个民主党领导的州拒绝向移民海关执法局（ICE）特工发放卧底车牌一事对这些州提起诉讼。
司法部民事 division 助理部长布雷特·舒梅特此前曾向缅因州、马萨诸塞州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州发出最后通牒，要求它们在5月22日前为移民执法官员的车辆提供卧底车牌。司法部官员辩称，这些州的拒绝行为非法歧视联邦执法人员，违反了宪法的至上条款。
此次诉讼升级了司法部与民主党领导州之间长达数月的移民执法对峙。随着司法部寻求对州机动车部门行使法律权威，这些案件可能会测试至上条款的边界，而各州则坚称它们没有义务协助民事移民执法工作。
“司法部将行使一切合法权力，支持勇敢的执法男女，”代理司法部长托德·布兰奇表示。“执法人员每天都冒着生命危险保护美国人的安全，必须能够有效履行职责。这些州长拒绝为包括移民海关执法局在内的国土安全部部门发放卧底车牌，却向本州机构发放此类车牌，他们推行的是针对联邦执法的歧视性和阻挠性政策。”
司法部向蓝州发出警告 移民海关执法局斗争即将迎来下一场宪法对决
2025年8月11日，在美国华盛顿白宫詹姆斯·S·布雷迪新闻发布室，美国副司法部长托德·布兰奇与美国总统唐纳德·特朗普一同出席新闻发布会。特朗普宣布将授权联邦接管华盛顿特区大都会警察局，协助首都的犯罪预防工作，并将部署国民警卫队前往华盛顿特区。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
马萨诸塞州州长办公室的一名官员此前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，该联邦州确实会向联邦特工发放卧底车牌，但前提是他们正在调查刑事犯罪。该州拒绝为调查民事违规行为的案件提供此类车牌，而大多数移民案件都属于这一范畴。
“在马萨诸塞州，我们支持执法部门开展合法的刑事调查工作，地方、州和联邦机构开展此类工作时可以申请保密车牌，”州长莫拉·希利在其工作人员为福克斯新闻数字频道标注的一份声明中表示。“但我们从移民海关执法局及其违宪策略中看到的并非如此。”
与此同时，俄勒冈州采取了更进一步的措施，全面暂停向联邦特工发放卧底车牌，而缅因州和华盛顿州则与马萨诸塞州一样，拒绝为民事调查提供车牌。
2024年1月31日，马萨诸塞州州长莫拉·希利在波士顿的一场新闻发布会上回答记者提问。她提名一名上诉法院法官兼前恋人填补该州最高法院的空缺席位。（斯图尔特·卡希尔/媒体新闻集团/波士顿先驱报）
联邦法官裁定国土安全局在俄勒冈州无证移民逮捕行为违宪
“我们期待为这场诉讼辩护，”华盛顿州州长鲍勃·弗格森在其办公室向福克斯新闻数字频道分享的一份声明中表示。“我们认真对待公共安全，每年自愿为刑事调查提供数百个卧底车牌与联邦合作伙伴合作。全国各地的法官都发现，国土安全部开展民事移民执法的策略经常违反宪法。”
“这是不可接受的，”他补充道。
俄勒冈州州长办公室的一名发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，州长蒂娜·科特克正在等待州机动车部门对其卧底车牌政策进行审查，她预计该机构将“沟通下一步行动”。
2026年3月1日，在美国明尼苏达州主教亨利·惠普尔联邦大楼外，执法人员站岗，抗议者举行示威，反对美国移民和海关执法局的行动。（克雷姆·尤塞尔/法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
缅因州反移民海关执法局法案即将生效 州长因在参议院竞选期间允许该法案通过面临更多批评
福克斯新闻数字频道周四联系缅因州州长办公室置评，但未得到回应。
司法部提起的诉讼援引了宪法的至上条款，该条款确立联邦法律高于相冲突的州法律，辩称可以利用该条款要求这四个民主党州向移民海关执法局特工发放卧底车牌。
“美国拥有管理联邦执法活动的主权权力，根据至上条款，无需遵守缅因州（或任何州）的危险政策，该政策危及联邦执法行动和执行行动的官员，”诉讼文件中写道。
乔纳森·特利：为何蓝州的新反移民海关执法局法律是违宪的姿态表演
2026年4月21日，在一场新闻发布会上，代理司法部长托德·布兰奇批评记者询问《大西洋月刊》一篇 viral 报道，该报道称联邦调查局局长卡什·帕特尔表现出“行为异常”，与频繁醉酒有关。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ滚球报）
“根据至上条款，各州无权 dictate 联邦政府如何在其境内执行宪法赋予的权力，”文件继续写道。
保守派法律专家此前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他们认为司法部试图利用至上条款迫使各州发放特定车牌，将面临一场硬仗。
“当州法律与最高联邦法律冲突时，联邦法律优先于州法律。一旦发生这种情况，州法律将被优先适用，这意味着在这些冲突情况下，州法律无法产生法律效力，”传统基金会高级法律研究员查尔斯·“卡利”·斯蒂姆森告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“在我看来，没有任何法律与联邦法律相冲突。有的只是州政府官员拒绝发放这类车牌。”
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斯蒂姆森补充道，存在一个基本假设，即作为联邦联盟的一员，并且根据宪法的分权原则，这四个民主党州应该与联邦政府合作执行法律。
周四福克斯新闻数字频道联系司法部置评，但未得到回应。
DOJ escalates blue-state ICE standoff after states refuse key federal request
2026-05-29T12:42:29-04:00 / Fox News
Legal experts say the DOJ faces an uphill battle trying to compel states to issue plates via the Supremacy Clause
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Published May 29, 2026 12:42pm EDT
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The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it filed lawsuits against four Democrat-led states over their refusal to issue undercover license plates to ICE agents.
DOJ Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate previously issued an ultimatum to Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington, giving them until May 22 to provide immigration enforcement officers with undercover plates for their vehicles. Justice Department officials argue the states’ refusal unlawfully discriminates against federal law enforcement and violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause.
These lawsuits escalate a months-long standoff between the Justice Department and Democrat-led states over immigration enforcement. The cases could test the limits of the Supremacy Clause as the DOJ seeks to assert legal authority over state motor vehicle departments, while the states themselves maintain that they are not required to assist with civil immigration enforcement.
“This Department of Justice will exercise any and all lawful authorities to support the brave men and women of law enforcement,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. “Law enforcement officers risk their lives every day to keep Americans safe and must be able to carry out their duties effectively. By denying undercover license plates to DHS components, including ICE, while issuing them to their own state agencies, these governors are pursuing discriminatory and obstructionist policies against federal law enforcement.”
DOJ PUTS BLUE STATES ON NOTICE AS ICE FIGHT BARRELS TOWARD NEXT CONSTITUTIONAL SHOWDOWN
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives for a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump announced he will use his authority to place the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under federal control to assist in crime prevention in the nation’s capital, and that the National Guard will be deployed to D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
An official in the Massachusetts governor’s office previously told Fox News Digital that the commonwealth does issue undercover plates to federal agents, but only if they are investigating criminal offenses. It refuses to do so in cases where civil infractions are being investigated, which covers most immigration cases.
“In Massachusetts, we support law enforcement doing legitimate criminal investigative work, and local, state and federal agencies doing that work can request confidential plates,” Gov. Maura Healey said in a statement flagged for Fox News Digital by her staff. “But that’s not what we are seeing from ICE and its unconstitutional tactics.”
Oregon, meanwhile, has gone a step further by placing a general moratorium on issuing undercover plates to federal agents, while Maine and Washington, like Massachusetts, are declining to provide plates for civil investigations.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey takes questions from reporters during a news conference in Boston on Jan. 31, 2024. She nominated an appeals court judge and former romantic partner to an open seat on the state’s highest court.(Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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“We look forward to defending this lawsuit,” Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson said in a statement his office shared with Fox News Digital. “We take public safety seriously, and work with federal partners to voluntarily provide hundreds of undercover plates every year for criminal investigations. Judges across the country have found that the Department of Homeland Security’s tactics in conducting civil immigration enforcement routinely violate the Constitution.”
“That is unacceptable,” he added.
A spokesman for the Oregon governor’s office told Fox News Digital that Gov. Tina Kotek is waiting for the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a review of its undercover plate policy and that she expects the agency to “communicate next steps.”
Law enforcement officers stand guard as protesters demonstrate outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 1, 2026, opposing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.(Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Maine governor’s office did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
The lawsuits filed by the DOJ cite the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, which establishes federal law as supreme over conflicting state laws, arguing that it can be used to make the four Democratic states issue undercover license plates to ICE agents.
“The United States has sovereign authority to manage federal law enforcement activities and, under the Supremacy Clause, need not cede that authority to Maine (or any state) by abiding by its dangerous policy which jeopardizes federal law enforcement operations and the officers who carry them out,” the lawsuit reads.
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“Under the Supremacy Clause, States do not have the power to dictate how the Federal Government executes its constitutional powers within their borders,” it continued.
Conservative legal experts previously told Fox News Digital that they believe the DOJ is fighting an uphill battle in trying to compel states to issue specific license plates by leveraging the Supremacy Clause.
“Federal law preempts state law when state law conflicts with a supreme federal law. And when it does, the state law is preempted, meaning that the state law cannot be given legal effect in those instances of conflict,” Charles “Cully” Stimson, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital. “There is no law in my mind that is conflicting with federal law. You simply have state actors refusing to issue these types of license plates.”
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Stimson did add that there is an underlying assumption that, by virtue of being in the union and as implied under the Constitution’s separation of powers, the four Democratic states should cooperate with the federal government to enforce laws.
The Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment when reached by Fox News Digital on Thursday.
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