One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities.
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I suppose a state can sign it’s rights away in a contract just like any other entity, but I’d love to know if one EVER HAS. Because I don’t think that’s up to GEO and ICE to determine between the two of them which laws they are obligated to follow or not. At first I assumed that ICE had gotten some actual US State to agree to this, which would be horrible but at least would make more sense than a private fucking company and a federal agency unilaterally declaring they won’t follow the laws of the state they are operating in, which is what this appear to be.
Officially, state law doesn’t influence federal facilities. Federal buildings don’t need to meet state or municipal building codes. State law doesn’t apply on federal land.
I suppose a state can sign it’s rights away in a contract just like any other entity, but I’d love to know if one EVER HAS. Because I don’t think that’s up to GEO and ICE to determine between the two of them which laws they are obligated to follow or not. At first I assumed that ICE had gotten some actual US State to agree to this, which would be horrible but at least would make more sense than a private fucking company and a federal agency unilaterally declaring they won’t follow the laws of the state they are operating in, which is what this appear to be.
Officially, state law doesn’t influence federal facilities. Federal buildings don’t need to meet state or municipal building codes. State law doesn’t apply on federal land.
States have agreed to this.