Opinion ID: 733323
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Prisons

Text: 24 California also contends in Count IX that the United States has violated the Tenth Amendment because federal immigration policy causes the State to incur the costs of incarcerating those illegal aliens who commit crimes within the State. California reasons that because the United States has failed to effectively enforce its immigration policies, the Federal Government has essentially commandeered the State's legislative process by forcing California to allocate money and human resources to both incarcerate illegal alien felons and supervise their parole. 25 The Court concludes that California has failed to allege a Tenth Amendment violation because no federal mandate requires California to pursue a penal policy resulting in these costs. See Padavan, 82 F.3d at 28-29 (reaching same result); New Jersey, 91 F.3d at 467 (reaching same result).