Subject: Re: Bondi files charges against NY
States are allowed to refrain from helping the federal government enforce federal law. That's not "passive aggressively stopping them" - it's the anti-commandeering doctrine, an important part of federalism that recognizes that the States are not instrumentalities of the federal government. They can't conflict with federal law (the Supremacy Clause), but the federal government doesn't get to make them enact or enforce federal laws.

Cool. Then maybe the strategy is for the feds to lean into this and start "processing" more illegals in blue areas. Good for the goose and all that.