Is there any reason states can't maintain their own ICE that handles illegals and human trafficking?
Texas is about to be in dire need of such an agency. Other states too, undoubtedly.
Beyond, they can spend $40 million to "fortify" the State Capitol with 74 more troopers, bomb-sniffing dogs and panic buttons for legislators. It doesn't seem a stretch to spend that sort of money in every major city/region to tackle the detainment and exportation of COVID infected illegals that the Federal Government is going to set loose.
Seriously, is anything stopping them from doing this?
Immigration policy and enforcement is federal jurisdiction.
Arizona got sued under Obama's admin for attempting to enforce immigration policy.
So states have zero say regarding illegals in their domains? Doesn't seem Constitutional. Ironically, in the case you mention, Eric Holder argued that it was unconstitutional for states to be involved. What a complete load shit.
Apparently it ended up before the Supreme Court, who then rendered this shit decision (emphasis mine):
States should absolutely buck against that. It leaves them all but disempowered to deal with illegals in their state, except entirely by the accords of the Federal government. Which, at the moment, is rendering ICE powerless too.
Meh.courts moot so do it anyway
That is exactly what sanctuary cities and states are doing in reverse--keeping ICE out.
Red states already cooperate with ice.
That's why they have dc surrounded. They need protection from the illegals it has nothing to do with domestic terrorism. They just refuse to admit they are scared of the brown ones coming over.