Oceander asked:
"Why do state-law pardons control federal immigration/deportation law?"
And 240b asked:
"Can a State pardon a Federal Crime?"
Time to test the issues and see.
The administration should go and round up a few of these "state pardonees" -- and progress with deportation or other legal actions where warranted.
The state governors (Cuomo and Brown) will object, of course, and probably bring suit in federal court.
Let them. This is exactly what we want.
Then... "push the issues upward" -- and let the U.S. Supreme Court decide.