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Originally Posted by Walt
When the federal government leaves border states vulnerable by failing to meaningfully address illegal immigration, does illegal immigration then become a state issue?
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I would agree with you that the federal immigration laws have failed.
But that does not change the fact that it still remains a federal issue to legislate.
The authority starts here:
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: Congress shall have the power...To establish a uniform rule of naturalization...
States do not have that power, even with the "failure" of the federal government.
And beyond that, there are the other issues....4th amendment rights, etc.
I can see where several provisions of the AZ on their own merit might have standing....like, picking up day workers on a public street could be legislated at the state level as a crime (?) of "impeding traffic"
But requiring immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and giving authority for local law enforcement to check "suspicious" people....no way.