Cardozo Law Review de•novo
Document Type
Symposium
Publication Date
2017
Abstract
The federal government has encouraged local police to assist in apprehending, detaining, and removing undocumented immigrants living in the United States ever since the 1980s. State governments, by themselves, do not have the authority to directly regulate immigrants’ presence or immigration; that power belongs to the federal government pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause, among other sources. However, federal officials have permitted—sometimes even coerced—states to “cooperate” in reporting undocumented immigrants and aiding in “identification, apprehension, detention, or removal” of these immigrants.
Publisher
Cardozo Law Review de·novo
Volume
2017
First Page
105
Recommended Citation
Shahshahani, Azadeh, "Local Police Entanglement with Immigration Enforcement in Georgia" (2017). Cardozo Law Review de•novo. 52.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/de-novo/52
