Author: P.A. Madison

One of the core arguments advanced by the Justice Department in a lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law is that under “our constitutional system, the federal government has pre-eminent authority to regulate immigration matters.” The government further states this “authority derives from the United States Constitution …” Here is the problem with this: There is zero evidence the States had ever surrendered their authority over internal State immigration matters to the federal government. The Constitution’s enumerated powers say nothing about immigration. What power…