Controversial State-Level Immigration Laws Aim to Challenge Supreme Court Precedent: Analysts Weigh In
New anti-immigration legislation in the states of Iowa, Oklahoma, and Texas, which criminalizes the presence of individuals in the U.S. without proper documentation, has been temporarily suspended by federal courts. These laws appear to be part of a strategy to prompt a reassessment by the U, S. Supreme Court on whether states should have more authority over immigration enforcement. Tom Jawetz, a senior fellow specializing in immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, suggests that these legislative actions aim to challenge a 2012 Supreme Court decision that restricted state enforcement of federal immigration laws. … Read more