3 Big Immigration Stories: Texas Seeks to Enforce US Immigration Laws, Legal Pot Seller Denied U.S. Citizenship and Massive Immigration Fee Hike Ahead
By: Richard Hanus, Esq. January 11, 2024 Federal lawsuit alleges state overreach as Texas enacts its own immigration enforcement statute Per the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Supreme Court precedent, it is well established that U.S. immigration law, from the enactment of legislation to the enforcement of such measures, is a function falling exclusively within authority of the federal government. But what happens when an individual state finds federal government immigration enforcement initiatives so lacking that it deems it necessary to enact their own immigration enforcement provisions and authorizes its own officials to arrest and criminally prosecute offenders? This very scenario is [...]