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The Right of Refusal: Immigration Enforcement and the New Cooperative Federalism

Amdur, Spencer E.
Abstract
In recent years, immigration enforcement has provoked conflicts among almost every level and branch of American government. Some disputes are hor­ izontal: between the President and Congress, governors and state legislatures, sheriffs and boards of supervisors. Others are vertical: between states and feder­al agencies, the President and governors, states and localities. Many of the con­stitutional questions posed by these conflicts have entered the courts and spawned large academic literatures. But at least one has not: federal power to enlist state and local aid.