Immigration Federalism as Ideology: Lessons from the States
Over the last decade states passed hundreds of immigration bills covering a range of policy areas. This article considers the recent state legislative surge against scholarly treatments of immigration federalism, and identifies the symbolic politics in state lawmaking. The analysis combines a histor...
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| description | Over the last decade states passed hundreds of immigration bills covering a range of policy areas. This article considers the recent state legislative surge against scholarly treatments of immigration federalism, and identifies the symbolic politics in state lawmaking. The analysis combines a historical treatment of key court decisions that delineated boundaries of state and federal immigration roles with a legislative analysis of over 2200 immigration bills passed between 2006 and 2013, to identify the numerous ways in which national immigration policy shapes state measures. It argues that recent laws must be considered against symbolic federalism which privileges state sovereignty and justifies social policy devolution by advancing frames of intergovernmental conflict, state-level policy pragmatism, and federal ineffectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-568f71dce9684333a9bf7ca8140e5c1b2022-12-22T04:01:04ZengMDPI AGLaws2075-471X2015-11-014472975410.3390/laws4040729laws4040729Immigration Federalism as Ideology: Lessons from the StatesLina Newton0Political Science Department, Hunter College, CUNY, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USAOver the last decade states passed hundreds of immigration bills covering a range of policy areas. This article considers the recent state legislative surge against scholarly treatments of immigration federalism, and identifies the symbolic politics in state lawmaking. The analysis combines a historical treatment of key court decisions that delineated boundaries of state and federal immigration roles with a legislative analysis of over 2200 immigration bills passed between 2006 and 2013, to identify the numerous ways in which national immigration policy shapes state measures. It argues that recent laws must be considered against symbolic federalism which privileges state sovereignty and justifies social policy devolution by advancing frames of intergovernmental conflict, state-level policy pragmatism, and federal ineffectiveness.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/4/4/729immigration federalismstate immigration lawssymbolic politics |
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| title | Immigration Federalism as Ideology: Lessons from the States |
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| title_short | Immigration Federalism as Ideology: Lessons from the States |
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