The case to be analyzed in this assignment is “Why Illegal Immigration is an Intergovernmental Mess and Will Remain So”.
You can find the case on page 177 of the textbook. After reading the case, please answer the following questions:
- Why have state and local governments become more active in regulating illegal immigrants in recent years?
- How does the design of American federalism lead to the types of intergovernmental conflicts found in the area of immigration?
- In your opinion, how can these conflicts be solved?
- Find a policy of the current administration / immediate past administration designed to deal with illegal immigration. Was it effective? Did it create intergovernmental conflict? How so? You can research the news or governmental websites to answer this question.
- Shafritz, J., Hyde, A., Borick, C., & Russell, E. W. (2016). Why Illegal Immigration Is an Intergovernmental Mess and Will Remain So. In Introducing Public Administration (9th ed., pp. 177–181). essay, Routledge.
- Supreme Court of the United States. (2012). Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. 387.