Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided March 19, 2009Published
1Opinion of the Court
The Honorable Frank J. Corte, Jr. Chair, Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs Texas House of Representatives Post Office Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Local government policies that hinder enforcement of federal immigration laws (RQ-0733-GA)
Dear Representative Corte:
You ask whether the Texas Legislature has "the authority to deter local governments from adopting policies, or [the authority to] invalidate existing policies, which would hinder state enforcement of the federal immigration lawsf.]"1 You explain your reference to policies that hinder state enforcement of federal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Crosby v. National Foreign Trade CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- De Canas v. BicaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Doe v. MertenDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2004
- City of New York v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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