Graduation Year
Spring 2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
George Thomas
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© 2012 Alexandra R. Saslaw
Abstract
This thesis begins with a historical analysis of the legal precedent which has granted the federal government exceptional power over immigration legislation, and demonstrates how that authority has expanded in the last half-century. It then proposes an alternative scheme which would embrace immigration federalism and allow states a larger, but still closely regulated, role in legislation over aliens.
Recommended Citation
Saslaw, Alexandra R., "One People, One Nation, One Power? Re-Evaluating the Role of the Federal Plenary Power in Immigration" (2012). CMC Senior Theses. 425.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/425
