The Never Ending Fight Federal vs. State: A Fight Across Centuries

Background of SB 1070 What do you know about SB 1070? What occurred to encourage the passing of SB 1070? Who authored SB 1070? Who sponsored SB 1070? 4 important dates to remember.  April 23, 2010  April 30, 2010  July 6, 2010  February 10, 2011

Fundamentals to SB 1070 Consists of 11 sections. 4 of the sections were the cause for many of the worries in regards to harassment and discrimination.

Fundamentals to SB 1070 #2. Requires law enforcement, in making a lawful stop, detention, or arrest for another law, to make a reasonable attempt to determine the person's immigration status where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is not lawfully present in the country; #3. Creates a new misdemeanor offense for the willful failure to complete or carry an immigrant registration document under certain circumstances; #5. Creates misdemeanor offenses, in certain circumstances, for (c) applying for or soliciting work while unlawfully present in the country; #6. Creates misdemeanor offenses (or felonies if 10 or more illegal immigrants are involved) for unlawfully transporting or concealing an illegal immigrant or encouraging one to enter or remain in the country illegally;

Fight Begins: Federal vs. Arizona April 25, 2012: U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on SB 1070.

Tale of the Tape We will examine the federal government’s case and Arizona’s case by creating concept maps.  There are two documents one from the Department of Justice and the other is a summary of Arizona’s counterclaim.  Class will be put into groups of 4  Each group will create 2 concept maps.  Follow the example that I will show you.

Example of Concept Map

Day 2 Lets re-examine the cases of the Federal Government and the state of Arizona. Federal  Unconstitutionally interferes with Federal Government.  Significant burdens on Federal agencies.  Harassment  Will hamper to effectively police communities.

Day 2 Arizona  Failure to achieve/maintain operational control of the border.  Failure to protect Arizona  Failure to enforce/follow immigration laws  Reimbursement obligations  10 th Amendment

By: David Fitzsimmons The Arizona Star, 2010

Bibliography Slide 2:  ABC 15. "TIMELINE: Story of controversial SB 1070." ABC 15. June 25,  National Conference of State Legislatures. "Arizona's Immigration Enforcement Laws." National Conference of State Legislatures law.aspx#Summary_of_SB1070_and_HB2162. —. Immigration Policy Project rules-on-arizona-immigration-laws.aspx. Slide 4:  Orlando, James. "SUMMARY OF ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION AND LEGISLATION IN OTHER STATES." OLR Research Report. May 14, Slide 5:  Image retrieved from: conflict/ conflict/

Bibliography Slide 7:  Image retrieved from: Slide 8:  The United States Department of Justice. "Justice News." The United States Department of Justice. July 6, opa-776.html. opa-776.html Slide 9:  Rau, Alia B, and Ginger Rough. "Political News." AZ Central. February 11, arizona-to-sue-feds-over-border-security.html. Slide 10:  Image retrieved from: toons-july-arizonas-sb1070-blocked