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ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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Resolution to Enforce Our Immigration Laws and Secure
Our Border
Summary

This resolution calls on the State of [insert state] to enforce immigration laws and
end sanctuary policies. This resolution calls on law enforcement officers to execute
their authority to arrest any person guilty of hiring, harboring, or transporting illegal
immigrants and to turn over illegal immigrants to federal authorities for removal
from the United States.

Model Resolution

WHEREAS, the citizens of the State of [insert state] demand the enforcement of
immigration laws and an end to “Catch and Release Policies” known as sanctuary
policies; and

WHEREAS, "If it be asked, what is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of
our security in a Republic? The answer would be an inviolable respect for the
Constitution
and Laws" — Alexander Hamilton; and

WHEREAS, we recognize states inherent authority to enforce immigration laws;
and

WHEREAS, Congress has firmly established that there is a significant public
interest in the effective enforcement of immigration law. Congress could have
chosen to limit local enforcement pursuant to its plenary power over immigration,
but it has not done so. In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers,
the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States' Constitution to
enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. "The statutory law of the United
States is part of the law of each state just as if it were written into state statutory
law." States do not need a 287g, or a permission slip from the federal government
to arrest illegal aliens. The 287g program goes beyond the arrest powers as states
already have inherent authority to make arrests,
287g is for post arrest, not a permission slip to enforce the laws and nothing to do
with authority for arrest; and

WHEREAS, 8 USC Sec. 1325 makes it a crime to enter or remain in the U.S; and

WHEREAS, 8 USC Sec. 1324 makes it illegal to hire an illegal alien; and

WHEREAS, 8 USC Sec. 1644 makes it illegal to restrict or prohibit an officer
from enforcing immigration laws, ("No local ordinance, rule, or measure shall stop
law enforcement officers from enforcement of this section"); and WHEREAS, any
person who knowingly hires/harbors/transports any illegal alien is guilty of a felony
punishable by: 10 years in prison, $2000 fine per illegal alien, and forfeiture of the
vehicle or property used to commit the crime; and

WHEREAS, All officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws shall 35 have
authority to make arrests for a violation of any provision of this section, (affirmed
US v Perez-Gonzalez 2002 Fed App 0360, 6th Circ.); and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the State of [insert state]:

1. Establishes that there is a significant public interest in the effective enforcement
of immigration law & the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United
States' Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws:

2. The illegal alien invasion has a corresponding increase in violent crimes, gangs,
threat to public health, billions in cost to the taxpayer, jobs taken from Americans;
and

3. Demands the elimination of all sanctuary policies in the State of [insert state]
and require the enforcement of our immigration laws & require law enforcement to
turn over to federal authorities for removal from the United States all illegal aliens
& where necessary tried and punished for criminal activity before removal.

4. Require state officials to take action that would secure the United States –
Mexico border including putting the National Guard in a primary role on the border.

5. That all agencies and employers ensure compliance with all federal and state
laws and regulations related to the immigration status of all employees.

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quick summary:
This Resolution describes the ALEC anti-immigrant approach and provides questionable constitutional justifications for its policy resolutions. Article I,
Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution grants the federal government exclusive and express authority to establish uniform federal laws regarding immigration
to the United States. As justification for localized enforcement of immigration laws, this Resolution asserts that states are "bound by the Supremacy
Clause" to enforce federal law (even though in the ALEC "federalism" resolutions disdain is expressed for the idea of states enforcing federal
regulations). This resolution misinterprets Section 8's expressly enumerated grant of power to the federal government, not the states. Similarly, the
Supremacy Clause makes federal laws passed pursuant to the U.S. Constitution the "supreme law of the land" but does not in any way suggest that
states are "bound" to enforce that law; on the contrary, it has long been understood that the federal government not only establishes immigration law, but
chooses how to allocate limited federal resources in enforcing it. This Resolution also advocates "putting the national guard in a primary role on the
border," another usurpation of federal authority. Federal Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are tasked with enforcing
federal law at the border, not the state-governed National Guard.