Rose Cuison Villazor on Immigration Localism

In this episode, Rose Cuison Villazor, Professor of Law and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law School, Newark, discusses her article "Anti-Sanctuary & Immigration Localism," which she co-authored with Pratheepan Gulasekaram and Rick Su, and which was published in the Columbia Law Review. Villazor begins by explaining the concept of a "sanctuary city" and the role they play in immigration policy. She observes that the federal government's efforts to coerce sanctuary cities into enforcing federal immigration law have been largely unsuccessful, due in part to constitutional anti-commandeering principles, but state government efforts to control sanctuary cities don't face the same 10th Amendment objections. She argues that state anti-commandeering principles may protect sanctuary cities against state action. And she reflects on how we should recognize that immigration policy is not just national policy, but also local policy. Villazor is on Twitter at @ProfRCVillazor.This episode was hosted by Brian L. Frye, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law. Frye is on Twitter at @brianlfrye. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.