Prof. Meili Interviewed on Fox News on Supreme Court Immigration Decision

Professor Steve Meili was interviewed on the Fox TV News affiliate in Minneapolis shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in United States v. Arizona. Meili explained that while this was a somewhat mixed decision, in that the Supreme Court struck down three provisions of the Arizona statute and upheld one, on balance it will be viewed as a victory for the federal government because it affirmed the idea that the regulation of immigration remains largely a matter of federal, rather than state, control. Meili also explained that the one provision upheld by the Court, which requires local police to check the immigration status of any person whom they have reasonable suspicion to believe is in the U.S. unlawfully, will likely be challenged on equal protection grounds once it is implemented.