No. 11-182I
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THE
Supreme Court of the United States
O
N
W
RIT
OF
C
ERTIORARI
TO
THE
U
NITED
S
TATES
C
OURT
OF
A
PPEALS
FOR
THE
N
INTH
C
IRCUIT
STATE OF ARIZONA and JANICE K. BREWER,GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA,IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY,
Petitioners,v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.
AMICI CURIAE
BRIEF OF MEMBERS OFCONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT
M
ICHAEL
B.
DE
L
EEUW
Counsel of Record
F
RIED
, F
RANK
, H
ARRIS
,S
HRIVER
& J
ACOBSON
LLPOne New York PlazaNew York, NY 10004-1980(212) 859-8000michael.deleeuw@friedfrank.comJ
ENNIFER
L. C
OLYER
K
AREN
M. S
OARES
B
RIAN
H. F
ISCHKIN
V
ERONICA
J. J
OICE
M
ARIBEL
H
ERNÁNDEZ
R
IVERA
F
RIED
, F
RANK
, H
ARRIS
,S
HRIVER
& J
ACOBSON
LLPOne New York PlazaNew York, NY 10004-1980(212) 859-8000
Of CounselCounsel for Amici Curiae Members of Congress
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iTABLE OF CITED AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . ivINTERESTS OF
AMICI CURIAE
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4I. Federal Authority over Immigration andRemoval Policy Preempts State Laws thatCon
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ict with Congressional Enactmentsand Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A. Where Federal Law Exists in aParticular Field, Conflicting StateLaws Are Preempted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4B. Arizona S.B. 1070 Usurps the AuthorityVested in Congress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7C. The Preemption DoctrineInvalidates State Laws that Con
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ict with Congressional Purposes andObjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9II. S.B. 1070 Sections 2(B) and 6 ArePreempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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A. The Stop-and-Arrest ProvisionsCon
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ict with the INA and Speci
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callywith Congressional Intent . . . . . . . . . . . 101. The Legislative History of 8U.S.C. § 1357(g) Demonstratesthat Congress Intended StateOf
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cers to Perform Immigration-Officer Functions Only withFederal Authorization andSupervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122. The Stop-and-Arrest ProvisionsImpermissibly Authorize ArizonaOfficers to Perform FunctionsThey Can Undertake Only asPermitted by Congress. . . . . . . . . . 16B. 8 U.S.C. §§ 1357(g)(10) and 1373(c)Do Not Save the Stop-and-ArrestProvisions from Preemption . . . . . . . . . 19III. Sections 3 and 5(C) of S.B. 1070 ArePreempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 A. S.B. 1070 Section 3 Is PreemptedBecause Congress Enacted aComprehensive Scheme forImmigration Registration andDeclined to Criminalize UnlawfulPresence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Grijalva, Dems brief on SB 1070
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva and other Democratic members of Congress filed a brief opposing Arizona's SB 1070 illegal immigration law. Read more at http://www.TucsonSentinel.com/local/report/033012_1070_briefs
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