The fundamental principle of Local Control

  1. To what extent is the fundamental principle of Local Control still operative in the State of Texas? What events or issues have presented challenges to this principle in the last decade?
    a. Aoki, Keith, John Shufird, Kristy Young and Thomas Hwei. “(In)visible Cities: Three Local Government Models and Immigration Regulation.” Oregon Review of International Law 10 (2008):453.
    b. Chen, Ming H. “Trust in Immigration Enforcement: State Noncooperation and Sanctuary Cities after Secure Communities.” Chi.-Kent. Law Review 91 (2016): 13
    c. Davis, Charles. “The politics of ‘fracking’: Regulating natural gas drilling practices in Colorado and Texas.” Review of Policy Research 29 no.2 (2012): 171-191
    d. Hunter, James Davidson. Culture Wars: The struggle to control the family, art, education, law, and politics in America. Basic Books, 1992.
    e. Rodriguez, Cristina M. “The Significance of the Local in Immigration Regulation.” Michigan Law Review 106 (2007): 567.

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