What are Tom Corbetts thoughts on immigration?
Tom Corbett recognizes that the law requires the federal government to retain the primary authority over the regulation of immigration. At the same time, our state and federal constitutions provide a separation of powers that is necessary to preserve the authority of the individual states to set policy and manage their affairs. In order to protect states’ authority from a federal lawsuit that could undermine the ability of all states to independently create policy, Tom Corbett signed onto a Michigan amicus brief in support of Arizona’s law pertaining to immigration status. Tom Corbett believed that signing the brief was necessary to protect states’ authority from lawsuits filed by the federal government. The brief Tom Corbett signed agrees with and reasserts the law that says the states do not have the authority to regulate legal immigration. Tom has recently stated his belief that legal immigration should be encouraged as those outside our nation continue to seek entry in order to con
