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FINAL EXAM
Policy Formulation and Implementation - PA 6302 A1
Summer 2017
INSTRUCTIONS
The controversy over “Sanctuary Cities” has been a point in the
changing immigration landscape
that has stirred much debate and emotion. Please be prepared to
discuss the pertinent issues
surrounding the sanctuary cities issue, the current legal
requirements that law enforcement
officers must currently abide and any pending or potential
legislation on this matter.
After understanding the background, please discuss the practical
ramifications to the US
immigration policy, its impact (fiscal and otherwise) and
discuss the impact and responsibilities
of federal, state and local governments in this issue.
Also, policy evaluation is important aspect of our discussion, so
please discuss in some depth a

process by which consensus—either for or against—may be
reached on this issue. How do we
know it will work? And what should we prepared to do if it does
not?
Due Date and time: please email your responses to me in MS
Word or PDF format at
[email protected] by our class time, 6:30PM, on Wednesday,
June 28.
EXAM FORMAT
I would like your response in an essay format. Please keep your
responses concise and to the
point, but also thorough. Please maintain the following headings
or sections to your response:
1. Issue History and Relevant Facts: in this section, please
outline the relevant facts and
brief history as it relates to this issue. Be sure to highlight the
point of controversy, or
debate regarding this issue. Please do not provide political
commentary but rather
thoughtful analysis of this issue.
2. Potential Areas for Consensus or Resolution: I am interested
to know that you have

thought around this issue and have given reasonable analysis to
possible issues where
consensus may be gained. This is much the same manner which
we discussed in class and
I expect to see your insight and thought process on display.
3. Policy Evaluation: Once action is taken on this issue that you
have suggested above,
please discuss a process or mechanism by which to evaluate if
this was successful. How
do we know it will work? And what should we prepared to do if
it does not?
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Beyond the format indicated above, I am flexible so long as I

can follow your thought process. I
have no recommendations on page limits other than to reiterate
that you be concise and
thorough.
Below is an article that provides some background on this issue:
Dallas Joins Lawsuit Over Sanctuary Cities Bill
BY TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE | JUNE 8, 2017
By Elvia Limón and Robert Wilonsky
Dallas is joining some other Texas cities, including Austin and
San Antonio, in taking on the state's
so-called "sanctuary city" law.
Mayor Mike Rawlings made the announcement Wednesday
afternoon, calling SB4
"unconstitutional" and a law that "greatly infringes on the city's
ability to protect" the public.
According to Rawlings, the city attorney has "serious
constitutional concerns" with the new
measure, which goes into effect Sept. 1.
Rawlings said after Wednesday's council meeting that he had
already spoken with Austin Mayor
Steve Adler and San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor about potential
litigation.

"I told them both this was a serious issue," Rawlings said.
A San Antonio federal district court announced Wednesday it
would consolidate the lawsuits filed
by all of the cities against the bill and designate the city of El
Cenizo as the lead plaintiff. A hearing
in that case is set for June 26.
Critics call SB4 the "show-me-your-papers law," because it
allows law enforcement to question
the immigration status of anyone who has been lawfully arrested
and detained. In addition, it could
punish cities, counties and universities who do not enforce the
law.
And police chiefs, county sheriffs and constables who do not
enforce the law could face criminal
charges, and local jurisdictions could be fined up to $25,000 per
violation per day.
Gov. Greg Abbott and other supporters of SB4 say it would
protect Texans from crimes committed
by those who are in the country illegally.
Dallas makes its decision
http://www.governing.com/authors/McClatchy-Newspapers.html

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The Dallas city code allows the city attorney to initiate
litigation without the council's approval.
Rawlings made his announcement moments after the City
Council met with City Attorney Larry
Casto behind closed doors.
Rawlings said he wanted to make sure the council was aligned
before Dallas joined the fray. He
said Wednesday that a majority of the council agreed with
Casto's recommendation to take on the
state.
"We are not a sanctuary city," he said. "We live by the national
laws, and now the question is who's
boss in all this. And this is an unfunded mandate. They're
telling us how our police officers should
spend their time and not giving us any money to do that."
Council member Philip Kingston said last month, during an SB4
protest in Austin, that Dallas
would eventually join the fight against the legislation.
The official decision by Dallas to do just that followed a
demonstration by about 60 protesters at
City Hall Wednesday morning aimed at pressuring city leaders

into challenging the controversial
bill, which was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last month.
Members of the Workers Defense Project, Texas Organizing
Project and other local activists were
among the protesters. Rawlings attended the rally and told the
group the City Council would
discuss the issue later during executive session.
Rawlings said then that he is concerned about how the law
would affect his and other council
members' roles in the community.
"My job, the job of the pro tem and the job of the council is to
keep all citizens safe," the mayor
said. "We want to have a safe environment so they can get
married and do the things they have to
do."
Rawlings said the law asks too much of police by making them
enforce federal immigration laws
in addition to focusing on "safety first."
"Time and time again, police chiefs and police associations
across the state have said that SB4 is
not a safe bill," he said.

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'Stop this hateful law'
Carla Hernandez said she decided to join the protesters because
she did not feel safe. Hernandez,
37, said she was afraid she would be separated from her
children.
"I've had panic attacks when I've had to pick up my children,"
Hernandez said. "We want the
mayor to give us support to join the lawsuit. I have confidence
that there's more support than hate."
During the council meeting following the protest, several
opponents of the law spoke to the council
and pleaded with them not to support the law.
Manuela Castro said she knew of people who have already been
detained and deported and said
the measure would eventually hurt Dallas businesses that
depend on immigrant labor.
"The law hasn't gone into effect and there are already people
who have been detained and police
officers who are asking for their papers," she said. "Please help

us stop this hateful law."
Solia Chaver of Lancaster told the city council she worries
about how the sanctuary cities law will
affect immigrants protected under temporary visas and permits,
such as the Defered Action for
Childhood Arrivals for unauthorized immigrants who came to
the U.S. as children and Temporary
Protected Status for immigrants who are unable to return safely
to their country of origin.
"We have a lot of students who are currently protected by
DACA, and people like me, who are
protected under TPS," she said. "If the law goes into effect,
they will only give us three months to
renew our paperwork. So what's going to happen to us? Are we
also going to be deported?"
Law enforcement weighs in
Two members of the law enforcement community -- Executive
Chief Deputy Jesse Flores and
Chief Deputy Jesse Herrera from the Dallas County Sheriff's
Department --also addressed the
Dallas council about SB4.
Flores said that even though the sheriff's department has
always cooperated with the U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency when handling
criminals who are unauthorized
immigrants, he believed the law could lead to fewer reported
crimes by community members who
will be afraid to interact with law enforcement.
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"If members of the community are afraid to come forward and
report crimes due to fear of
deportation, then those crimes will not be reported or
investigated," Flores said. "Senate Bill 4 will
also affect vulnerable people at risk, because women and
children are least likely to come forward
if they are undocumented. We believe our community is safer
when they report crimes without
fear of deportation."
In addition to those concerns, there was evidence the bill is
already beginning to impact business
in the state.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association, a 15,000-
member association of attorneys and

law professors announced Wednesday that it would relocate its
2018 convention out of Grapevine
in response to the passing of SB4. About 3,000 people were
expected to attend the three-day event.
Staff Writer Tristan Hallman contributed to this report.
(c)2017 The Dallas Morning News

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