Roadblocks to Amnesty: State Sovereignty, Double Jeopardy, and Legalization

By Steve Zawacki
November 2009

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Steve Zawacki, Esq. is a private practitioner residing in Central Florida. In April, 2009 he retired from government service, having served as a senior immigration advisor at Headquarters, Department of Homeland Security.


In an October 2009 speech on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) outlined a plan for a so-called “comprehensive immigration reformâ€