Immigration, however, has been around as an issue since the beginning of the United States. Our forefathers wrote down in the United States Constitution, Article I Section 8 Clause 4, that the federal government has the power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization”. They were saying that issues on immigration and how they can become citizens is the power that the federal government only has. Although it is said in the constitution, it hasn’t stopped being issues between state governments making laws concerning undocumented immigrants and the federal government claiming its power. In 1981, there was a supreme court case called Plyler v. Doe where it was ruled that Texas cannot establish a law that alienated undocumented immigrant children
