In 1875 the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that only the ________ ________ was empowered by the Constitution to regulate immigration.

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The U.S. Constitution grants authority to regulate immigration to the federal government, specifically to the U.S. Congress. In the 1875 Supreme Court case, Chy Lung v. Freeman, the Court reaffirmed this principle and declared that state and local governments did not have the power to regulate immigration.