This view of the Constitution has been rejected by the federal courts, which consistently have held that under the Constitution, the states do not have the power to nullify federal laws. The courts have rejected the compact theory, finding that the Constitution was not a contract among the states.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego has been arrested for hiding his undocumented father and other people in the U.S. illegally.
Accessibility links. US Farmers Depend on Illegal Immigrants. Most of the one million farm workers in America are immigrants, up to a half are thought to be in the United States illegally. As summer fruits and vegetables ripen across U.S. farmland, the work of harvesting them depends on illegal immigrants.