05-19-2024, 06:34 PM
(05-19-2024, 05:11 AM)LogicalGraffiti Wrote: That's just politics. Think of it this way, there are very specific laws on the books that define coming across a US border without permission is a punishable offence. These laws are not being enforced at the border. Part of the money that was asked for was to hire more agents to process and clear those entering the country quicker instead of turning them back if they don't have a visa or passport.
As it is, we have the problem of having people here that are a threat to security.
It indeed is politics.
And the Constitution spells out who has the power to do what politically.
Copypasta from US constitution website https://constitution.congress.gov/browse..._00001255/:
Quote:Article 1, § 8, clause 4, of the United States Constitution specifically grants Congress the power to establish a "uniform Rule of Naturalization." By expressly allocating this power to Congress, the Constitution prevents the confusion that would result if individual states could bestow citizenship.
and
Long-standing Supreme Court precedent recognizes Congress as having plenary power over immigration, giving it almost complete authority to decide whether foreign nationals (aliens, under governing statutes and case law) may enter or remain in the United States. The Supreme Court has interpreted that power to apply with most force to the admission and exclusion of nonresident aliens abroad seeking to enter the United States
The president can do executive orders but they will stand only if the courts and Congress allow. Congress actually controls it AND controls the budget.
(really...they should start teaching civics classes again.)
