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| Rep. King: The Supreme Court Just Laid the Foundation for the Border Wall |
| 2018-06-27 |
| [Breitbart] In one ruling, the Supreme Court has delivered two major victories to President Trump. The first victory is obvious: Trump v. Hawaii validates the President’s broad authority to restrict entry of specified foreign nationals into the United States when the President finds such entry is "detrimental to the interests of the United States." What does this mean? It means, as I have argued, that President Trump’s "travel ban" limiting immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Chad, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen is constitutional. It means that President Trump does have the authority, despite the open-borders howls of liberals and illegal alien activists, to secure our citizens against threats posed by foreign nationals from dysfunctional states. It is a good ruling, and one that will help President Trump keep this nation safe, secure, and protected. But Trump v. Hawaii is a decision with a less obvious meaning too. The Supreme Court has just laid the foundation for the Border Wall that the President and I want to build along the US-Mexico border. Trump v. Hawaii, in fact, provides a roadmap to "Build The Wall!" At issue before the Supreme Court was the scope of 8 USC 1182 (f), a federal law which delegates broad authority over immigration policy to the President. Here is the text of that statute: Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate. The meaning of the statute is clear, and in upholding President Trump’s "travel ban," the Supreme Court correctly interpreted it. 8 USC 1182(f), as Chief Justice Roberts writes, is a statute that "grants the President sweeping authority to decide whether to suspend entry, whose entry to suspend, and for how long." So, it is settled law. President Trump can deny foreign nationals entry to the country. He should immediately issue a Presidential Proclamation suspending the entry of foreign nationals from Mexico, Caribbean, Central, and South American countries until such time as he finds the detrimental effects of illegal immigration from these regions have been curtailed and our border is secure. These areas are home to the violent and dysfunctional countries that export the vast majority of illegal immigrants to America. Put these two historical actions together and what do you get? A proclamation that not only restricts the movement of illegal aliens into the United States, but also serves as a means of convincing a foreign government to take measures to deal with a policy matter that is detrimentally affecting our country. Put these two historical actions together and what do you get? A proclamation that not only restricts the movement of illegal aliens into the United States, but also serves as a means of convincing a foreign government to take measures to deal with a policy matter that is detrimentally affecting our country. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #6 US should put through something in the UN declaring drug traffickers/king pen equivalent to pirates and eligible for death by anybody at any time. It'll be interesting to see the Mexico ambassador's vote on that. It'd also be nice to see the occasional drone strike south of the border on a few of these sick bastards. That's really the only way to fix mexico is end the cartels, then end the oligarchy. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-06-27 11:39 |
| #5 Ah, I've been thinking about something like Phoenix Program for (i) and ruinous administrative fines for (ii). p.s. Who the f*ck told you infiltrators (that's how we call them in Israel) are subject to your system of justice? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-06-27 07:11 |
| #4 ^So, what about toning down publicly unpopular actions against illegals themselves and, instead, concentrating on (i) smugglers, and (ii) people who employ illegals? Behold our 'two tiered' system of justice. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-06-27 07:03 |
| #3 ^So, what about toning down publicly unpopular actions against illegals themselves and, instead, concentrating on (i) smugglers, and (ii) people who employ illegals? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-06-27 05:24 |
| #2 #1 I'll believe a 'foundation' was laid when I see the rebar and concrete trucks. Posted by: Raj 2018-06-27 00:44 ...If it isn't concrete and rebar PDQ, it's gonna have to be troops and guns. Another judge has decided that he knows immigration policy better than the US Government, and all this does is make it worse. We're to the point now where we have one branch of Government (SCOTUS yesterday notwithstanding) actively trying to undermine the rest of us. And I don't know if we're going to get this back under control now. Mie |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2018-06-27 05:13 |
| #1 I'll believe a 'foundation' was laid when I see the rebar and concrete trucks. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-06-27 00:44 |