The Congressional Power over Immigration: A Detective Story
Did the Founders’ Constitution give Congress the power to restrict immigration? Or was this a subject reserved to the states?
The Search for Federal Immigration Authority
by Joe Wolverton II, The New American EDITOR’S NOTE: Joe Wolverton, II will be joining us as a featured speaker at Nullify Now! Chattanooga. Get tickets here – http://www.nullifynow.com/chattanooga/ – or by calling 888-71-TICKETS ******* On September 9, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the injunction against Hazleton, Pennsylvania’s Illegal [...]
States’ rights should be encouraged, not punished
“As a nation, we’ve been hearing a lot about states’ rights lately, particularly in the context of Arizona’s immigration reform law, and the Obama administration’s very bad decision to challenge that state law in court.”
Immigration, Foreign Affairs and the Constitution
Many “progressive” opponents of the Arizona immigration law are arguing that the law is unconstitutional because foreign affairs is exclusively the province of the federal government.
Immigration vs Naturalization
Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution empowers Congress to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization” – or, more simply stated, to make universal rules about giving foreign-born residents of the United States the “privileges of native” born residents.
The Constitution and Responding to Terrorism
by Rep Ron Paul It has been over 6 years since the atrocities of September 11 were committed and there are still some very basic measures that need to be taken to bring the perpetrators to justice and make America safer. I have proposed legislation to help with these efforts and will continue to fight [...]
Feb 01, 2008 | Categories:Foreign Policy | Tags: bin-laden, Constitution, Foreign Policy, Guest Commentary, hr-3216, hr3216, immigration, letters-of-marque, marque, reprisal, Ron Paul, terrorism, visa | 5 Comments »