02-08-2024, 09:54 AM
(02-08-2024, 09:26 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: What power does the POTUS have to close the border? Why had the GOP been pushing for an immigration bill for almost two years to give POTUS additional authority to close the border if the position held it all along?
Congressman Roy pointed out, in a speech on the House floor, that if in fact the President had that power, why didn’t Trump do that during his administration. It didn’t happen because the President cannot close the border.
There are federal laws that dictate the terms of asylum. Laws that cannot be changed via executive order. Trump’s “stay in Mexico” policy was being challenged in court. And was under appeal because it had already been found unconstitutional.
This bill changed the asylum laws. It would have stopped the vast majority of asylum seekers at their initial interview, something that doesn’t happen now because of the laxity and vagueness of current law. It would have given the power, under specific conditions, to close the border to the President. It would have automatic processes in place to stop border processing if volume reached certain limits. These were things that didn’t require money.
And this bill was bundled, like most Congressional bills, in order to incentivize Congressmen to vote for the bill. They put popular legislation together hoping to get vote# from people who otherwise might have said no.
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