Porter Rockwell
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SHACKLESOFBIGGOV is aptly named. He wants more and more government to save him from people he calls "illegals." So, he's all over the board, unable to make a cogent statement about the issue. We can make this easy for everybody. It will only take a few posts, so let us see this issue put into perspective for all to understand.
Immigration - "The coming Into a country of foreigners for purposes of permanent residence. The correlative term “emigration” denotes the act of such persons in leaving their former country" Black's Law Dictionary What is IMMIGRATION? definition of IMMIGRATION (Black's Law Dictionary)
Naturalization - "The act of adopting an alien into a nation, and clothing him with all the rights possessed by a natural- born citizen" Boyd v. Nebraska, 143 U. S. 135, 12 Sup. Ct. 375, 36 L. Ed. 103.
Citizen - In general, A member of a free city or jural society, (civitas.) possessing all the rights and privileges which can be enjoyed by any person under its constitution and government, and subject to the corresponding duties. Black's Law Dictionary What is CITIZEN? definition of CITIZEN (Black's Law Dictionary)
FACT: The word immigration is not in the Constitution
FACT: There is no term in the Constitution that defines people who come and go and do business in the United States without becoming citizens
FACT: Society has misused the words immigrant and immigration loosely so that it covers both people seeking to become citizens and those who come here strictly to do business with Americans
FACT: There is nothing in the Constitution that confers any power to any branch of government to restrict the movement of people conducting business including, but not limited to foreigners, temporary laborers, businesses, guest workers, and invitees.
FACT: The Constitution states that "Congress shall have the power ...To establish a uniform rule of naturalization..." That is the extent of their jurisdiction; no more and no less. Congress gets to decide who may become a citizen of the United States. Congress has NO power to tell the individual state who they may or may not let into their respective states to conduct business. If it were in the Constitution, someone would have pointed out in the more than
Here is a link to some research done by the Cato Institute on what the founders had to say relative to immigration:
The Founding Fathers Favored a Liberal Immigration System
*NOTE: In most contexts where the founders are discussing and / or debating "immigration," it is in reference to people who are coming to the United States for permanent residence. Their discussions DO NOT cover people who come into the United States to do business.
People like SHACKLESOFBIGGOV are using the misapplication of the word immigration to give the government powers that they simply do not have in the Constitution. IF such a power existed, those who obsess over the wall would have pointed that power out.
Immigration - "The coming Into a country of foreigners for purposes of permanent residence. The correlative term “emigration” denotes the act of such persons in leaving their former country" Black's Law Dictionary What is IMMIGRATION? definition of IMMIGRATION (Black's Law Dictionary)
Naturalization - "The act of adopting an alien into a nation, and clothing him with all the rights possessed by a natural- born citizen" Boyd v. Nebraska, 143 U. S. 135, 12 Sup. Ct. 375, 36 L. Ed. 103.
Citizen - In general, A member of a free city or jural society, (civitas.) possessing all the rights and privileges which can be enjoyed by any person under its constitution and government, and subject to the corresponding duties. Black's Law Dictionary What is CITIZEN? definition of CITIZEN (Black's Law Dictionary)
FACT: The word immigration is not in the Constitution
FACT: There is no term in the Constitution that defines people who come and go and do business in the United States without becoming citizens
FACT: Society has misused the words immigrant and immigration loosely so that it covers both people seeking to become citizens and those who come here strictly to do business with Americans
FACT: There is nothing in the Constitution that confers any power to any branch of government to restrict the movement of people conducting business including, but not limited to foreigners, temporary laborers, businesses, guest workers, and invitees.
FACT: The Constitution states that "Congress shall have the power ...To establish a uniform rule of naturalization..." That is the extent of their jurisdiction; no more and no less. Congress gets to decide who may become a citizen of the United States. Congress has NO power to tell the individual state who they may or may not let into their respective states to conduct business. If it were in the Constitution, someone would have pointed out in the more than
Here is a link to some research done by the Cato Institute on what the founders had to say relative to immigration:
The Founding Fathers Favored a Liberal Immigration System
*NOTE: In most contexts where the founders are discussing and / or debating "immigration," it is in reference to people who are coming to the United States for permanent residence. Their discussions DO NOT cover people who come into the United States to do business.
People like SHACKLESOFBIGGOV are using the misapplication of the word immigration to give the government powers that they simply do not have in the Constitution. IF such a power existed, those who obsess over the wall would have pointed that power out.