The United States Constitution

It is equally important to note that executive orders are not the only way a president can exercise his authority. His other vehicles are presidential memorandums, actions or proclamations. As with executive orders, memorandums, actions and proclamations aren’t defined within the U.S. Constitution and used at the discretion of each

As he pointed in a statement released by the White House, “DACA is an unconstitutional exercise of authority; failure to enforce the laws in the past has put our nation at risk of crime, violence and terrorism.” (The New York Times) The controversy between legal status and who are considered citizens of the United States only demonstrates the flaws and complexity of the US constitution. Politicians have been taken advantage of the mistakes portrayed in the constitution as a way to manipulate laws and actions from a racist point view as we are

The system of Checks and Balances is broken in many ways. For instance the President had the power to make executive orders that aren’t laws but have the power of one. The president has the power to make an order and an example is order number 9066 which stated, “Presidential order signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, which authorized the

Trumps decision to end DACA was based that his administration was being threatened by states like Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia and Kanas, that they will sue if they do not take steps to end the DACA program by September of this year. If we look at how many people will affected by this which is 800,000 young adults. These people will be in threat of being deported to a country where they have never been to. Majority of these kids have been here since they were new born to toddlers. They don’t see what kind of damage they will be causing not only to them but also the

The Constitution grants the U.S. President ample power regarding almost every aspect of governing the nation; yet, it grants him none directed specifically at immigration policies. In fact, the Constitution was silent on immigration altogether. “None of the congressional powers [in the Constitution] explicitly mentions immigration… [which] led some to suggest that immigration was left exclusively to state control. However, the Founders gave primary control over foreign affairs to the federal government, and immigration was an important aspect of foreign affairs in the eighteenth century” (source 7). Therefore, Congress claims sole power over making immigration policy. Consequently, presidents utilize their powers that seem unrelated to immigration to gain control over it. To this end, most presidents use executive orders to defer deportation or expedite the process for green cards. Presidents also use executive pardons to pardon illegal immigrants from any punishment dictated by law (Article 2, Section 2). Thirdly, presidents use appointment powers to create agencies to address immigration issues. Presidents can also propose legislation to Congress to grant amnesty or

I agree with the statement that the president usurped the power of congress by his actions because he did usurp the power of congress. It may seem the president wields the most power not congress. It was not his job to deal with the immigrants it was congresses job. He overstepped his boundaries in that is wasn’t his place. I think that the president should have let congress do their job. I think that the president was just trying to help. He did go against the constitution so I think that he was way in the wrong.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that administration officials had met this week to discuss DACA and that a decision on its future may be imminent depending on congresses decision. "If Trump decides to end the successful DACA program, it would signal that he has decided to follow the advice of the more extremist voices in the White House and appeal to the white supremacists in his base rather than to courageously lead. Congress delivered an ultimatum to Jeff Sessions, demanding that he rescind the 2012 memorandum signed by President Obama that created DACA. They further demanded that he phase out the program by not renewing or issuing any new permits.

Our president is not cable of passing any law he desires. All of our national government does not abide by one man’s, or woman’s, decision. In order for our president to pass laws they must first go through congress. Our current government is set up to make

“The Congress shall have Power To...establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization...” (U.S. Const. Article. I, Sec. 8). More generally, the Constitution calls upon Congress to make laws, and calls on President to enforce the laws. When it comes to immigration, the judiciary has presented the argument of separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches. Yet, some courts have expressed the concept that the executive “share[s] plenary power over immigration with Congress as one of the political branches” (Manuel and Todd 2013). When Congress in unable to pass legislation on unanticipated situations affecting immigrants, the President is tasked with responding to the situation. This duty to respond to the unanticipated, coupled

By definition, executive orders (EOs) are legal orders that were given by the president without congressional approval and it has the same legal weight as laws passed by Congress (This Nation). In modern times, President Obama has passed 193 executive orders and the most recent one is regarding to immigration reforms (Presidency). Immigration reform has always been a controversial topic to talk about. Obama’s decision on executing this new immigration reform has potential issues because it violates the constitution in regards to the checks and balance system that the government had installed, however if he doesn’t put up this reform the nation will not be able to move forward.

Presidential power has increased immensely over recent years and little is being done in an attempt to restore the original intent of the Constitution. There are multiple factors that affect this, including the executive orders of presidents, the Constitution giving an unequal distribution of power between the executive and legislative branch, the failure to use checks and balances, and the ineffectiveness of Congress. With the lack of congressional involvement in legislative decisions, the president has the ability to take matters in their own hands.

Well, I don’t think so considering the check-and-balance system were made so the one particular party, say, the president, in this case, cannot (freely) do whatever he/she favors. Or else, it could turn into tyranny (which I suppose the Founding Fathers and us would hate that). And if a case where the president disagrees with the Supreme Court and decided to enforce the law no matter what the court says, the thing that comes to my mind is impeachment. It is stated in the Article II § 4 of the Constitution "The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." (FindLaw). President doing so could be a sign that he/she failed to carry out his/her duties considering the Oath of Office made them swore to “the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” (The Heritage Guide to The Constitution).

First and foremost, Obama should have gone through Congress , the natural way. The natural way for a law to become a bill is to go through the house and then the Senate and then the President, Obama skipped steps! The amount of executive actions compared to the amount of normally passed laws is a ratio of 50,000 (Executive) to 280,502 ( Natural) (Uscbgov 1999-2016). Executive actions bypass Congress to provide help in times of need, but these actions can be appealed by the next president. Which in this case can happen the minute that the new president 's is in office. “Obama is not above the law and has no right to issue executive amnesty” ( GOP hammers legal CNNpolitics.com). In the

The Supreme Court will present President Obama with a final opportunity at implementing his arrangement to shield more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. The justices agreed Tuesday to hear the administration's conflict that Obama has the power to change immigration policy without going through Congress. The court's agreement to hear the appeal to a challenge brought by Texas and 25 other states led by Republican governors will add fuel to the heated debate over illegal immigration in the 2016 presidential campaign. A decision reversing the appeals court would give the Department of Homeland Security more than six months to begin implementing the policy before Obama's term ends in January 2017. At that point, it would

In reference to immigration there are two main schools of thought. The first school of thought being that immigration laws need to be slackened so as to make it easier for immigration or for current immigration laws to not be enforced, as said by Obama in “Obama Seeks to End Immigration Enforcement by Local, State Police” written by Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang. The second major school of thought is that the current immigration laws are already sufficient, but need enforcing, and if there is to be any change it should be to make immigration laws stricted as described in “Enforce Old Immigration Laws Before any New Ones are Passed,” written by