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Just because it wasn't challenged doesn't mean that it wasn't unconstitutional........
All that demonstrates is that despite how much Republicans opposed Obama, they weren't deranged with anywhere near the level of TDS like, irrational freak out syndrome over him the way Democrats are over Trump.
Actually, they did challenge DACA in the courts, and it survived.
In case no one has mentioned it, these 'national emergencies', whether by President Carter or subsequent Presidents, must be renewed on an annual basis. Hence, now that Mr. Trump is into his third year, he has renewed every current national emergency imposed by prior presidents.
"A national emergency can be terminated if the president issues a proclamation or if Congress enacts a joint resolution terminating the emergency. A national emergency will terminate automatically upon the anniversary of the proclamation unless the president renews the proclamation by transmitting notice to Congress within a 90-day period prior to the anniversary date and publishing it in the Federal Register."
Democrats are against ANYTHING that is meant to combat Illegal immigration.
I am not a Democrat, but I will post this to keep the conversation more honest/factual.
Here are some examples of what the Dems pushed for, and it passed the Senate vote in bipartisan manner, but was opposed by GOP House.
- Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are added - 3,500 additional federal law enforcement officers to be trained by 2017
- Authorization for the National Guard to be deployed to the Southwest border for the following purposes:
(1) to construct fencing, including double-layer and triple-layer fencing;
(2) to increase ground-based mobile surveillance systems;
(3) to deploy additional unarmed, unmanned aerial systems and manned aircraft sufficient to maintain continuous surveillance of the Southern Border;
(4) to deploy and provide capability for radio communications interoperability between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies;
(5) to construct checkpoints along the Southern border to bridge the gap to long-term permanent checkpoints; and
(6) to provide assistance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, particularly in rural,high-trafficked areas, as designated by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
- Authorizes and funds border crossing prosecutions and related court costs in the Tucson Sector at a level sufficient to increase the average number of prosecutions from 70 a day to 210 a day ($50 million from the $3 billion Border Security Fund). It also provides increased funding for Operation Stonegarden to assist state and local law enforcement to help prevent illegal activity along the border.
- Provides additional funding for additional border patrol stations and forward operating bases to interdict individuals entering the United States unlawfully immediately after such individuals cross the Southern border and to provide full operational support in rural, high-trafficked areas.
- Provides funding for vital radio communications and interoperability between CBP -Office of Border Patrol and state, local, and tribal law enforcement to assist in apprehension efforts along the border.
I am not a Democrat, but I will post this to keep the conversation more honest/factual.
Here are some examples of what the Dems pushed for, and it passed the Senate vote in bipartisan manner, but was opposed by GOP House.
- Additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are added - 3,500 additional federal law enforcement officers to be trained by 2017
- Authorization for the National Guard to be deployed to the Southwest border for the following purposes:
(1) to construct fencing, including double-layer and triple-layer fencing;
(2) to increase ground-based mobile surveillance systems;
(3) to deploy additional unarmed, unmanned aerial systems and manned aircraft sufficient to maintain continuous surveillance of the Southern Border;
(4) to deploy and provide capability for radio communications interoperability between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies;
(5) to construct checkpoints along the Southern border to bridge the gap to long-term permanent checkpoints; and
(6) to provide assistance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, particularly in rural,high-trafficked areas, as designated by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
- Authorizes and funds border crossing prosecutions and related court costs in the Tucson Sector at a level sufficient to increase the average number of prosecutions from 70 a day to 210 a day ($50 million from the $3 billion Border Security Fund). It also provides increased funding for Operation Stonegarden to assist state and local law enforcement to help prevent illegal activity along the border.
- Provides additional funding for additional border patrol stations and forward operating bases to interdict individuals entering the United States unlawfully immediately after such individuals cross the Southern border and to provide full operational support in rural, high-trafficked areas.
- Provides funding for vital radio communications and interoperability between CBP -Office of Border Patrol and state, local, and tribal law enforcement to assist in apprehension efforts along the border.
All of that is only as good as any given administration's willingness to use it.
And all of it can be reversed with the stroke of a pen by future administrations.
Yes, the request for this particular spending was specifically reviewed and rejected by the Congress.
They approved some funding for physical barriers.
They approved the rest of the money he is accessing for defense/security projects.
He's just moving more approved funds to a different project..... which the emergency powers act allows him to do.
If Congress doesn't like how he's using it, they should've thought twice before passing it.
You can say he's abusing it.......
I can say he's using it creatively.......
But as I've previously said.......
That's the problem with giving government so much power........sooner or later someone who isn't "your guy" is going to use that power in ways that you don't like.
When will people learn?
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