"So, I would have kept that power with Congress and said Congress has to vote whether the border is secure before we keep moving forward. I would make even the initial process of giving work people visas dependent on a secure border," he stated.The problem is Congress doesn't want power.
Congress is terrified of being held responsible if something goes wrong. As a result, they've ceded most of their power to the Judicial and Executive Branches of the federal government.
By voluntarily surrendering their Constitutional authority, they've made it much easier for a tyrant to emerge.
Odd, I don’t recall anything being updated to ALLOW Congress to voluntarily surrender their Constitutional authority.
Seems, though, that since ~1913, We the People, have allowed the same to happen with nary a peep.
Fed. Reserve, gold confiscation, numerous agencies/departments spewing out countless regulations
And, worse yet, a ‘co-equal’ branch of gov’t, the courts, rubber-stamping every damn thing.