Posted on 08/16/2015 10:35:33 AM PDT by markomalley
Donald Trump plans to undo President Obama's executive orders on immigration, get rid of birthright citizenship, and deport all undocumented immigrants if he is elected president, he said Sunday.
Birthright citizenship "remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration," Trump said in his 6-page immigration policy report titled "Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again."
Speaking to NBC's Chuck Todd aboard his gilded private plane on "Meet the Press" Sunday, Trump said of the current illegal immigrants in the country, "We're going to keep the families together, but they have to go."
When Todd questioned where they would go if they have nowhere to return to, Trump repeated, "We will work with them. They have to go. Chuck, we either have a country, or we don't have a country."
Trump said that Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., helped him come up with specific policies on immigration, and that he will streamline the process for becoming a legal citizen. He plans to triple the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, require companies to hire American workers first and mandate nationwide e-certify usage, among other measures.
"Before any new green cards are issued to foreign workers abroad, there will be a pause where employers will have to hire from the domestic pool of unemployed immigrant and native workers," the report outlines.
In the report, Trump reiterates that he will make Mexico pay for the wall. He plans to do this by impounding "remittance payments derived from illegal wages," increasing "fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats" and fees on border crossing cards, North American Free Trade Agreement worker visas from Mexico and fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico.
"We will not be taken advantage of anymore," Trump said.
Obama's executive order that protects illegal immigrants' children, called Dreamers, from deportation, "we have to" rescind, Trump told Todd on Sunday.
"We have to make a whole new set of standards and when people come in, they have to come in legally," he said.
Trump said he will fix the immigration system so that illegal immigrants who work could quickly return — legally.
The 100 member Trump court!
How could you interpret it? The language is pretty straightforward.
“...100 member court...”
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Newt Gingrich; Andrew Napolitano; hell, I’ll even take Judge Judy!
No more anchor babies!
Yea.. Just do it by Executive Order. This birth right is ridiculous.
Sounds to me like exclusive jurisdiction is intended. I.e. these are “our” people and not “someone else’s” people.
Sounds to me like exclusive jurisdiction is intended. I.e. these are “our” people and not “someone else’s” people.
... again in context, this was about freedmen.
And...whether he stays or goes, he, as citizen and legal resident will NEVER be granted the preference to bring you back like other legal residents get with family members. (The preference part is policy, not law, as far as I know, so it shouldn't be hard to change, and even if it is, get Congress to pass a bill enacting it into law)
“...and subject to the jurisdiction thereof..”
are persons who cross the border and enter the country illegally “subject to the jurisdiction?”
Look up the word “Preposterous” (cross reference: cart before the horse) to describe the attempt to use this to declare these persons to be citizens.
If they shoot someone do you just let them go because they are not subject to the jurisdiction?
If he will do it. He’ll be the greatest President in history. I want to see his position on guns first.
This isn’t the question. The question is how does this end up implying full blown citizenship.
If Trump is wise and wants the political momentum he will take a libertarian stance here.
That question has to go to the Supremes. I don't think Trump will be able to anything about it himself. I imagine that the court as configured today would rule citizenship.
Yes, like it ruled “gay marriage.” Trump is going to need a chapter in his plan dealing with how to get such eight balls out of the way.
And it’s also possible that law could be amended. What, for example, currently excludes the children of foreign ambassadors physically born here? It isn’t a constitutional thing. It has to be a law thing.
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