There must be ways to accomplish this goal without EOs.
“””There must be ways to accomplish this goal without EOs.”””
Get rid of most of the people in the State Department who work on immigrant applications.
Well, I think there is, actually. Defund ALL VISA OPERATIONS until the Democrat Fed Judiciary sees the light.
Shakespeare’s oft misinterpreted statement about “first, kill all the lawyers” really should be modified.
Congress could take it up and pass a bill even more specific than 8 USC 1152 (f) which grants the President virtually unfettered discretion to decide who enters the country.
Lots of luck with that, though.
“There must be ways to accomplish this goal without EOs.”
Yes there is. Congress can pass a law accomplishing the same goal. Congress can also pass a law restricting the federal judiciary from jurisdiction over immigration and visitation to the United States.
Unfortunately today’s Congress will not even pass the same legislation to overturn Obamacare it passed 6 times during Obama’s reign.
If Congress was doing its job there would be no need for executive orders.
Executive orders are the appropriate way to handle this
This kind of restriction is not uncommon and has never been a problem in the past
Americans really need to consider why there is suddenly so much pressure to flood the country with untracable military age Muslim men from Islamic Jihadi war torn countries, especially since the wars are pretty much over and the Jihadi lost
Refugees are typically from the losing side. The terrorists lost and are now seeking to flee the countries they have terrorized and our politicians seem obsessed with bringing them here, giving them new identities and government paid welfare
In WWII it was the Nazis fleeing to South America, now its ISIS al-Qaeda terrororists being relocated to America.
There are ways, but with PRyno and Ditch we are screwed.
But I believe that his authority to issue an EO is granted thru the law...He should be able to issue this EO without being hassled—just like bammy did :(