But what part of the Constitution prohibits the United States government from restricting immigration against a particular religion or race? Why does the Constitution prohibit discrimination, that is unequal protection of the laws, against people who are not citizens, in fact, who are not even here?
If the Constitution is in fact not a suicide pact, why cannot a nation protect itself against perceived threats from a race or a creed by excluding them?
“If the Constitution is in fact not a suicide pact, why cannot a nation protect itself against perceived threats from a race or a creed by excluding them?”
I’ve long held that the 1965 immigration bill brought forth by Ted Kennedy may have been the single most destructive bill out of Congress in well over 50 years.