It is presumed that Congress has the power to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants, but why doesn’t anybody challenge this? The Constitution forbids making ex post facto laws——and——if legislative amnesty is anything......it’s an ex post facto law, and clearly is UNCONSTITUTIONAL as such. You simply can’t go back & remake laws after-the-fact for political reason of favoring a certain group coveted for their votes.
A president has the power to PARDON criminals, but I don’t think the Constitution allows Congress or the President to grant immunity from prosecution for political reasons having nothing to do with law enforcement or justice. Illegals should be brought to justice & forced to plead guilty & beg for mercy BEFORE any talk of any pardon......& there should be only limited pardon , if any, ie permanent legal residence (once they are pardonned, they can’t be tried twice for the same crime), but no path to citizenship..and no right to vote—EVER-—for illegal immigrants.
Illegal immigrants have no right to demand anything. If anything, the American people should be suing illegal immigrants to take any income or property they’ve gotten through being here illegally...and those using stolen or fraudulent identities are lucky we don’t make them rot in a jail cell under multiple felony convictions for their crimes.
Again....why doesn’t anybody ask whence comes Congress’ power even to grant “amnesty” which is both ex post facto unconstitutional law & also illegal, political immunity from prosecution????? Why do Republicans allow themselves to be put on the defensive instead of coming up with affirmative arguments to bury those who malign them & put their opponents on the wrong side of “justice” and the law?????It’s not hard to do....finding the high ground & fighting from the high ground....
Why doesn’t Ted bring it up, since he is a Senator?
My tag line explains it just fine why he doesn’t.