-PJ
The crazy thing is if you read immigration law it clearly says we can restrict people from certain countries and I believe even certain groups as we have done in the past.
The problem is our courts have been bending over backwards to give immigrants both legal and illegal all the same rights we have and to even rule against our government if they set a policy that violates civil rights of people wherever they are, not just here if they are trying to immigrate here or have legally or illegally.
Using our immigration laws we can say no Muslims can enter and it is within the law. This country has done it before several times. A former head of Immigration even said Trump’s idea to keep Muslims out for a while is perfectly legal in an interview recently.
The catch is if we do so it is very likely to be struck down by a court using the theory that if our government comes up with a plan they have to follow the Constitution even when dealing with people in another country. The general idea is that our country cannot do things to others they cannot do to our citizens. I think this is what Giuliani was trying to get across.
This has all come about from this country catering to illegals and finding ways to give them special treatment. Courts are out of control on immigration issues, often siding against our own immigration laws.
There are ways of doing it without getting it all thrown out in court and getting more bad court rulings. We can seriously restrict immigration from anywhere, make everyone follow our immigration laws to a T. We can use security risk as an issue by having a background check that people from terrorist countries likely cannot pass. We can deport those that are in visa violation. We have not been enforcing our laws, but we must or as we see we can and will have unintended consequences.