Back in June when the Supreme Court rendered their verdict in Trump vs Hawaii, they cited that statute (1182) and reaffirmed that it grants the President broad powers over all areas of immigration.
With the stroke of a pen, he can (and always could) ban any class of aliens, if he believes that their entry conflicts with our national interest.
It seems he’s reluctant to do it now for whatever reason. It’s not like we don’t have a backlog of 10’s of millions of illegals already here in need of deportation. Why add more to the pile? /rhet
I’m not liking what I’m seeing or hearing.