More Than Immigration and Borders

According to the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 Congress is given power "To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes." This "commerce clause" means the first responsibility is for Congress to regulate trade with foreign nations, secondarily between the states and last of all with the native peoples. It seems the hardest restrictions were intended for foreigners, middling to the ... Full Story »

Posted by Don Hunter
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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Immigration
Member Tags: Commerce Clause, U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3
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Posted by: Posted by Don Hunter - Oct 14, 2008 - 3:07 PM PDT
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Edited by: Don Hunter - Oct 14, 2008 - 3:07 PM PDT
Naomi Isler
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by Naomi Isler - Oct. 15, 2008

Good grief! What makes America unique is the way we at least claim to treat people equally (actuality being something else) - why would we want to go through the complex nation by nation solution suggested here?? And using the order of the constitutional sentence to determine its relative importance is just silly - why can't the words be in ascending as well as descending order. Don't know where this publication is coming from, but it's not particularly useful or intelligent.

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Don Hunter
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by Don Hunter - Oct. 14, 2008

Yes it is. It looked at immigration a whole different way and even turned things around, illustrating how U.S. Citizens going abroad don't get the plush treatment abroad that foreigners get in the U.S. Then too it cited the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and showed how Congress is to be harder on foreigners than on U.S. Citizens and should hold them to the same or greater standards. Great.

I like the way the http://freemanfreenation.org/ web site analyses down to fundamental issues and did not accept that immigration is just a matter of work permits for hispanic workers. It is clear that fundamentals have to be fixed.

The question for Presidential candidates is: Would you change U.S. law to reflect that all foreigners will receive only the equal right in a particular matter as a U.S. ... More »

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