Thread by @Jmhenderson58

The #Constitution grants #plenary power to Congress over immigration & naturalization. Congress exercises that power by enacting laws and budgeting government operations related thereto.

In order to work in the United States, a non-citizen must have work authorization.

Some work authorizations are peculiar to industries, such as those granted to authorize agricultural workers. Others, such as those granted to permanent resident aliens are, essentially, unrestricted.

But every single work authorization proceeds from an exercise by Congress of its legislative authority over immigration and naturalization.

Now, the President's role in all this is the constitutional role of law enforcement granted solely to the President by the Constitution.

So, when would be presidents, such as @KamalaHarris ("The Toe"), assail the executive branch for arresting persons working illegally in the United States, I call BS.

It's The Toe's job to change the law if she thinks that it is a moral wrong to arrest individuals for violating the law.

It's not the President's job to change the law ... read the Constitution ... the Delegation Clauses of Articles I and II could not be more clear.

Congress legislates.
The President executes.

It isn't vice versa.

So, please, Senator Kamala Toe Harris, give up your shameless weepery and constitutionally ignorant chicanery.

If you want persons not legally authorized to work to be free from fear of enforcement of the laws requiring authorization to work, DO YOUR JOB and pass a law.

Oh, and by the way, employers should be investigated to determine whether they are complying with their legal obligations, and should also be arrested and prosecuted if they are not.

Enforcing the law has the added benefit of shrinking the available pool of employees ... faced with fewer eligible employees, Economics 101 will kick in and employers will improve work conditions, wages, and benefits to draw in workers from eligible pools.

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