Re US Homeland Security Will Start Collecting Social Media Info on All Immigrants October 18th

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sam <samwaltz.groups () gmail com>
> Date: September 27, 2017 at 2:37:26 PM EDT
> To: Dave Farber IP <dave () farber net>, patrick () ianai net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re US Homeland Security Will Start Collecting Social Media Info on All Immigrants October 18th
>
> > From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
> >
> > Back on topic, I re-read my email and I can’t find anything in it where I said this wasn’t ALLOWED.
>
> That's an easy one, but it's not in your email. I found a document
> that prohibits it: the Constitution.
>
> The Constitution grants Congress (not the President) the power to
> regulate naturalization (Article I Section 8), but NOT immigration
> (Amendment X).
>
> * Article I, Section 8: "The Congress shall have Power... To establish
> an uniform Rule of Naturalization..."
>
> * Amendment X: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the
> Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
> States respectively, or to the people."
>
> Again, the Founders granted Congress the power to regulate
> naturalization (who becomes a citizen) but not immigration. The
> Constitution was in force for almost a century before Congress forgot
> its Constitutional limitations and implemented the Chinese Exclusion
> Act of 1882. Basically, these types of restrictions are neither new
> nor Constitutional. (Of course, that forces the question of whether we
> would rather have the US regulate immigration, or each of the 50
> states do so... but if it is the former, we still need to enshrine
> that power in the Constitution.)
>
>
> And I hope that no one forgets that the President's powers are limited to:
> Ratifying legislation (Article I, Section 7)
> Being Commander-in-Chief (Article II, Section 2) [of course, it is
> still Congress who declares war. (Article I, Section 8)]
> Signing treaties (Article II, Section 2), normally with the consent of
> the Senate
> Making appointments (Article II, Section 2), normally with the consent
> of the Senate
>
> ...And let's not forget taking the oath: “I do solemnly swear (or
> affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the
> United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect
> and defend the Constitution of the United States.” (Article II,
> Section 1).
>
> I do hope that the President remembers that the role of the Executive
> Branch is to execute the will of Congress, and not to be the most
> powerful man on earth or the leader of the free world.
>
> Sam Waltz
>
> my-ny.org : Basel, December 2017
> egg999.org : ???, June 2018



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