WHAT DOES THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAY ABOUT IMMIGRATION?
THE UNITED STATES IS A NATION OF NATIONS
IMMIGRATION: A FABRICATED "CRISIS" CLEVERLY USED TO DISTRACT AMERICANS AWAY FROM THE REAL, SERIOUS NATIONAL ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Unlike almost every other nation on the planet, the United States of America is a nation of nations. This is our story. This is our heritage. The way we treat those who show up at our borders must reflect our nation’s moral and ethical values. Most especially when those who show up are defenseless children, regardless of how they got here!
Special interests are cleverly exploiting the immigration issue to distract the attention of the American people away from the real, serious national economic and social problems. Americans must not play into the hands of our country’s enemies. Because they are economically disadvantaged, politically powerless, and socially marginalized, it's extremely easy and "safe" to scapegoat and attack undocumented immigrants. It's also cowardly and unAmerican!
WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY
No responsible American advocates open borders or supports illegal immigration. The Florida Democratic League advocates treating undocumented immigrants with the same dignity, compassion, and respect as our Founding Fathers treated the immigrants of their day. The League insists on accountability and responsibility from the government agencies that administer the nation’s immigration laws.
No patriotic American can honestly claim they are pro-Family, pro-Life and lament the loss of 50,000,000 human beings through the crime of abortion, and simultaneously advocate oppressing, mistreating, and hunting down fellow human beings whose only crime is seeking refuge among us without government permission.
We must be very careful not to confuse Maria the Maid and Jose the Gardener for the real culprits of our country’s serious financial and social problems. These culprits are the corrupt Federal Reserve Banksters, the Wall Street financiers, the War-mongering Arms Cartel, the ethically challenged Hollywood Culture Subverters, and their coterie of spineless pimps and prostitutes in Washington, D.C.
THE REAL PROBLEM AND THE REAL REMEDY
The U.S.'s labor problem is not an excess of workers; it's an ever growing shortage of jobs caused by the deliberate, destructive, and treasonous dismantling of our country's industrial infrastructure. All the while American jobs are exported to Third World countries whose people suffer under slave or semi-slave labor conditions.
The only remedy for the shortage of jobs for American workers is to prohibit the importation of goods from countries whose workers do not enjoy the same labor benefits, protections, and rights as do Americans. This import prohibition will effectively eliminate the cheap labor incentives multi-national corporations have to export American jobs to countries that allow the immoral exploitation of their workers.
WHAT THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAYS
According to the actual text and original intent of the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority over immigration except to create uniform laws of naturalization. This view may be outside the political mainstream, but it is consistent with the facts and respectful of our Founding Fathers' wishes.
Article 1, section 8, clause 4 of the United States Constitution empowers Congress to regulate naturalization, that is the process of granting citizenship to a foreign-born person. But the clause is silent on immigration, which relates to residency, not citizenship.
The two words had separate and distinct meanings when the Constitution was ratified. In the 18th century, the definition of naturalization was “the act of investing aliens with the privileges of native subjects,” while immigration meant simply moving from one place to another.
Remember that among the many issues that provoked the United State’s secession from Britain were King George III’s restrictions on westward immigration. Americans in the 18th century wanted more land and the freedom to move about, and they believed this particular pursuit of happiness was being impeded by a remote and arrogant central government. They fought for their freedom of movement and founded the United States of America.
So what does the U.S. Constitution say about immigration? NOTHING!
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