Immigration and the Migration or Importation Clause of the Constitution
Did the Constitution originally delegate a power over immigration to Congress? In response to a video pointing out that immigration and naturalization are two distinct powers under the Constitution, the latter being a power expressly delegated to the federal...
Constitution 101: Immigration vs Naturalization
TAC membershipsย help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and readย the full transcript here. When discussing the power of the federal government under the Constitution, some people use the words “immigration” and...
An Inherent Power to Exclude?
Josh Blackman (South Texas College of Law Houston) has postedย The Power to Excludeย on SSRN.ย Here is the abstract: Under modern doctrine, the federal government has an inherent authority to exclude aliens from entering the United States. In contrast, states lack any...