The President Of The United States

Immigration has always been a complex issue in the United States. Previous and current administrations have had great difficulties in setting policies and programs in place to address this problem. During the course of American history, laws were enacted to address such issues. There were numerous legislative milestones in regards to immigration in the United States. In order to understand the current issues regarding immigration, we have to look back at the policies that were in place along with the goals that they intended to serve. According to (Barusch, 2012), the United States had an open immigration policy; which means that anyone could relocate to this country. As a result of this policy, the government had to redefine

“President Trump on Tuesday took action to strip away protections from deportation for roughly 800,000 people brought into the country illegally as children, giving Congress six months to write a law to resolve their plight.”(Bennett, Brian, and Joseph Tanfani) so basically Trump is setting a deadline so that congress can say focused on what there doing and get the ball rolling on this serious problem that we have going on with unlawful immigration. “If Congress fails, and the Dreamers are put in jeopardy of being deported to countries they know little of, if anything, Trump and some supporters have suggested the fault will be lawmakers'. Trump did not announce the action, which is opposed by a majority of Americans, polls show.”(Bennett, Brian, and Joseph Tanfani) But if you think about it, it would be in the hands of lawmakers he did it for a reason so the can put their heads together and get a new law

The immigration reform, an important issue for the U.S. government has accelerated significantly in the past few years. It has been debated between the democratic and republican senators to reform a framework for the immigration. President Obama gave a speech to push for an immigration reform in favor of undocumented 11 million immigrants in the USA, as well as a road map for their legal citizenship. It has also been suggested that a sub citizenship could be an option instead of providing full citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants.

In 2009, Obama signed an executive order that signalled the closing of Guantanamo Bay. However, Congress blocked bills that would have given the funds necessary to close the detention centre. As a result, Guantanamo Bay is still open today. This example demonstrates that presidents need congress on their side in order for congress to not undermine their executive orders. While the president may have power of executive orders constitutionally speaking, he needs Congress to not undermine it. The House controls the purse and executive orders often require money. This evidence supports the assertion that the US presidency is “more imperiled than imperial” because although he has the legal power, the president needs the political power for his executive orders to not be undermined. In the UK, the PM cannot make laws alone but can vote on them.

It was his decision to announce, on September 5, that his administration would be winding down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, a program he didn’t mention outright, that many people didn’t know about and even fewer understood. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which has protected nearly 800,000 young adult unauthorized immigrants from deportation and allowed them to work legally since 2012. The immigrants protected through DACA grew up in the US; people might not assume they are unauthorized immigrants, and they might not have even known it themselves until they were teenagers. The program was supposed to give them a chance to build a life here. Now, DACA is on the chopping block. Trump, under pressure to make a decision about it’s future before September 5 (the day a group of Republican state officials were set to sue over its constitutionality), has decided that no one new will be protected under the program and that those currently covered will start to lose

At the time the bill was going through Congress was controlled by Democrats while the White House was Republican (Wiener, 2013). President Bush hoped that a moderate approach would finally allow immigration reform to pass (Weiner, 2013). While the bill was being debated 63% of Americans, almost identical numbers from both parties, favored a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants that passed background checks, had jobs and were willing to pay fines (Heimlich, 2007). With the War in Iraq lowering President Bush’s approval every year he needed a win in the legislative department and with over 50% of voters at the time saying that immigration reform was needed within the year it was clear he needed to back a plan (Heimlich, 2007).

Does the president have the powers to pass such laws as the Alien and Sedition Acts ? The Alien and Sedition Acts are laws that included powers to expel foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. Previously, a new immigrant would have to have lived in the United States for five years before becoming eligible to vote, but a new law raised this to 14 years. Both acts were signed into law by President John Adams. In this case, I believe that the majority of people would agree that the president overstepped his boundaries and abused his powers. Your power as a president is to help in every way to improve the country, aid in uniting people together, and making an effort to make people with the decisions that you make. President Adams abused his powers, in fact over abused them, because he did not make the smartest move in signing the Alien and Sedition Acts into law. The President overstepped his boundaries, because as a president, why would you agree to sign such laws? You are creating disadvantages for your country, such as decreasing the population by deporting foreigners. President Adams could have made better decisions to enhance the United States.

In 1986 Ronald Regan signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, an amnesty act that would alleviate the current immigration problems. Through this law, out of five million illegal immigrants, an estimated four million could have applied to become legal U.S. Citizens. This law was supposed to put a definite stop to illegal immigration into the United States. However, ever since the law was enacted, statistics show that the numbers of illegal immigrants in the United States have ascended from an estimated 5 million in 1986, to about 11 million today. Therefore because of these rising numbers, immigration has been one of the most popular topics in U.S. elections and debates. So on November 20th 2014, President Obama announced to the nation the executive actions that he 's planning to take to fix our nation 's broken immigration system.

I agree with the statement that the president usurped the power of congress by his actions because he did usurp the power of congress. It may seem the president wields the most power not congress. It was not his job to deal with the immigrants it was congresses job. He overstepped his boundaries in that is wasn’t his place. I think that the president should have let congress do their job. I think that the president was just trying to help. He did go against the constitution so I think that he was way in the wrong.

Immigration Reform Has Been a hot topic lately, President Barack Obama has recently used his power of executive order to give protection to some 5 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. The program protects about 5 million immigrants from deportation, and allows them to stay and work here legally. There has been a lot of opposition; republicans believe that the president’s action is unconstitutional, and that the president is usurping power from Congress. What the President is trying to do is push congress into taking action, to pass a bill on immigration reform. In whitehouse.gov, they have a section that outlines the president’s plan for immigration reform. They have for points that they want to attain. Immigration reform usually accomplishes most or some of these objectives. One is to reinforce and strengthen border security. Second is to provide a legal way for undocumented immigrants to earn citizenship. Another objective is to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants. Last objective is to make legal immigration simple and efficient. Within these objectives is amnesty. Amnesty is a hotly debated topic in immigration reform. Those who oppose amnesty argue that amnesty rewards lawbreakers, encourages more illegal immigration, and doesn’t help the economy; they think that it does the opposite of that. Those who argue for amnesty argue that it would be beneficial to the economy because of the increase tax revenues they will receive from the

In 1986, the United States enacted The Immigration Reform and Control Act which made it illegal to hire illegal immigrants. This is by far the biggest reform made in recent history. Immigration reform is simply making changes to a country’s immigration policies for the better. It has been a huge and controversial topic since 1986 and even more so when President Obama proposed a reform himself in 2009. According to Obama, this reform would improve border enforcement, be stricter on visa overstays, not allow people to work without a permit, create a committee to set the number of visas allowed for the changing economy, create a program to help illegal immigrants acquire a legal status, and programs to help immigrants to adjust to life in the United States. Nothing like this was ever happened regarding this reform but five years later Obama went on to defer the 1986 act and granted about 45% of illegal immigrants to stay and work legally through his use of executive action in 2014. This was deemed unconstitutional and the case is pending for the Supreme Court to review.

Over the years immigration has been a heavily debated topic, as policymakers consider U.S. labor demands and border security concerns. Immigration reform has escaped Congress for years, moving decisions into the executive and judicial branches of government and pushing the debate into state and municipal governments. Meanwhile the fates of the approximate ten million illegal immigrants in the U.S., as well as future rules for legal migration are undecided. (Cfr.com) President Barack Obama must be the most well-known player in immigration as of right now. Barack Obama won over Latinos in 2008 with a promise to have a complete reform on immigration in his first year in office. Latinos, were disappointed after Obama not only failed to push for an

The relationship between the President and Members of Congress is very important. The quote "The American people are the ones who suffer when the highest levels of government don't trust or communicate with each other."(Lott) is a great representation of what happens when the relationship between the two is not at its greatest. The Congress, by law, has the constitutional authority to create new agencies, fund these new agencies, and charge them with administrative responsibilities. Congress also has the constitutional power to enact laws that are necessary and proper to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the country. The President has the authority to direct these agencies, that are created by congress, and select their

Barrack Obama, the 44th President of The United States left an indelible mark at the White House. It’s not yet a year since he left office but if he appeared in any state, people will line up just to lay an eye on him. Both young and old, from every race and tongue, he was and is still loved by almost every individual on earth. He was the only President of the United States who brought out the picture of "the it never so serious guys in this oval office". He interacted with all types of people. He hosted many people at the White House and changed many lives for the better which are not the norm with so many other Presidents.

First and foremost, Obama should have gone through Congress , the natural way. The natural way for a law to become a bill is to go through the house and then the Senate and then the President, Obama skipped steps! The amount of executive actions compared to the amount of normally passed laws is a ratio of 50,000 (Executive) to 280,502 ( Natural) (Uscbgov 1999-2016). Executive actions bypass Congress to provide help in times of need, but these actions can be appealed by the next president. Which in this case can happen the minute that the new president 's is in office. “Obama is not above the law and has no right to issue executive amnesty” ( GOP hammers legal CNNpolitics.com). In the