The Congress is Article I. The Founders created a system of checks and balances to ensure no individual could gain absolute power within the government without a check. not even George Washington. whom they all loved. Under our Constitution. the Congress is entrusted with "all legislative powers"-all. including the power "to establish a uniform rule of naturalization." The Founders drafted the Constitution to clearly state that it is not the President who writes the laws. Congress does. Much of the Presidents job is to faithfully execute these laws passed by Congress. In fact. neither any immigration law nor the Constitution empowers the Executive to authorize. let alone facilitate. the violation of the laws passed by Congress. The President even acknowledged this 22 times on TV before using his pen and phone to act alone without Congress. This imbalance of powers is a threat to selfgovernment itself.
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