Terri
01-18-2003, 12:36 AM
By Joseph A. D'Agostino
Human Events
January 2003
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft has managed to speed up the process for actually deporting illegal aliens, but now liberal interest groups are complaining that the U.S. immigration process does not treat illegal aliens exactly the same way that U.S. courts treat U.S. citizens.
In fact, the entire liberal argument against expedited deportation of illegal aliens is based on the premise that the government should make no distinction at all between illegal aliens and U.S. citizens.
On Aug. 23, 2002, Ashcroft approved final new rules requiring the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which hears appeals from the nation’s immigration courts, to clear its backlog of 56,000 cases by March 25. Under the Constitution, Congress has authority over immigration. And Congress decided to put the BIA and all immigration courts under the Executive Branch, not the Judicial Branch, because the Constitution also does not grant foreign nationals a “right” to enter the United States or participate in any immigration process here not specifically enacted by Congress.
Full Story (http://www.humaneventsonlin e.com/articles/01-20-03/dagostino.htm)
Human Events
January 2003
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft has managed to speed up the process for actually deporting illegal aliens, but now liberal interest groups are complaining that the U.S. immigration process does not treat illegal aliens exactly the same way that U.S. courts treat U.S. citizens.
In fact, the entire liberal argument against expedited deportation of illegal aliens is based on the premise that the government should make no distinction at all between illegal aliens and U.S. citizens.
On Aug. 23, 2002, Ashcroft approved final new rules requiring the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), which hears appeals from the nation’s immigration courts, to clear its backlog of 56,000 cases by March 25. Under the Constitution, Congress has authority over immigration. And Congress decided to put the BIA and all immigration courts under the Executive Branch, not the Judicial Branch, because the Constitution also does not grant foreign nationals a “right” to enter the United States or participate in any immigration process here not specifically enacted by Congress.
Full Story (http://www.humaneventsonlin e.com/articles/01-20-03/dagostino.htm)