As noted in my recent “inaugural address”, there isn’t much a president is authorized to do. In a nutshell, he must execute the few constitutional laws Congress passes, and veto the rest.

Repelling and expelling invaders is obviously among the permitted functions of his restricted role. Not only should a president deport anyone who illegally enters American territory; to honor his oath, he has no choice.

If citizens don’t like the laws, they should convince Congress to change them. But if statutes are constitutional (as those ousting illegals obviously are), the president is obligated to execute them. To do otherwise is an impeachable offense.

Misunderstood Amendment

Eliciting recent uproar was Trump’s executive order rescinding “birthright citizenship”. Critics claim this directive violates of the first clause of the 14th Amendment.

But it doesn’t. At least not according to the man who wrote it. Let’s review the relevant language:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside."

Senator Jacob Howard, who authored these words, elaborated on what “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” meant, and to which people it didn’t apply:

"This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, [or] who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons." [emphasis added]

In other words, Trump is right about this. At the very least, it’s not obvious he’s wrong………

Fed Up

For years, Americans have been implored to care for the plight of poor migrants. And they have. But what of concern for poor Americans? Why must their land and lucre be endlessly allocated to the rest of the world?

Crime is rampant. Debt is unbridled. Infrastructure crumbles. Purchasing power plummets. Chronic ailment is endemic. Fentanyl infests vast swaths of the country. Many rural regions and urban cores resemble Third-World hell-holes.

Yet the unappreciated victims are told to welcome floods of foreigners who flout the law. Americans have had enough, and are fed up.

They should be.