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US government 101: immigration laws are passed by Congress Immigration laws should be implemented by the executive (the president and federal agencies) using f
by ghufran_syed 8y ago
US government 101:
immigration laws are passed by Congress
Immigration laws should be implemented by the executive (the president and federal agencies) using federal policies
This rule was an attempt to make a new law just by implementing a policy, so the new administration can easily rescind it. Whereas say, Obamacare was a law, so can only be overturned by another successful vote in Congress, which is a lot harder.
I support the idea of this policy to encourage skilled immigration, but it should actually be passed by Congress.
- jdoliner 8y agoIt's also particularly weird that Obama enacted it 2 days before he left office. Presumably it didn't take 8 years for him to decide it was a good idea, maybe he was holding out hope on passing it through Congress the real way, but he wasn't shy about setting policy via EO before, i.e. DACA. The only real motivation I can see for doing something 2 days before you leave office that's easily undone by the next guy is that it forces the next guy to actually undo it, which might make him look bad.
- pavlov 8y agoThe rule was announced in August 2016 with an initial comment period and no apparent rush. They were probably expecting that a Clinton administration would implement it at their own pace during 2017. After the election the rule was seemingly fast-tracked, perhaps in the hope that the Trump administration would have bigger fish to fry.
- zeusk 8y agoWell, the new administration wasn't exactly shy in implementing their own agenda of immigration policy through executive orders so it is a bit rich and hypocrite to turn a blind eye there and revert policies implemented in a similar manner by the previous administration.