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Legal Authority to Repurpose Funds for Border Barrier Construction

Posted on: September 26, 2019 September 26, 2019
Author: TEAMultimedia
Categories: Domestic & Social Policy, United States
Tags: Border Security, Defense Budget, Donald Trump, Funding, Mexico, Wall

President Trump has prioritized the construction of border barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Over the course of negotiations for FY2019 appropriations, the Administration asked Congress to appropriate $5.7 billion to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for that purpose. When Congress appropriated $1.375 billion to DHS for border fencing, the President announced that his Administration… Continue Reading Legal Authority to Repurpose Funds for Border Barrier Construction

Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law

Posted on: December 5, 2018 February 16, 2019
Author: TEAMultimedia
Categories: Armed Forces, Domestic & Social Policy, United States
Tags: Border Security, Posse Comitatus

The Constitution permits Congress to authorize the use of the militia “to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.” And it guarantees the states protection against invasion or usurpation of their “republican form of government,” and, upon the request of the state legislature, against “domestic violence.” These constitutional provisions are reflected… Continue Reading Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: The Use of the Military to Execute Civilian Law

Expedited Removal of Aliens: Legal Framework

Posted on: October 12, 2018 February 17, 2019
Author: TEAMultimedia
Categories: Domestic & Social Policy, United States
Tags: Border Security, Illegal Aliens, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Migration

The federal government has broad authority over the admission of non-U.S. nationals (aliens) seeking to enter the United States. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the government may exclude such aliens without affording them the due process protections that traditionally apply to persons physically present in the United States. Instead, aliens seeking entry are… Continue Reading Expedited Removal of Aliens: Legal Framework

Flores Settlement and Alien Families Apprehended at the U.S. Border

Posted on: September 7, 2018 February 27, 2019
Author: TEAMultimedia
Categories: Americas, United States
Tags: Border Security, Family Separation, Flores Decision, Flores Ruling, Flores Settlement, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Migration

Reports of alien minors being separated from their parents at the U.S. border have raised questions about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) authority to detain alien families together pending the aliens’ removal proceedings, which may include consideration of claims for asylum and other forms of relief from removal. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)… Continue Reading Flores Settlement and Alien Families Apprehended at the U.S. Border