The resolution the House passed today to end the President’s national emergency declaration undermines the statutory powers granted by Congress to the President to declare national emergencies.
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Congress gave the President statutory authority to declare national emergencies. When Congress did so, they did not specifically define what can be designated as a ‘national emergency’ or not.
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As I witnessed during my trip to the Texas border last year, we are seeing floods of families and unaccompanied children reaching our southern border in an attempt to illegally enter the Unites States.
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While this is a humanitarian crisis that must be handled with compassion, this ongoing problem is overwhelming our resources to adequately address thousands upon thousands of people, particularly of children, who are coming to our border.
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Strong borders must be in place in order to keep the American people safe and the situation at our southern border can no longer be ignored.
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There are already over 650 miles of barriers in place at the southern border. Apprehensions of people trying to illegally enter our country at these barrier locations have gone down dramatically.
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I support the President’s national emergency declaration designed to strengthen our borders with additional border barrier systems as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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The good people of Indiana deserve so much better.
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So much better than her. I assume that’s what you mean?
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And the Constitution calls out Congress and the President as coequal branches of government, and for the last 2 yrs in your role as a coequal you have never once raised this as an issue worthy of being deemed an emergency. Spare us the outrage now, please.
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That she cites the Constitution as justification for this would be laughable if it weren’t so tragic. The GOP ignoring the Constitution will have consequences long after Trump is gone. This declaration alone opens a huge Pandora’s box.
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