Immigration vs Naturalization

28. Apr, 2010
by Michael Boldin

Over the last couple days, I’ve received a number of emails about Arizona’s new immigration law – and thought it was worthy of some constitutional consideration.

To start – we must keep adherence to the 10th Amendment as a top priority. This means that the federal government is authorized to exercise only those powers that we the people of the several states delegated to it in the Constitution…and nothing more. These are often called the enumerated powers. http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/his ... ed-powers/

Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the Constitution empowers Congress to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalizationâ€