Quote Originally Posted by patbrunz View Post
From the arguments above, it seems that the federal government doesn't really have the power to admit them, but just for the sake of argument, let's say it does. If states, and even cities, can nullify federal immigration laws to become so-called "sanctuaries" for illegal aliens and states can nullify federal drug laws by "legalizing" a drug like marijuana that is illegal according to federal law, why can't a state nullify federal authority to take in refugees?
Great idea!! State legislatures need to immediately pass laws that refuse all immigration, refugees, green cards, asylum-seekers, illegal aliens, DAPAs, DACA's, all of it. They do that right here right now and the states need to argue their right to do so under Article 1, Section 9, as well as Articles 9 and 10 of the US Constitution.

States however can not over-ride federal prohibition of immigration and allow immigrants into their state prohibited by the federal government so the states with sanctuary cities are in fact violating the US Constitution, Article 1, Section 9.

Furthermore, all these "Constitutionalists" who are claiming "religious liberty" under the First Amendment, who harbor, aid and abet and advocate for illegal aliens, they are also violating the US Constitution when they violate US immigration law.