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Immigration

Feb. 9, 2017

Trump has clear authority for order

Section 1182(f) of Title 8 gives the president the right to suspend the entry of all, or any class of, aliens into the United States. President Donald Trump correctly utilized his executive power when he issued the travel ban. By John C. Eastman

John C. Eastman

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence c/o Chapman Law School

1 University Dr
Orange , CA 92866

Phone: (714) 628-2587

Email: jeastman@chapman.edu

Univ of Chicago Law School

Dr. John C. Eastman is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University's Fowler School of Law, and founding director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.

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By John C. Eastman

"Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restriction he may deem to be appropriate."

That unambiguous p...

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