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8. "control over immigration and the nation's borders is an exclusive federal power"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2026, 11:42 PM

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Yeah, that's the point. Immigration enforcement is the purview of the federal government and states are not required to help them or make it easier. They often do because it's usually beneficial for everyone...but not the way this regime is behaving.

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