Barring US Entry Is Presidential Prerogative

After Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, by a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group, Donald Trump expanded on his controversial proposal to ban Muslim immigration. "The immigration laws of the United States give the president powers to suspend entry into the country of any class of persons," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee said at a speech this week in the swing state of New Hampshire. Trump promised that, if elected, he would "suspend...

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