What do you think about this quote (Jefferson) about immigration?

Question

Thomas Jefferson quote:
[A]lien friends are under the jurisdiction and protection of the laws of the state wherein they are; that no power over them has been delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the individual states, distinct from their power over citizens; and it being true, as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved, to the states, respectively, or to the people"
So the power goes to the states and the people get to decide NOT Obama. How can one agrue this? I am sure this quote will be used in court by the lawyers!

Answer 1

I agree with it.



We left the Constitution in this regard over a hundred years ago and this is what we need to restore in order to save our Republic.



Power to the people. Power to the states.

Answer 2

Well, it says "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution..." Naturalization is in the Constitution so in that regard, it was delegated to the United States by the Constitution.



That being said, since the law is not about naturalization, (meaning) Arizona is not giving people citizenship or taking it away, I don't think the law is in conflict with the US law. In addition, this is more about police powers to regulate the health safety, and general welfare of the people of the state of Arizona. And police powers are strictly reserved to the states via the 10th Amendment. In fact, the federal government does not have police powers.

Answer 3

I "think" that Thomas Jefferson said that before

the 14th Amendment was ratified July 9, 1868

Answer 4

What Jefferson was trying to say was, "we left this England place because it was bogus, and if we don't get some cool rules for ourselves, we'll just to bogus too."



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