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Asylum restrictions: The president can enforce the law, but can't change it

  • Written by Jean Lantz Reisz, Supervising Attorney, USC Immigration Clinic and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, University of Southern California
President Donald Trump keeps trying to change immigration law and the courts keep blocking him.AP/Alex Brandon

Since his inauguration, President Trump’s immigration policies have been frustrated by the laws the U.S. Constitution requires him to “faithfully execute.”

While the Constitution has been interpreted to give the president...

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