It never occurred to anybody writing the original laws for the country that the federal government would just refuse to enforce any kind of borders. Honestly, why would it have?
Well, I'd imagine this problem, as with many others, forseen or not, probably falls under corruption and tyranny, generally speaking, which should be fixed by the 2nd Amendment (the catchall solution to these problems), if the people are willing to enforce it themselves, rather than insist on "voting harder [current year]" as the only acceptable solution.
If the founders saw America today, their first question would be “why aren’t you shooting all of these people who are deliberately destroying the country we created?”
It doesn't matter, as states are the sovereign authority.
10th amendment even says so where all powers not dedicated directly to the federal government are retained by states
Since there's no amendment (only roundabout court decisions on the concept of federalism) there's no reason a state can't also say 'yea uh, if we catch someone entering the US illegallly that's like... a crime'
As if this should ever have been a question.
It never occurred to anybody writing the original laws for the country that the federal government would just refuse to enforce any kind of borders. Honestly, why would it have?
Well, I'd imagine this problem, as with many others, forseen or not, probably falls under corruption and tyranny, generally speaking, which should be fixed by the 2nd Amendment (the catchall solution to these problems), if the people are willing to enforce it themselves, rather than insist on "voting harder [current year]" as the only acceptable solution.
If the founders saw America today, their first question would be “why aren’t you shooting all of these people who are deliberately destroying the country we created?”
It doesn't matter, as states are the sovereign authority.
10th amendment even says so where all powers not dedicated directly to the federal government are retained by states
Since there's no amendment (only roundabout court decisions on the concept of federalism) there's no reason a state can't also say 'yea uh, if we catch someone entering the US illegallly that's like... a crime'
"Yeah, but, uh, all powers are ours, because, uhm, the penumbras and stuff," - The Federal Government.
There's a reason we don't take kindly to federal agents.