Much of what Trump tried to do was blocked by the courts. All it takes is one well selected Federal Judge to nix what an administration is trying to do. If I remember correctly, it was a San Diego Federal judge that ruled minors apprehended at the border had to be released within 72 hours and could not remain detained. That is why there are thousands of kids missing. There is no time to vet the kids or their so called sponsors. If they don't get the kids out within 72 hours, they get sued. To hell with what happens to the children. A large portion of our border mess has to do with rulings handed down by a single judge and Congress is unwilling to tackle the issue.
However, even though those judges have given us an immigration nightmare, that judicial power does at times work in our favor when there is executive overreach - as in 2A cases. We have been fortunate several times since Biden stole the WH to have a Federal judge put the kibosh on some executive or regulatory action. So it does cut both ways.
Congress gave Federal judges the power to do this, and Congress can take that power back - but that would mean they would have to actually do their job and legislate - something I don't see happening anytime soon. So until we can solve this problem of rouge judges legislating from the bench, it is going to be very difficult for Trump, or anyone else, to fix the immigration mess much less anything else. Easier said than done.
Much of what Trump tried to do was blocked by the courts. All it takes is one well selected Federal Judge to nix what an administration is trying to do. If I remember correctly, it was a San Diego Federal judge that ruled minors apprehended at the border had to be released within 72 and could not remain detained. That is why there are thousands of kids missing. There is no time to vet the kids or their so called sponsors. If they don't get the kids out within 72 hours, they get sued. To hell with what happens to the children. A large portion of our border mess has to do with rulings handed down by a single judge and Congress is unwilling to tackle the issue.
However, even though those judges have given us an immigration nightmare, that judicial power does at times work in our favor when there is executive overreach - as in 2A cases. We have been fortunate several times since Biden stole the WH to have a Federal judge put the kibosh on some executive or regulatory action. So it does cut both ways.
Congress gave Federal judges the power to do this, and Congress can take that power back - but that would mean they would have to actually do their job and legislate - something I don't see happening anytime soon. So until we can solve this problem of rouge judges legislating from the bench, it is going to be very difficult for Trump, or anyone else, to fix the immigration mess much less anything else. Easier said than done.