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===Immigration===
 
===Immigration===
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Perhaps the biggest issue today is immigration, and whether any rights should be given to people who have entered our nation unlawfully.  Article I of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority over "naturalization", but President Obama has been asserting authority under the executive branch to grant "amnesty" to illegal aliens in the United States.
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Perhaps the biggest issue today is immigration, and whether any rights should be given to people who have entered our nation unlawfully.  Article I of the Constitution grants to Congress the authority over "naturalization", but President Obama has been asserting authority under the executive branch to grant "amnesty" to illegal aliens<ref>"Illegal aliens" are people who are in the country illegally, such as crossing one of the borders without proper authority to do so, and then staying here.<ref> in the United States.  Article I, Section 8, clause 4 states:
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{{cquote|The Congress shall have Power To...establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization....}}
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At the time the Constitution was ratified, some States continued their practice of granting citizenship to residents.  But Congress then asserted its '''''exclusive''''' power to grant citizenship, and prohibited States from determining who or who is not a citizen.
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Today there is a big controversy over how much States can do to protect themselves, and their residents, from illegal aliens.  Some States and towns have passed laws prohibiting landlords from renting apartments to illegal aliens, for example, and requiring the landlords to check the citizenship of people before renting to them.  Similarly, some States and towns have required employers to check whether a job applicant is in the United States lawfully, before offering him a job.
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Pro-immigration groups tend to oppose State and local laws that restrict hiring or renting to illegal aliens.  These pro-immigration groups have filed numerous lawsuits to block laws against illegal aliens from going into effect.
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===Free speech and campaign finance===
 
===Free speech and campaign finance===
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