The word "immigration" doesn't even appear in the Constitution. There's one line that gives the Federal government authority over "naturalization."
If you were to talk to, say, Mr. Coxe at his newspaper office in 1788, he would tell you that immigration isn't something Americans have to even think about. Why, only about 6,000 people a year come to America! Why on earth would the Constitution, or even the government, need to deal with something like that?
In point of fact, in our time there are specific and rigid Federal laws on immigrants, legal and illegal. To talk about enforcing them as "unconstitutional" shows a real lack of clarity on the concept by the pundits who drop that word. Legislators are welcome to stand up and change the Federal laws.
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To coin a phrase, "time has not stood still."
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