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I think the Constitution only states that the Federal decisions supersede the states

Is that all that it states? Wow. I've been terribly misinformed.

In this capacity, sorry I didn't mean to give a summary of the entire constitution. I am not a constitutional scholar, but based on recent articles discussing this subject, it seems to me that the federal government supersedes state governments regarding immigration policy. Again, and as I said before, you can bet there is a lot of debate regarding this issue going on.

regarding the statue of liberty - my original post was regarding the "ideals" of this country. I think the only poem placed on the Statue of Liberty would probably be at least a relevant indicator of how the people of that time period felt. The constitution doesn't say "we must take on refugees" nor does it say "we cannot take on refugees if there is the potential for lost american lives (to my knowledge at least". The country will make a decision - i have said how i feel about the debate. (and I am a conservative leaning person fwiw at least in economic and most social issues)

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still itching to get over here and kill the frick out of us.

I was more referring to the people we let in - as in show them what this country is truly about - you are right, i don't think you can change the idea of an entrenched radical.

This post was edited on 11/19/15 at 12:00 pm