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Buckeye_Democrat

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5. Sadly, I think that's something Trump could attempt to do without Congress...
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 11:15 AM
Jan 2017

if he wants to be an asshole about it.

And if Elected: What President Trump Could or Couldn’t Do
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/opinion/campaign-stops/and-if-elected-what-president-trump-could-or-couldnt-do.html?_r=1

It depends on what Mr. Trump wants to do. His signature issues are immigration and trade. He could not build the Mexican wall without congressional support. But he could order immigration authorities to deport unauthorized immigrants.

And he could bar Muslims from entering the country under existing law, which authorizes him to bar classes of aliens whose entry he determines “would be detrimental to the interests of the United States.”

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