Homework answers / question archive / In reference to a 2018 Trump administration proposal to only accept asylum applications from those asylum seekers who enter the country through official ports of entry, National Public Radio's White House correspondent, Scott Horsley explained, "You have competing laws here, on the one hand, federal law gives the president broad power to turn away any migrant or class of migrants he deems detrimental to the United States, but you have this longstanding asylum law which says that if you get to US soil, even if you cross the border illegally, you are eligible to apply for asylum

In reference to a 2018 Trump administration proposal to only accept asylum applications from those asylum seekers who enter the country through official ports of entry, National Public Radio's White House correspondent, Scott Horsley explained, "You have competing laws here, on the one hand, federal law gives the president broad power to turn away any migrant or class of migrants he deems detrimental to the United States, but you have this longstanding asylum law which says that if you get to US soil, even if you cross the border illegally, you are eligible to apply for asylum

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In reference to a 2018 Trump administration proposal to only accept asylum applications from those asylum seekers who enter the country through official ports of entry, National Public Radio's White House correspondent, Scott Horsley explained,

"You have competing laws here, on the one hand, federal law gives the president broad power to turn away any migrant or class of migrants he deems detrimental to the United States, but you have this longstanding asylum law which says that if you get to US soil, even if you cross the border illegally, you are eligible to apply for asylum. Those competing provisions will probably have to be sorted out by the federal courts."

True or false? Identify as true all choices that are exemplified by this quote.

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administrative sovereignty, because under the proposal, the US (as a nation-state) is the chief administrative authority enforcing laws for and on those within the boundaries of its country

[ Choose ]  True             False         

border sovereignty, because the proposal is based on the idea that the US, as a sovereign state, should have ultimate control over the flow of people over its borders

[ Choose   True             False         

some people see international law as undemocratic, because in this example, asylum law is based on international agreements and may limit the power of the US government (and by extension the US people) to decide for themselves how to police their borders

 [ Choose ]  True          False