Myth- The President can't control our borders?

Myth- The President can't control our borders?

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The border the president actually does have significant influence over that because he can call up the national guard. He has direction over immigration nationalization services. He can create executive orders, which is just the president saying, "Hey you, do what I say!" About how the immigration officials are going to make decisions or do their job. So he can say "I want you to be much more harsh." Or scrutinize these people who come up for immigration review much more harshly or much more loosely. He can say people who are captured and found within the United States as undocumented, I want you to deport them all, and he has the power to say that. Of course then again, Congress has the power to say "If you do that, then we're going to fight you by not funding some of your priorities that you have talked to us."