[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 34 (Friday, February 27, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. GOWDY:
        H.R. 1148.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 4, of the Constitution 
     provides that Congress shall have power to ``establish an 
     uniform Rule of Naturalization.'' The Supreme Court has long 
     found that this provision of the Constitution grants Congress 
     Plenary power over immigration policy. As the Court found in 
     Galvan v. Press, 347 U.S. 522, 531 (1954) `` that the 
     formulation of policies [pertaining to the entry of aliens 
     and the right to remain here] is entrusted to Congress has 
     become about as firmly imbedded in the legislative and 
     judicial tissues of our body politic as any aspect of our 
     government.''