[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 122 (Tuesday, July 13, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Ms. HERRELL:
        H.R. 4416.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       Article 1, section 8, clause 4, (the Naturalization Clause) 
     which gives Congress sovereign control over immigration. In 
     Chirac v. Lessee of Chirac (1817), the Supreme Court affirmed 
     that the Constitution grants Congress Plenary power on 
     immigration policy. Further, in Galvan v. Press (1954) the 
     court found ``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.''