Watch it Now | Unchecked: The Growing Use and Misuse of Executive Powers

What power does the U.S. president really have and what happens when that power goes too far?
 
In honor of Presidents’ Day, HIAS PA held this virtual program about how executive authority is intended to function within a system of checks and balances, and how immigration law has always been a tool for executive authority abuse. Watch the recording to learn some surprising truths about what is actually legal, what needs to change and how to make those changes.
 
HIAS PA’s Executive Director, Cathryn Miller-Wilson, was joined by Constitutional scholar Professor Peter J. Spiro.
 
This program was part of a series hosted by HIAS PA that addresses the current challenges immigrants are facing and ways that you can help your immigrant neighbors.