8 US Code 1182 (f)Suspension of entry or imposition of restrictions by President Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.

Elites across the political spectrum went ballistic when candidate Donald Trump recommended the US take a timeout from Muslim immigration because jihadist foreigners are killing Americans. However, the liberal belief of immigration to America being a universal human right is not shared by the little citizens. Incidentally, the law supports the view that immigration is a privilege determined by the elected representatives of the people.Plus, there are historical precedents for blocking a tribe from entrance to the US. One is President Carter’s banning Iranians following the Tehran hostage crisis, as remembered by Daniel Greenfield and discussed by Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday. In fact, Carter ordered the 50,000 (!) Iranian students to report to the INS in 1979 and around 15,000 were deported. Jimmie the Deporter — who knew?

Plus, there was essentially no immigration from 1924 to 1965, so President Roosevelt didn’t have to cancel it during WWII. But FDR did halt German and Japanese naturalization during the war.

So Donald Trump is informed about the law and history, far more than the political and media elites.

Interestingly, when the left likes a policy, it will say the regulation is worth it if theoretically only one life is saved. But that ideal goes out the window when immigration is concerned because diversity is more important to them than the safety of actual people.

Donald Trump is thinking more seriously about America’s degraded national security than many in Washington. Keeping the enemy outside the gates may be politically incorrect in our unrealistic age, but history has shown that physical separation from evil is fundamental to safety.

The only problem with Trump’s suggestion is that it would not be permanent. Immigration is supposed to benefit the American people, and certainly Muslim input is not a plus, but has brought death and misery. Not all diversity is equal.