Discussing Paper: Presidential Powers and Public Policy (Essay Sample)

Presidential Powers and Public Policy
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Presidential Powers and Public Policy
The use of presidential powers is manifested in President Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States in the Korean War. President Eisenhower, after assessing the situation, found that the US was receiving casualties without any visible returns. (Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home, para5). A treaty was later signed effectively ending combat operations.
President Obama signed a policy to halt the deportation of persons who came to the US when they were young (Payne, 2014). President Obama went on to state that contained in the order, were rules by which the immigrants were expected to comply.
US public policy was that the country [US] had vested in the president powers to ward off an attack. Given that the Korean War was not a direct attack on the American people, some Americans felt that they had no place in the war and that the US should have stayed out and let the UN handle it alone
President Obama’s change in immigration policy would see more unemployed youth in the job market which is already stretched. Americans would have to fight for the same jobs with foreigners in their own country. A positive side to this change in policy is that it was a ...