Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More than 76,000 Migrants Cross in a Month

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Anonymous wrote:Borders are so 19th century

With this attitude northern VA will look like El Salvador in no time!

It already does, in areas.

Anhone who doesn’t know this must be very effectively insulating themselves by carefully choosing certain neighborhoods and schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Why hasn't the Trump administration hired more Border Patrol agents and immigration officials? Fiddling while Rome burns seems to be this administration's MO.

Why hasn't Congress passed a bill that would allow for more border barriers to discourage easy entry to our country?

There was $25billion in border security funding that was offered just this past December. Trump turned it down. Instead he opted for about $5bil. Not sure how that helps the border situation.

Exactly. Why is Trump not serious about border security? He seems more interested in using immigration as a wedge issue for the election than in any meaningful actions.

It's all a show for his base. And they think the $5 billion is so much better than the $25 billion in border security.

Does it make any sense to you that Trump didn’t take $25 billion in December and now he’s fighting for $5 billion? Trump didn’t wanted $25 billion because there were many other demands from Democrats that Trump didn’t wanted to give .

In December, Democrats just wanted to give Trump $25b and later same Democrats don’t want to give $5 b ?

? Dems just gave him $5bil. What are you talking about?

Trump initially was fine with the bipartisan deal that gave DACA path to citizenship. Then he got flack from his base for that which made him flip flop.

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Anonymous wrote:Or, jut maybe, it shows how precarious their home country situation is, and how desperate they are to leave, you know, the way your grandparents or great grandparents where when they came to the US?

And there's nothing anyone wants to do to help their home countries deal with the problems, so as to make them more safe and stable so that there would be less people fleeing. The refugees showing up at our border are a symptom, but instead they are treated as the disease, and that approach will never solve anything, because people desperate to flee will continue to do so. It's like there's broken glass on your kitchen floor and you're complaining about how many band-aids you've used and how you need shoes with thicker soles instead of even giving any consideration to sweeping the glass up. Instead we should be looking to help those countries. But we don't even want to, because they are "shitholes" not worthy of further consideration, per brilliant Trump foreign policy.

I can’t even with the stupidity. Are you aware of how many billions of dollars the U.S. has given to these countries already, and many more billions are pledged for the future (by the Trump administration, btw) to “help them deal with their problems”?? How much good has this done so far?? It’s as if no money was spent at all. Nothing to show for it. And it’s somehow our fault that these countries can’t manage the money that we’ve pissed away on them? Newsflash: their people will continue coming to the border because they believe they will be admitted to this country. And the U.S. will always be attractive to them, no matter how much money we send to their countries, because liberals have made it their mission to let in as many as possible, for some inexplicable reason.

We've given central America pennies compared to Israel. And you "can't even" with the stupidity given we've thrown vastly more money at other countries at the bidding of their lobbyists? Where's your fiscal outrage over that stupidity?

You "can't even?" LMAO! Come on, do you know how stupid that statement looks?

"LMAO!" Do you know how stupid THAT expression looks?? Israel is clearly a good steward of our aid. They spend it wisely. Are there gangs in Israel? Didn't think so. Can you say the same thing about C. America? What, exactly, have they done with the billions in aid we've given them? NOTHING. They've allowed their countries to turn into cesspools of corruption and violence. And you want to send them yet *MORE* money. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:Or, jut maybe, it shows how precarious their home country situation is, and how desperate they are to leave, you know, the way your grandparents or great grandparents where when they came to the US?

And there's nothing anyone wants to do to help their home countries deal with the problems, so as to make them more safe and stable so that there would be less people fleeing. The refugees showing up at our border are a symptom, but instead they are treated as the disease, and that approach will never solve anything, because people desperate to flee will continue to do so. It's like there's broken glass on your kitchen floor and you're complaining about how many band-aids you've used and how you need shoes with thicker soles instead of even giving any consideration to sweeping the glass up. Instead we should be looking to help those countries. But we don't even want to, because they are "shitholes" not worthy of further consideration, per brilliant Trump foreign policy.

Uhh did you 2 forget about mexico who wanted to give them residency? They also had the option to travel to closer countries which are just as safe. We have central americas gangs in the US too but then again we also have the almighthy dollar that attracts them. So its greed bringing them here plain and simple.

Nope, that "Mexico offered to take them in" narrative was utter and complete bullshit. Numerous reporters and others tried following up on that and even went with refugees as they tried getting visas and legal asylum in Mexico and saw that they were getting absolutely nowhere with Mexican officials. There were many reports on this, video accounts of their attempts to get papers, et cetera. Mexico was refusing them.

LINKS? Mexico did indeed offer to take them in, and you know it. But no, they continued on to the U.S. border, counting on us taking them instead.
-DP

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Anonymous wrote:Borders are so 19th century

With this attitude northern VA will look like El Salvador in no time!

It already does, in areas.

Anhone who doesn’t know this must be very effectively insulating themselves by carefully choosing certain neighborhoods and schools.

Hard to find the energy to care about immigration if you live in Kent and send the kiddos to Sidwell.

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Anonymous wrote:The administration can do what Europe started doing in Africa and set up asylum hearing centers in Mexico, so people can be screened without having to enter the US first. It would of course have to involve Mexico's cooperation but it might be more productive than threatening to make them pay for the wall.

Mexico has no incentive to curb the flood of drugs or sex trafficking. Cartels are making Mexican politicians very rich.

Question....

When seeking asylum, isn't it incumbent upon the seeker of asylum to request it in the first country in which he or she arrives?

Did any of you follow the Kirstjen Nielsen hearing with Congress a few days ago? Wow. Scathing. Border Patrol was breaking laws right and left and it was witnessed by members of Congress. Refugees are supposed to go to ports of entry and on getting to the US side, request asylum, and were doing exactly that - and that is 100% legal - yet they were being treated like as if they had illegally snuck in, they were being treated as though they had not requested asylum, et cetera. And people have witnessed it first hand. And let's not even get into all of the other scathing items that came up in that hearing about numerous kids dying in ICE custody, being raped while in ICE custody, et cetera. Truly disgusting. No matter how you feel about the wall, DHS is completely mishandling all of it and frankly Nielsen needs to step down, along with many others in the CBP chain of command.

What I find disgusting is people like you blaming ICE/Border Patrol for those who die in custody. Do you have any idea how sick many of these people are by the time they wind up at our border? Many are at death's door - and then when they inevitably collapse and die in custody, people like you actually have the gall to blame our agents. No mention of the horrendous journey they were on to begin with - and which they chose to drag their children along as well.

For U.S. border agents, the strain has grown more acute, as they struggle to care for children using an enforcement infrastructure made in an era when the vast majority of migrants were Mexican adults who could be quickly booked and deported. The Central American families — called “give-ups” because they surrender instead of trying to sneak in — have left frustrated U.S. agents viewing their own role as little more than the facilitators for the last stage of the migrants’ journey. They are rescuing families with small children from river currents, irrigation canals, medical emergencies and freezing winter temperatures.
“We’re so cold,” said Marlen Moya, who had left Guatemala with her sons six weeks earlier and crossed the Rio Grande with the group of 64.
Moya’s son Gael, 6, was sick with a fever and moaning, his face streaked with tears. “In Juarez, we were shoved and yelled at,” she said, looking back across the river to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. “We slept on the street.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2019/03/04/feature/after-cold-busy-month-at-border-illegal-crossings-expected-to-surge-again/?utm_term=.804c59cdfedc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Borders are so 19th century

With this attitude northern VA will look like El Salvador in no time!

It already does, in areas.

Anhone who doesn’t know this must be very effectively insulating themselves by carefully choosing certain neighborhoods and schools.

+1
Actually, they all know this. They just choose to pretend it's not happening because they personally don't have to deal with overcrowded schools and neighborhoods looking like slums. They live in their bubbles and send their kids to private schools, and to hell with anyone else who dares to complain about illegal immigrants using U.S. resources. Despicable people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Borders are so 19th century

With this attitude northern VA will look like El Salvador in no time!

It already does, in areas.

Anhone who doesn’t know this must be very effectively insulating themselves by carefully choosing certain neighborhoods and schools.

Hard to find the energy to care about immigration if you live in Kent and send the kiddos to Sidwell.

Exactly. And super easy to find the sanctimony to call everyone else a "racist" if they express outrage over illegal immigration.

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So I guess family separation policies arrnt a deterrent

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Anonymous wrote:So I guess family separation policies arrnt a deterrent

Which is why a wall is needed

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Anonymous wrote:So I guess family separation policies arrnt a deterrent

Which is why a wall is needed

Except they climb over and tunnel under walls. So walls obviously "arrnt" a deterrent either.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Migrants-in-Tijuana-Trickling-Over-and-Under-Border-Wall-502352291.html

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This is a fatal does of fentanyl (2 mg). If the 4 oz. packet of sugar you put in your coffee was filled with fentanyl, it could kill 56,699 people. CBP this year has seized 113 lbs of fentanyl (BETWEEN PORTS OF ENTRY), enough to kill 25.6 million Americans. #SecureOurBorder

https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1103694908697792513

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I guess family separation policies arrnt a deterrent

Which is why a wall is needed

Except they climb over and tunnel under walls. So walls obviously "arrnt" a deterrent either.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Migrants-in-Tijuana-Trickling-Over-and-Under-Border-Wall-502352291.html

If they go underground the drones would be ineffective too. I mean why try at all?

Or maybe if you continue to narrow the pathways, you drive them all to one method ... and then focus on eliminating that method as well.

By the way someone falling/jumping from a 30 ft wall isnt running very far afterwards. It will at least slow them down so we can send them home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or, jut maybe, it shows how precarious their home country situation is, and how desperate they are to leave, you know, the way your grandparents or great grandparents where when they came to the US?

And there's nothing anyone wants to do to help their home countries deal with the problems, so as to make them more safe and stable so that there would be less people fleeing. The refugees showing up at our border are a symptom, but instead they are treated as the disease, and that approach will never solve anything, because people desperate to flee will continue to do so. It's like there's broken glass on your kitchen floor and you're complaining about how many band-aids you've used and how you need shoes with thicker soles instead of even giving any consideration to sweeping the glass up. Instead we should be looking to help those countries. But we don't even want to, because they are "shitholes" not worthy of further consideration, per brilliant Trump foreign policy.

I can’t even with the stupidity. Are you aware of how many billions of dollars the U.S. has given to these countries already, and many more billions are pledged for the future (by the Trump administration, btw) to “help them deal with their problems”?? How much good has this done so far?? It’s as if no money was spent at all. Nothing to show for it. And it’s somehow our fault that these countries can’t manage the money that we’ve pissed away on them? Newsflash: their people will continue coming to the border because they believe they will be admitted to this country. And the U.S. will always be attractive to them, no matter how much money we send to their countries, because liberals have made it their mission to let in as many as possible, for some inexplicable reason.

We've given central America pennies compared to Israel. And you "can't even" with the stupidity given we've thrown vastly more money at other countries at the bidding of their lobbyists? Where's your fiscal outrage over that stupidity?

You "can't even?" LMAO! Come on, do you know how stupid that statement looks?

"LMAO!" Do you know how stupid THAT expression looks?? Israel is clearly a good steward of our aid. They spend it wisely. Are there gangs in Israel? Didn't think so. Can you say the same thing about C. America? What, exactly, have they done with the billions in aid we've given them? NOTHING. They've allowed their countries to turn into cesspools of corruption and violence. And you want to send them yet *MORE* money. No thanks.

In fact, it’s Israel making all the breakthroughs in cancer research

[Anonymous]

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This is a fatal does of fentanyl (2 mg). If the 4 oz. packet of sugar you put in your coffee was filled with fentanyl, it could kill 56,699 people. CBP this year has seized 113 lbs of fentanyl (BETWEEN PORTS OF ENTRY), enough to kill 25.6 million Americans. #SecureOurBorder

https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1103694908697792513

Most of the fentanyl comes from China. Why don't you ask Trump to build a wall around China?