Is there or isn’t there a crisis on the border?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today Democrat Steny Hoyer finally admits we have a crisis at the border. Watching him on C-SPAN now.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?461463-1/house-session Sorry for the all caps but that is the way it is on c-span. Hoyer is addressing humanitarian relief at the border. Not the impacts on the destinations in the USA. Trump's fly them to Florida was not flying random illegal immigrants- they planned to go to Florida. Hoyer is from Maryland. Maybe he'll ask for Trump to fly some to Maryland and Kaine/Connolly will put in for VA. The illegal immigrants choose destinations in the USA.


"ADMINISTRATION CAN PLACE BORDER ENFORCEMENT, SOME OF THE THINGS IT WANTS TO DO ON ENFORCEMENT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF. IF WE CAN PASS A BILL LIMITED TO HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, I HOPE WE CAN PASS IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, MEANING NEXT WEEK. NOW I WILL TELL YOU, MS. ROYBAL-ALLARD HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO REACH A CONSENSUS NOT ONLY WITHIN HER COMMITTEE BUT REACH A CONSENSUS WITHIN THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICULAR FOCUS ON IT, THE HISPANIC CAUCUS, AS YOU KNOW IS VERY, VERY CONCERNED BOTH ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION AT THE BORDER, AS WE ALL ARE, I THINK "THE NEW YORK TIMES" EDITORIAL, I BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF MY MEMBERS THEY ALREADY HAD SEEN IT. I THINK "THE NEW YORK TIMES" PREMISE IS CORRECT. WE NEED TO ACT, WE NEED TO ACT QUICKLY. WE'RE WORKING TOWARD THAT END. I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD MOVE AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK. I CAN'T PROMISE THAT BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN REACH A CONSENSUS, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD REACH A "

+1,000,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vitriol aside. I live in Northern Virginia. I do believe there is a serious crisis at our southern border. I have addressed this with Senator Kaine, Warner and Congressman Beyer via phone call. I will tell you, they say constituents are more concerned with impeachment then with border security.

I personally am very, very concerned about our borders. I have also written Speaker Pelosi as well as Chuck Shumer.

I do not understant why we would give up USA safety in America after fighting for world safety in WWII given lives lost.

I hope our Congress will work with President Trump and soon.

Good for you for reaching out to them. I live in northern VA too and dont even waste my time as I know they will blow off any concerns about illegal immigration. Our senators are so popular they can sit around and do nothing and still win. They have no intention of addressing the issue of illegal immigration- particularly in how it impacts our schools. I'm pretty disillusioned by the while issue.

And this is why Trumo will win again.

Exactly. President Trump will win again. Most Americans understand we just can't fund the medical care for everyone who wants to come here. Hell, we can't even cover our own Americans who need medical care!

THIS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vitriol aside. I live in Northern Virginia. I do believe there is a serious crisis at our southern border. I have addressed this with Senator Kaine, Warner and Congressman Beyer via phone call. I will tell you, they say constituents are more concerned with impeachment then with border security.

I personally am very, very concerned about our borders. I have also written Speaker Pelosi as well as Chuck Shumer.

I do not understant why we would give up USA safety in America after fighting for world safety in WWII given lives lost.

I hope our Congress will work with President Trump and soon.

Good for you for reaching out to them. I live in northern VA too and dont even waste my time as I know they will blow off any concerns about illegal immigration. Our senators are so popular they can sit around and do nothing and still win. They have no intention of addressing the issue of illegal immigration- particularly in how it impacts our schools. I'm pretty disillusioned by the while issue.

And this is why Trumo will win again.

Exactly. President Trump will win again. Most Americans understand we just can't fund the medical care for everyone who wants to come here. Hell, we can't even cover our own Americans who need medical care!

THIS.

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Mexico is now moving 6,000 of its OWN troops
to the Mexico Guatemala border.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Mexico is now moving 6,000 of its OWN troops
to the Mexico Guatemala border.

good for Mexico!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today Democrat Steny Hoyer finally admits we have a crisis at the border. Watching him on C-SPAN now.

Thanks for this.

C-SPAN is so underrated. I'll need to bookmark it!

[Anonymous]

Mexicans are now getting annoyed with all the people travelling through in these caravans. They've finally had enough too. Maybe this problem will be solved after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mexicans are now getting annoyed with all the people travelling through in these caravans. They've finally had enough too. Maybe this problem will be solved after all.

Exactly. An American President who is owned by no one, is a good thing. Apparently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Right now, Border Agents are asking for 2.2 Million diapers for migrant children.

Perhaps organize yourselves, and do something.

Here was the post, sounding the alarm....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't Congress care to DO anything????????

Crickets?

Right now, with the election cycle in full gear, the Democrats don't want to do anything that appears to give Trump a win.
As a result, it seems as if the Dems are all OK with illegal immigration.

And CHILDREN getting TRAFFICKED and RAPED.
This is horrific.

Totally outrageous. Nancy doesn't. Care. One. Single. Bit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vitriol aside. I live in Northern Virginia. I do believe there is a serious crisis at our southern border. I have addressed this with Senator Kaine, Warner and Congressman Beyer via phone call. I will tell you, they say constituents are more concerned with impeachment then with border security.

I personally am very, very concerned about our borders. I have also written Speaker Pelosi as well as Chuck Shumer.

I do not understant why we would give up USA safety in America after fighting for world safety in WWII given lives lost.

I hope our Congress will work with President Trump and soon.

Good for you for reaching out to them. I live in northern VA too and dont even waste my time as I know they will blow off any concerns about illegal immigration. Our senators are so popular they can sit around and do nothing and still win. They have no intention of addressing the issue of illegal immigration- particularly in how it impacts our schools. I'm pretty disillusioned by the while issue.

And this is why Trumo will win again.

Exactly. President Trump will win again. Most Americans understand we just can't fund the medical care for everyone who wants to come here. Hell, we can't even cover our own Americans who need medical care!

THIS.

+100

We are in Montgomery County and illegal immigration affects our lives on a daily basis in a negative way. It is insanity that people want this to continue for their own monetary benefit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vitriol aside. I live in Northern Virginia. I do believe there is a serious crisis at our southern border. I have addressed this with Senator Kaine, Warner and Congressman Beyer via phone call. I will tell you, they say constituents are more concerned with impeachment then with border security.

I personally am very, very concerned about our borders. I have also written Speaker Pelosi as well as Chuck Shumer.

I do not understant why we would give up USA safety in America after fighting for world safety in WWII given lives lost.

I hope our Congress will work with President Trump and soon.

Good for you for reaching out to them. I live in northern VA too and dont even waste my time as I know they will blow off any concerns about illegal immigration. Our senators are so popular they can sit around and do nothing and still win. They have no intention of addressing the issue of illegal immigration- particularly in how it impacts our schools. I'm pretty disillusioned by the while issue.

And this is why Trumo will win again.

Exactly. President Trump will win again. Most Americans understand we just can't fund the medical care for everyone who wants to come here. Hell, we can't even cover our own Americans who need medical care!

THIS.

+100

We are in Montgomery County and illegal immigration affects our lives on a daily basis in a negative way. It is insanity that people want this to continue for their own monetary benefit.

Who can afford unlimited support of endless foreigners pouring in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vitriol aside. I live in Northern Virginia. I do believe there is a serious crisis at our southern border. I have addressed this with Senator Kaine, Warner and Congressman Beyer via phone call. I will tell you, they say constituents are more concerned with impeachment then with border security.

I personally am very, very concerned about our borders. I have also written Speaker Pelosi as well as Chuck Shumer.

I do not understant why we would give up USA safety in America after fighting for world safety in WWII given lives lost.

I hope our Congress will work with President Trump and soon.

Most lives lost in WWII were lost before America ever got involved so don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.

[Anonymous]

I’m an American citizen who flew into IAD from a foreign country two weeks ago. My flight arrived just behind one other, around midnight.

At IAD, you line up in an American citizens/ permanent residents or not American citizen/ permanent resident line. Which is standard. Here’s what was not standard: between the two lines of international flights, there were over 300 people. Approx 75% were in the American citizens line. They had 4 officers processing the foreign citizens and ONE OFFICER processing all of the American citizens. After a half hour, the foreign citizens were all processed and those lines were closed, and those 4 officers left. We were in the middle of the line for Americans, and it took us over 2 hours to get our passport stamped (almost 2 am). And the ONE CBP agent processing Americans was ridiculously slow. By the time we cleared immigration, our bags were off the carousel and sitting in a jumble of luggage and no one was staffing Customs (after you get your checked luggage) at all.

So, good time to smuggle contraband in checked baggage, I guess.

Why are foreign citizens being processed before Americans and much faster than Americans? This was a flight from a touristy European County, without foreigners who should have posed a security risk. Why were some Americans sitting in a 4 hour line during the slowest part of the day while one guy processed most of two planes?

The only answer that I can come up with is CBP is proving a point about how stretched thin they are. And that Americans standing in line for three or four hours in an otherwise empty hall to see the one CBP officer will start to say that these poor overworked souls need reinforcements. And make a fuss.

Sorry. No dice. They could have used 3-4 agents of the 5 working to process Americans (who again, were 75% or so of the arrivals). And processed everyone in much less time. This was all about a CBP temper tantrum and CBP putting on a show. And not very well, because they clearly had the manpower to process foreigners in a timely manner.

BTW— they had also taken IAD off the list of airports using Mobile Pass— which is how I usually bypass these lines to being with. There are something like 15 airports that use it. Why not a major international airport like IAD.

And FWIW I think foreigners should be processed efficiently. But I think making Americans wait for hours is all about proving a point. Otherwise, why not put Americans First?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m an American citizen who flew into IAD from a foreign country two weeks ago. My flight arrived just behind one other, around midnight.

At IAD, you line up in an American citizens/ permanent residents or not American citizen/ permanent resident line. Which is standard. Here’s what was not standard: between the two lines of international flights, there were over 300 people. Approx 75% were in the American citizens line. They had 4 officers processing the foreign citizens and ONE OFFICER processing all of the American citizens. After a half hour, the foreign citizens were all processed and those lines were closed, and those 4 officers left. We were in the middle of the line for Americans, and it took us over 2 hours to get our passport stamped (almost 2 am). And the ONE CBP agent processing Americans was ridiculously slow. By the time we cleared immigration, our bags were off the carousel and sitting in a jumble of luggage and no one was staffing Customs (after you get your checked luggage) at all.

So, good time to smuggle contraband in checked baggage, I guess.

Why are foreign citizens being processed before Americans and much faster than Americans? This was a flight from a touristy European County, without foreigners who should have posed a security risk. Why were some Americans sitting in a 4 hour line during the slowest part of the day while one guy processed most of two planes?

The only answer that I can come up with is CBP is proving a point about how stretched thin they are. And that Americans standing in line for three or four hours in an otherwise empty hall to see the one CBP officer will start to say that these poor overworked souls need reinforcements. And make a fuss.

Sorry. No dice. They could have used 3-4 agents of the 5 working to process Americans (who again, were 75% or so of the arrivals). And processed everyone in much less time. This was all about a CBP temper tantrum and CBP putting on a show. And not very well, because they clearly had the manpower to process foreigners in a timely manner.

BTW— they had also taken IAD off the list of airports using Mobile Pass— which is how I usually bypass these lines to being with. There are something like 15 airports that use it. Why not a major international airport like IAD.

And FWIW I think foreigners should be processed efficiently. But I think making Americans wait for hours is all about proving a point. Otherwise, why not put Americans First?

You don’t have global entry?