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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone knows the reason we have this problem is because Democrats are pro-mass immigration and don’t want tough restrictions.

If they did they would have passed H.R. 2

[b]All you gotta do is read the senate bill and it’s clear it wouldn’t have done anything.[/b]

What I will be mad about though, is if the GOP decides to pass foreign aid. Stick to the demand of HR 2 in return for aid.[/quote]

Said someone who CLEARLY hasn't read the Senate  bill, which was negotiated by the most conservative immigration Senate in the body.[/quote]

I am pp you quoted and I did actually read it. It adds a couple thousand more detention capacity, does not end catch and release— in fact it codifies that migrants put into the newly created protection proceedings be released on “alternative to detentions”.

Attempts to speed up the process by “to the greatest extent possible completing interviews in 90 days”.. yeah law currently says “to the greatest extent possible proceedings should be completed in 180 days”. With no consequences  for the government not doing so except granting migrants automatic work authorization.

Changes “significant possibility of persecution” to “reasonable possibility”. Which is [i]apparently[/i] (counterintuitively) a tougher standard—but still EXTREMELY subjective. And the interviews done by asylum officers will be non-adversarial. It doesn’t codify the most OBVIOUS fix which would be explicitly stating generalized violence, domestic abuse, and being afraid of gang violence are NOT valid claims of asylum.

The “emergency border closure” is even more pitiful because it still will offer “withholding of removal”, which also means being released on alternative to detention into the country. Regardless of if one crosses the border illegally. Also still requires a minimum amount of migrants being processed (released) into the country every day despite the border being closed.

I read the bill, I had been waiting on the edge of my seat for them to release the bill so I could read it. I read it and came to these conclusions before news outlets were putting their own spins on it.

I hold no love for the GOP, I’d be pissed if they actually blocked a *good* bill simply for political reasons. But this was not a good bill at all. And actually just reinforced my view that many GOP members of congress are acting in bad faith to subvert Trump and their base. Because otherwise they’d have never “negotiated” such a horrible “bipartisan bill” in the first place. Because most people wont take the time out to actually read 300+ pages of legislative text to see how horrible it is. Instead they’re just seeing headlines that accuse the GOP of playing politics.

Which they are, but not for gains. This was obviously an attempt to hurt Trump. Many would rather have Biden.[/quote]

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