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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s ridiculous to shut down the govt and furlough 800k+ fed employees who are citizens and likely US born in favor of 800k illegals. And no I don’t particularly care that they were brought as kids etc. But even if we were to work it out for them, now they want protections for their parents. GTFO. Why not protections for all their illegal aunts and 75 cousins each as well?[/quote]

This is a lie. Family migration was specifically excluded out of the deal.

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Protection for dreamers’ parents was definitely on the table. Will be glad if you’re right and it’s been dropped. Frankly if these dreamers get to stay, they should never be able to sponsor anyone for entry ever. Or else you’ll get hordes of deported people coming back bc look now Jose is 21 and can sponsor 19 family members.[/quote]

It was absolutely dropped. The dems even offered wall funding. Trump said no. Those are the facts.[/quote]

Sorry you are clueless as to what the deal was and $2billion for border security was a joke[/quote]

What's a joke is Trump pushing to cut funding for security measures that actually have been proven to work. Please explain the following:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/us/politics/trump-border-wall-funding-surveillance.html
[quote]The Trump administration would cut or delay funding for border surveillance, radar technology, patrol boats and customs agents in its upcoming spending plan to curb illegal immigration — all proven security measures that officials and experts have said are more effective than building a wall along the Mexican border.

...security experts said the president’s focus on a border wall ignores the constantly evolving nature of terrorism, immigration and drug trafficking.  “People that are dealing with this issue know that a third-century solution to a 21st-century problem is not going to fix this long-term,” said Representative Will Hurd, Republican of Texas and a former C.I.A. officer. Mr. Hurd, whose district includes more than 800 miles of border territory with Mexico, has pushed for more funding for sensors and other border security technologies.

Homeland Security officials have long and frequently described border security as a holistic system, made up not just of walls and fencing but also patrol routes, lighting, cameras, sensors and personnel.

David Bier, a policy analyst with the Cato Institute, said a border wall would do little to stop the drug trade. Most of the cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines smuggled into the United States come through legal ports of entry rather than areas that would be stopped by a wall, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Nor would a wall stop illegal immigration, other experts said. Data from the Department of Homeland Security and research groups like the New York-based Center for Migration Studies show that most undocumented immigrants now simply overstay legally obtained short-term visas — and did not sneak across the border.

Mr. Trump’s budget request for a wall represents more than half of the $33 billion spending blueprint for border security over the next decade. It either eliminates critical funding for border security programs or shifts money from them, threatening to leave gaping holes. [/quote][/quote]

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