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Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

When "we" address the crisis in Central America...? No thanks to nation building. We have meddled enough in the affairs of others. Let them figure it out

Yes “we”. We live in the same hemisphere as these humans and “we” Americans have also contributed in part to many of the issues, not the least of which is our drug consumption. So yes, “we”. You don’t like that you’re part of a globe that increasingly interdependent? Too bad. Maybe you should go isolate yourself from the rest of humanity. Isolationism hasn’t served any country well. Ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are democrats so desperate to obstruct border security?

They aren't. Stop spreading lies.

Everyone wants border security. Everyone wants common sense, practical immigration reform.

Ask your idiot POTUS why he wants to die on that hill he calls "The Wall" instead of trying to encourage bipartisan efforts to work on practical solutions? Ask him why he would choose to demonize the immigrants who come to our border instead of talking about the real reasons they come...desperation to flee countries where gang violence and murder rates are outrageous and poverty is rampant.

Because he and the GOP don't really care about you or me or anyone at the border. They just like whipping people into a frenzy, so that they can get votes and stay in power.

The crisis at the border is multi-faceted and requires practical solutions. Try listening to what people who actually work for ICE and live and work in border towns are saying instead of right-wing propaganda.

You want real solutions? Stop propping up these charlatans.

We've BEEN listening to people who actually work for ICE - have you?? No, you haven't. You've been completely dismissing what they're telling us because *you don't want to hear it*. For whatever reason, you're ok with vast numbers of illegal immigrants being released into our country. Here's an interview with ICE special agent in charge of investigations for the El Paso sector. Read it and educate yourself.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/708999657/number-of-families-trying-to-cross-u-s-border-alarms-ice-agent

STATON: Resources for all of the United States government that do immigration enforcement are being pulled for what's happening on the southwest border right now. The numbers are so high of individuals crossing that the assets that would usually do interdiction of alien smuggling, narcotics smuggling, etc., are being pulled away to handle the processing and the care of these individuals that are turning themselves in at the border.
STATON: Some are using social media, yes. And then - anybody can use social media. And if you look at it, you can see that, like you just said - well, you know, Immigration Customs Enforcement is releasing individuals; I saw it on different news channels. They're talking about that on a regular basis. So that is also a pull factor. Individuals know - hey, there's a chance I could be released.
STATON: What I can tell you I can see is I see an increase. I have concerns. And it's not just me; it's me and all my colleagues. We all have concerns on what's going on down here. And if you don't think the border has had a massive increase of individuals coming over and that there's a cause and effect to that, go down and look at the border.

Blah blah blah. If Trump was so serious about the border why did he turn down the $25 billion initially offered?

"Blah blah blah"? Are you unaware that Trump turned down the $25 because the proposed bill did not end the visa lottery or deeply restrict family-based immigration? Good for him.

And the true colors come out. Trumpkins want to end legal immigration as well. Enjoy reaping what you sow. No sympathy for your whining.

I'm sorry for your ignorance. Wanting to curtail family-based/chain migration has nothing to do with approving of merit-based immigration. But nice try, trying to conflate legal with ILLEGAL immigration. Wow, you people just get more idiotic by the day.

The only idiot I see here is you. You seem confused between what is legal and what is not. A little education might serve you well. And Trump's own in-laws are the beneficiaries of chain immigration, by the way.

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Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

When "we" address the crisis in Central America...? No thanks to nation building. We have meddled enough in the affairs of others. Let them figure it out

So the US sows violence and instability in Central America for decades and then has zero obligation? SMH.

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Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

When "we" address the crisis in Central America...? No thanks to nation building. We have meddled enough in the affairs of others. Let them figure it out

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Anonymous wrote:Why are democrats so desperate to obstruct border security?

They aren't. Stop spreading lies.

Everyone wants border security. Everyone wants common sense, practical immigration reform.

Ask your idiot POTUS why he wants to die on that hill he calls "The Wall" instead of trying to encourage bipartisan efforts to work on practical solutions? Ask him why he would choose to demonize the immigrants who come to our border instead of talking about the real reasons they come...desperation to flee countries where gang violence and murder rates are outrageous and poverty is rampant.

Because he and the GOP don't really care about you or me or anyone at the border. They just like whipping people into a frenzy, so that they can get votes and stay in power.

The crisis at the border is multi-faceted and requires practical solutions. Try listening to what people who actually work for ICE and live and work in border towns are saying instead of right-wing propaganda.

You want real solutions? Stop propping up these charlatans.

We've BEEN listening to people who actually work for ICE - have you?? No, you haven't. You've been completely dismissing what they're telling us because *you don't want to hear it*. For whatever reason, you're ok with vast numbers of illegal immigrants being released into our country. Here's an interview with ICE special agent in charge of investigations for the El Paso sector. Read it and educate yourself.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/708999657/number-of-families-trying-to-cross-u-s-border-alarms-ice-agent

STATON: Resources for all of the United States government that do immigration enforcement are being pulled for what's happening on the southwest border right now. The numbers are so high of individuals crossing that the assets that would usually do interdiction of alien smuggling, narcotics smuggling, etc., are being pulled away to handle the processing and the care of these individuals that are turning themselves in at the border.
STATON: Some are using social media, yes. And then - anybody can use social media. And if you look at it, you can see that, like you just said - well, you know, Immigration Customs Enforcement is releasing individuals; I saw it on different news channels. They're talking about that on a regular basis. So that is also a pull factor. Individuals know - hey, there's a chance I could be released.
STATON: What I can tell you I can see is I see an increase. I have concerns. And it's not just me; it's me and all my colleagues. We all have concerns on what's going on down here. And if you don't think the border has had a massive increase of individuals coming over and that there's a cause and effect to that, go down and look at the border.

Blah blah blah. If Trump was so serious about the border why did he turn down the $25 billion initially offered?

"Blah blah blah"? Are you unaware that Trump turned down the $25 because the proposed bill did not end the visa lottery or deeply restrict family-based immigration? Good for him.

OMG, it was not cold hard cash, It was the PROMISE of money, which Dems did to Reagan. And NEVER came through. Trump sees through Democratic lies.

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Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

When "we" address the crisis in Central America...? No thanks to nation building. We have meddled enough in the affairs of others. Let them figure it out

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are democrats so desperate to obstruct border security?

They aren't. Stop spreading lies.

Everyone wants border security. Everyone wants common sense, practical immigration reform.

Ask your idiot POTUS why he wants to die on that hill he calls "The Wall" instead of trying to encourage bipartisan efforts to work on practical solutions? Ask him why he would choose to demonize the immigrants who come to our border instead of talking about the real reasons they come...desperation to flee countries where gang violence and murder rates are outrageous and poverty is rampant.

Because he and the GOP don't really care about you or me or anyone at the border. They just like whipping people into a frenzy, so that they can get votes and stay in power.

The crisis at the border is multi-faceted and requires practical solutions. Try listening to what people who actually work for ICE and live and work in border towns are saying instead of right-wing propaganda.

You want real solutions? Stop propping up these charlatans.

We've BEEN listening to people who actually work for ICE - have you?? No, you haven't. You've been completely dismissing what they're telling us because *you don't want to hear it*. For whatever reason, you're ok with vast numbers of illegal immigrants being released into our country. Here's an interview with ICE special agent in charge of investigations for the El Paso sector. Read it and educate yourself.
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/02/708999657/number-of-families-trying-to-cross-u-s-border-alarms-ice-agent

STATON: Resources for all of the United States government that do immigration enforcement are being pulled for what's happening on the southwest border right now. The numbers are so high of individuals crossing that the assets that would usually do interdiction of alien smuggling, narcotics smuggling, etc., are being pulled away to handle the processing and the care of these individuals that are turning themselves in at the border.
STATON: Some are using social media, yes. And then - anybody can use social media. And if you look at it, you can see that, like you just said - well, you know, Immigration Customs Enforcement is releasing individuals; I saw it on different news channels. They're talking about that on a regular basis. So that is also a pull factor. Individuals know - hey, there's a chance I could be released.
STATON: What I can tell you I can see is I see an increase. I have concerns. And it's not just me; it's me and all my colleagues. We all have concerns on what's going on down here. And if you don't think the border has had a massive increase of individuals coming over and that there's a cause and effect to that, go down and look at the border.

Blah blah blah. If Trump was so serious about the border why did he turn down the $25 billion initially offered?

"Blah blah blah"? Are you unaware that Trump turned down the $25 because the proposed bill did not end the visa lottery or deeply restrict family-based immigration? Good for him.

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Anonymous wrote:I realize that migrants can legally claim asylum the minute they touch U.S. soil. Which begs the question, why isn't there something - a BARRIER, perhaps?? - to prevent them from touching U.S. soil in the first place? They should have to wait on the Mexico side, not the U.S. side, where they're simply released into our country after a cursory interview. Absurd.

Because it's virtually impossible to build said barrier directly ON the border. They cross into US territory before they even reach the barrier. Sorry but that is how it works.

How does Israel get to have barriers that are Effective?

Why don't you ask them?

The U.S. is not Israel, obviously.

The reason we can't have a barrier on the Texas border is because the Rio Grande River is the border. We have a treaty from about 1970 that prevents either country from building any obstruction in the flood plain of the Rio Grande because, duh, that would cause massive flooding on the other side and create all sorts of environmental havoc on both sides. So even if Trump gets his wall, it has to be on the levee, leaving a stranded area of U.S. soil between the river and the levee wall. People who cross the river will already be in the USA when they present themselves at the wall to request asylum.

DP. Correct, which is exactly why Mexico needs to build some sort of barrier BEFORE the Rio Grande, so there is no way for them to reach our soil. I suggested this a few pages back. Mexico needs to step up and take responsibility.

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Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

Republicans would prefer that they all just die, thanks.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico.

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Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

Republicans would prefer that they all just die, thanks.

Texas Senate Republicans passed a resolution Tuesday declaring a crisis at the Texas-Mexico border and requesting that Congress fully fund "all means necessary" to secure it.

The resolution sparked ire from Senate Democrats, who said the first time they saw the measure was on the Senate floor. Senate Resolution 535 passed in a party line vote, 19 to 12, late Tuesday afternoon.

The resolution doesn’t prescribe a specific border security solution but asks Congress to deploy agents, implement technology, and “erect barriers where needed.” It also states that the “Texas Senate supports the President in his efforts to move forward with emergency action” – a line that angered multiple Democratic senators.

Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.

Anonymous wrote:There isn’t a crisis at the border.

There is a crisis in Central American countries of intense and undiscrimating drug cartel-fueled violence and deep poverty.

What we are seeing at our southern border are people fleeing crises. When we address the crises in Central America then and only then will we stop the wave of immigrants.