It says he wants to reduce legal immigration. I think it would be hard to end illegal immigration while also lowering the amount that come here legally.
2019 Federal government shut down and the wall
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“the wall” was a mnemonic device used because trump was too stupid to remember to talk about immigration in his campaign. this “crisis” most certainly is of his doing and he is keeping it going because it excites his racist, and totally not a racist but i’m all in on supporting one, base
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The bad thing is that Republican congressmen will applaud at congress loss of power this year if it means the wall gets built and then cry foul in a couple of years if a Democratic president uses the same precedent to limit the second ammendment. They will not even think about the trap they are laying for themselves until it is sprung.
IDK if it's that they don't understand or if they've adopted the president's quoted attitude - "I won't be here"...
This essentially a nothing burger. He strains to find comparisons with actions taken by other presidents and they're not comparable. There's a big difference in using unappropriated funds and diverting funds Congress has appropriated for other purposes. I suspect there'll be an effort to shoehorn this into military housing somehow, which will fail. Then, at the end, he concedes that the funding may be challenged but the president can begin the construction, Well, duh. Congress compromised and gave him 1.4 billion for barriers, 55 miles to be exact. No one has questioned that, to my knowledge. I don't think he's managed to shed his role as Paul Ryan's institutional lawyer...
Just a thought Inhad about all the wall business. Throw out all the legal fights that are ensuing. How long do you believe it will take to even start construction? I figure close to a year as a best guess estimate because of dealing with bids, surveying, etc.
TV Talking Heads say some of the eminent domain condemnation lawsuits have been tied up in court since 2006. From a previous wall/fence expansion.
Absolutely. There are so many details about this issue beyond just the politics of it that many don't understand.
I don't know why we have this "loophole" in our system. We'll see what happens. Trump is in for a battle on this one getting through.
House introduced their Joint Resolution today. Can’t wait to se McConnell herd those cats.
Trump originally ordered no pay increase this year for federal employees. A 1.9% increase (retroactive to the first of the year) will now happen. I don't really care, but since everyone seems to want to see government policy aligned with personal interests ...... Yay!
If you were any kind of man you would refuse yours!! Plus your back pay from the shutdown!
Like you really drive a '06 Camry.
Plus ex post facto is unconstitutional. Should this go in the government waste rant/thread?
Article says more Mexicans are leaving the US than entering illegally.
https://apple.news/AUMYL6JDQS22byuyh6gpVVQ
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Been that way for a while. We may just use Trump's new wall like the Berlin wall to keep them here picking our fruit before it's all over.
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