Posted on 04/11/2017 8:53:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he expects Congress to fund President Trump's campaign promise of building a wall on the Mexican border.
"I know he's going to battle for that and I believe he will get funding for the wall, I can't imagine Congress to deny him that," Sessions said on Fox News' "Hannity." "It doesn't have to be every foot of the entire 1,700[-mile] border, we know that."
"We need a wall. A barrier multiplies the ability of our border patrol and customs officers to be effective. They tell me that and I know they've told you that in the past. This is the way to go, if we follow through on this, we can secure this border. It will be a historic thing and something that the border patrol and our ICE officers and our customs people are really excited about," added Sessions, who spoke with Customs and Border Patrol agents on the Mexican border earlier Tuesday.
Sessions also touted recent numbers from the Department of Homeland Security that show a recent drop in those detained crossing the border illegally.
“Can you believe that we've had the lowest number of entrance at the border in 17 years?” Sessions said.
Sessions echoed President Trump’s repeated campaign criticism that Obama did not do enough to secure the border.
“I knew strong presidential leadership, unlike the wishy-washiness we’ve in the past would impact the flow but not as much as we've seen already. The numbers are down 70 percent since President Obama left office. It's really a remarkable achievement,” Sessions added.
Sessions reiterated the necessity for a wall in order to properly police the border.
“We need a wall. A barrier multiplies the ability of our border patrol and customs officers to be effective…if we follow through on this, we can secure this border.”
With all of the money errors they’ve found in HUD and other agencies....we can pay for that wall :)
“Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that he expects Congress to fund President Trump’s campaign promise of building a wall on the Mexican border.”
The Mexican Congress right?
Hasnt ryan bumped funding it until 2018
It had best.
That is all.
If Congress won’t appropriate the money, they should start a Go Fund Me page. I bet Americans will step up and fund it out of their own pockets if necessary.
With illegals costing us $84 billion a year, the wall will pay for itself very quickly.
I wonder if there is anything ‘between the lines’ in Sessions message.
I’ll say it again - start a GoFundMe account & it will be paid for in less than a month.
Let people inscribe a brick or a section to a lost loved one or similar like they do when they raise money for buildings.
That would work but it might obscure the massive TRUMP WALL emblem.
“Let people inscribe a brick or a section to a lost loved one”
I like it :)
> “ It’s really a remarkable achievement,” Sessions added.”
It truly is. And it will only get better from this point on.
Trump is on a winning streak.
Russia connection blown out of the water.
Favorable trade negotiations with the Chinese.
The between the lines is “or else.”
Congress pissed away a trillion back in '09 for the fictitious shovel-ready bullshit. Then then they gave another $150 billion to Iran to buy/build nukes to kill us and the Jews.
Now, the gutless-wonders are talking about "fiscal responsibility" while jeopardizing national and economic security.
If I were Trump, I'd issue an EO to freeze Congress' pay for a year until they voted to fund the wall.
[Trump is on a winning streak.]
PRESIDENT TRUMP is being given favor by the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY and we would do good to give GOD the GLORY. Without Him we can do nothing.
I will oppose any congresscritter that even hesitates at funding The Wall.
We did a lot of funding WW2 with War Bonds, lets fund the Wall with Wall Bonds. Much of the money is already there, just blocked.
Law to build U.S. border wall already passed
Funding for Secure Fence Act of 2006 has been blocked
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/1-main-reason-u-s-border-wall-hasnt-been-built/#h1JmOY7ZDT1Uhi1s.99
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