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Border town Dems brace for fight over Trump’s ‘wall’
Fox News ^ | January 13, 2017 | Barnini Chakraborty

Posted on 01/13/2017 5:48:01 PM PST by jazusamo

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to build a U.S.-Mexico wall has touched off a fierce debate in the U.S. border towns that would be most affected – with local Democrats vowing to fight Trump tooth and nail if he proceeds.

“Mexico is an ally, not an enemy,” Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, told FoxNews.com. “It is our second-largest trading partner, and building a wall between two countries with such important ties is a senseless and wasteful exercise."

Vela is a colorful Trump critic. He made headlines after calling the president-elect's illegal immigrant policies “hateful, dehumanizing, and frankly shameful.” In a public letter, he also advised Trump to “take your border wall and shove it up your ass.”

Vela is part of a growing number of Democratic lawmakers bracing for a fight with Trump over his proposed 1,933-mile border wall with Mexico -- one of several big immigration clashes on the horizon. Many Democratic officials in "sanctuary cities" also are preparing to battle Trump over his threat to cut their federal funding.

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TOPICS: Government; Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderwall; democrats; filemonvela; illegals; sanctuarycities; texas; trump
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Rep. Filemon Vela and his PC demonrat friends can kiss President Trumps grits, start with the wall and relations with Mexico will immediately improve.
1 posted on 01/13/2017 5:48:01 PM PST by jazusamo
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“Mexico is an ally, not an enemy,” Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas

That's not the issue dumb sh*t.

2 posted on 01/13/2017 5:50:00 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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Mexico is an ally, not an enemy, Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, told FoxNews.com.

I hate to break it to this idiot, but Mexico presently has an occupying force in the United States that equals up to and possibly more than 10% of the U.S. population.

That is not an ally under any sense of the term.

3 posted on 01/13/2017 5:51:32 PM PST by DoughtyOne (John McStain. The friend of those who hate our nation.)
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Not to mention when all totaled up, millions of Mexicans who have zero respect for American rules and laws, have cost U.S. tax payers hundred of billions every year or so.


4 posted on 01/13/2017 5:53:29 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: jazusamo

Politicians all over this nation generally swear an oath of office.

That oath often times address and adherence to the U.S. Constitution and or the laws of our nation.

Any public official who does not comply with their oath of office should be approached by the U.S. Justice department and provided with two choices.

1. Comply with the laws of our nation

2a. Face prosecution
2b. Face a guilty verdict
2c. Face incarceration


5 posted on 01/13/2017 5:55:16 PM PST by DoughtyOne (John McStain. The friend of those who hate our nation.)
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To: dragnet2

Agreed...


6 posted on 01/13/2017 5:55:39 PM PST by DoughtyOne (John McStain. The friend of those who hate our nation.)
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Absolutely right, that translates into invaders.

Every last one of them should be deported.


7 posted on 01/13/2017 5:56:02 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: dragnet2

...and crime!


8 posted on 01/13/2017 5:56:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (John McStain. The friend of those who hate our nation.)
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To: dragnet2

BUMP!


9 posted on 01/13/2017 5:56:51 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Revoke any fed funding to their area. Problem solved.


10 posted on 01/13/2017 6:05:58 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!!)
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Just bulldoze over them and bury them under the wall.


11 posted on 01/13/2017 6:07:23 PM PST by boycott
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Go President-Elect Trump!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

12 posted on 01/13/2017 6:11:25 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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It’s my understanding that the border is considered federal land, so they scream all they want, but in the end there is really nothing they can do to stop it once the feds start building.


13 posted on 01/13/2017 6:16:41 PM PST by apillar
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Neither Mexico nor the majority of the Demonrat Party (I’m talking libs/progressives)are allies of the United States.


14 posted on 01/13/2017 6:22:29 PM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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Thanks...I’ve wondered about that and it seems reasonable to me that you’re correct, otherwise we’d have every state on our country’s border making different policy.


15 posted on 01/13/2017 6:24:00 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Most Latino Democrat politicians want all the illegals they can get, knowing that many of them vote illegally. Texas taxpayers feed shelter, educate, investigate and incarcerate millions of illegals, the population that will vote Democrat to get goodies In the future.


16 posted on 01/13/2017 6:46:26 PM PST by txrefugee
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The aptly named Texas barriers, widely used in Iraq.

Convoy them in, tilt them up, and top with a rounded cap. Once production is humming, you can eat up the miles.


17 posted on 01/13/2017 6:56:36 PM PST by BeauBo
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“Mexico is an ally, not an enemy,” Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, told FoxNews.com.

Has anyone ever checked this clown's papers?

18 posted on 01/13/2017 7:06:01 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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Has anyone ever checked this clown's papers?

I seriously doubt it.

19 posted on 01/13/2017 7:20:20 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: apillar

They can lie down in front of the bulldozers... and they probably will.


20 posted on 01/13/2017 7:20:27 PM PST by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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