ATLANTA MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS
Posted on 03/22/2019 6:55:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence’s visit Thursday to Atlanta included a stop at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s field office and a conversation about the “broader mission of border security.”
He also blasted Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over her decision last year to bar the city jail from holding federal immigration detainees and thanked the men and women who work for ICE.
Pence highlighted some of the ICE arrests made in the area, including one Wednesday night in Riverdale, Georgia, news outlets reported.
“Atlanta and Georgia are safer today because of the outstanding work of the men and women of ICE in Georgia,” Pence said.
The visit also comes amid President Donald Trump’s declaring a “national emergency” at the U.S.-Mexico border in an attempt to get more than $8 billion for a border wall — a move Congress tried to block last week. Trump has vetoed Congress’ move.
After Bottoms terminated the city’s relationship with ICE, the federal agency entered into an agreement with a private facility in Clayton County to house detainees. There are three other detention centers in Georgia, hours away from Atlanta, in Lumpkin, Ocilla and Folkston.
“It is amazing to think the mayor actually said — in her words — she would not be complicit in an immigration policy that intentionally inflicts misery,” said Pence, flanked by Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Sen. David Perdue and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins.
“I would say to the mayor that criminal illegal immigrants — gang members on our streets — are what inflict misery. The flow of illegal drugs like cocaine and meth and fentanyl inflict misery and wreck our families and communities. Human trafficking inflicts misery.”
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"Blasted" does nothing. How about arranging for her midnight flight to GITMO.
Saw his plane leaving the area yesterday evening as I was heading home from an event. Maybe 10-12 miles out of Dobbins still on the takeoff climb.
a boy playing dress up? that’s why it’s making poor choices about more important matters.
Lance Bottoms... Lance Bottoms...
nope. i got nothing.
While both sides make the border into a big stink and issue, the approximately 40M illegals in the country illegally largely are being permitted to stay, with Trump promising still more low-skill immigrant Latin workers to come in illegally in compensation for any eventual successful blocking of the border.
Mandatory e-verify would do a lot more good than the wall, but the GOPe chamber of commerce types oppose it for exactly that reason.
----- and yada,yada,yada. That's all we're getting from DC.Notice the recurring standard from the ruling political class. Brexit,yellow vests and the Wall is "puro politico". Talk it to death and fund raise off it.
RE: Talk it to death and fund raise off it.
This is Ann Coulter’s complaint as well.
The counter question is this -— Given that you are not being supported by Congress, not being supported by your own party members, have a judicial system that is not guaranteed to support your policies, a huge number of the electorate who hates you, what more can you do other than what you’re already doing now?
Pence is on the offensive, raising issues rather than responding to Democrat/never-Trump garbage.
Yep. Both needed, but if there were one priority it would be that.
Pence is worried about the compassionate conservative gene that took out Jeb.
100,000 invaders every month and climbing but talk,talk,talk and "Oh yeah,send me money." If the pyramids would have been built on an emergency order there would be one wooden structure the size of an outhouse.
I would rather declare war on Mexico and start shooting the mojados but that might be a bit of a stretch.
(PS: Do not send an email to the Whitehouse. You won't get an answer but the "It's a desperate situation,send me money!! spam is like they slapped you in the face.)
“It is amazing to think the mayor actually said — in her words — she would not be complicit in an immigration policy that intentionally inflicts misery,” said Pence, flanked by Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Sen. David Perdue and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins.
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