Our black-robed tyrants will probably have something to say.
Leave the negotiation, take the tariff.
So, they stop everyone EXCEPT Mexicans from coming in to America
6,000 Mexican National Guard... Who the cartels can pay $100 each to look the other way, and they will think they hit a lottery ticket.
I’m sure they will make a weak effort to slow illegal immigration for a couple of weeks and then just continue to help them along.
Not 100% just yet, but the man has demonstrated as much, no even more persistence and determination than any past president, even Reagan!!!
(yes I reluctantly voted for him fearing he'd pull a Schwartzenrenegger, but I was wrong to fear that, obviously now)
“limiting migrants going north, allowing U.S. to deport Central American asylum seekers “
Jim
This is unmitigated bullsh!t.
It’s US law that prevents the deportation of “asylum seekers”.
Mexico just needs to stop them from coming north, not LIMIT them.
From WaPo: “ ... Mexico is urging the United States to address the underlying structural problems in Central America... “
To he11 with that !
All they do is curse us, invade us and state that they are going to Reconquista everything west of the Rocky Mountains.
We are not responsible and do not owe the shithole countries of the world anything other than advice (which, being shithole countries, they will not take).
At my school we are strictly forbidden to discuss the immigration status of any of our students with outside agencies.
Limiting? How about stopping.
Guess who will be picking up the tab???
And for the border wall???
Does anyone remember the scene in The Terminator (I) where Kyle is in the police station and he asks, “Who’s in authority here?”
If one postulates that Mexico is a failed state ruled by an oligarchy of cartels, corporations, and regular government, one has to ask, “Who are we negotiating with? Who has power here?”
It seems pretty clear that the cartels make a ton of money by transporting people to the US border, and that the government looks the other way. Whether its out of leftist ideology (US for all) or venal corruption, doesn’t really make a difference.
Its also obvious that many of the people who are being transported don’t have the money to pay up front, and are indebted to the cartels, pledging to pay them off once they get jobs and/or welfare money. Such a pledge creates an infection of the US that’s greater than just monetary. The connection with the cartels isn’t going to go away easily or completely after payment. They have the illegal’s name, and the names of his family back home. It’s not just money... its connections, safe-passage addresses, networking... you name it.
And, I’d bet long odds that this money, much of it ultimately coming from the US taxpayer, is used to bribe American government officials as well as Mexicans.
Trump’s move with tariffs is economically stupid, but tactically necessary. You put in tariffs to protect your own industries, not as a short term punishment or club, economically speaking. But, if a patriotic President is thwarted at every turn by a corrupt and ideologically blind opposition party and judiciary, he has to use the tools that are left to him. Grassley, are you listening?
What a mess! The only thing I could see working is a serious border closing, which would involve militarization and some unpleasant incidents that the media would dramatize. Maybe declaring a health emergency, after a few large scale epidemics or terrorist incidents might tip public opinion. Clearly, random murders, overwhelmed cities, and occasional disease outbreaks don’t seem to be enough.
Just slow down Mexico. Congress is negotiating for you...
I’m certain that judge from Hawaii will put a block of the tariffs in 3...2...1...
Mexico has probably agreed to
becoming a “safe third country.
Something they were opposed to
in the past.
Its time to do what President Eisenhower did in the early 1950’s to curb the illegal alien problem:
Arrest a minimum of 100,000 illegals and don’t release them at the border - put them on ships and send them back to Veracruz. Confiscate ALL of their US held assets - financial accounts, cars, homes, ALL PROPERTY. Within a year, millions more illegals will self-deport.
It worked in the 1950’s and would go a LONG way to solve the illegal alien problem again today.
Why do we need a deal with Mexico to deport Central Americans?