Posted on 03/31/2016 9:34:57 AM PDT by walford
Building more walls between the United States and Mexico will not boost border security, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday.
The Texas Republican toured the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge and visited Anzalduas Park during an all-day visit to the Rio Grande Valley.
Cornyn also met with Mission Mayor Norberto "Beto" Salinas, McAllen Mayor Jim Darling, Superintendent of Bridges Rigo Villarreal and Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla, who heads the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
Cornyn brought Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, along for a firsthand look at trade and security issues.
Asked about the border wall -- a hot topic during the Republican presidential primary -- Cornyn said he didn't favor new fencing.
"It's more than just physical obstacles," Cornyn said. "It's people. It's the boots on the ground. And it's the technology.
"We had the opportunity to see the aerostats now that have been fairly recently deployed and see the great advantage that that gives to our Border Patrol and law enforcement authorities in terms of managing the border," Cornyn said.
During the visit, Cornyn said he wanted to emphasize that trade with Mexico is vital to the U.S. economy.
"When people talk about the border, so often I think they forget the advantages of our proximity to Mexico," Cornyn said. "Six million jobs in the U.S. depend on bi-national trade between the U.S. and Mexico."
The Democrat leadership sees illegal aliens as a bloc of fraudulent votes that can be bought with taxpayer-funded benes. That they also demographically shift the citizenry from those who are accustomed for freedom/self-sufficiency toward those who are dependent -- and come from places where questioning authority can be hazardous to one's health -- is an added bonus.
The GOP leadership is beholden to corporate interests that are addicted to cheap, easily exploitable labor. That illegal aliens' contribution to the labor surplus also depresses wages for US citizens across-the-board is an added bonus.
Perhaps even more effective than erecting walls would be to deny welfare to non-citizens, deport all who commit crimes and amend the 14th Amendment to its original intent [no "anchor babies"]. But don't expect that to happen, either.
The elites in the media, politics, business and entertainment have disproportionate influence and the middle class suffers disproportionate consequences as a result.
Hence, we suffer under fascist plutocracy. The ruling class' refusal to enforce immigration laws is a key component of what Ayn Rand denoted as an aristocracy of political pull.
“Building more walls between the United States and Mexico will not boost border security, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday. “
Yes it will.
American traitor.
The man is a stinking traitor to us and our nation
More walls? There are walls there?
This is hilarious because some of the Texas counties that voted Trump in the primary are WHERE THE WALL WILL BE.
Toss this weenie on the other side before the first brick is laid...
OK. Will it help stem the trafficking of drugs like cocaine?
[Building more walls between the United States and Mexico will not boost border security, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said Tuesday]
So, how MUCH, exactly, does Cornyn and his buddies make off The Cheap Labor Express?
You can bet your bottom dollar, which you just may get to, if you’re an American citizen, that the CLE-huggers have bought and paid for politicians at all levels of gov’t, city, state and federal.
Then why did the NBPC endorse Trump?
I had always thought Texans were pretty good at judging people’s character...
John Cornyn’s and Sheila Jackson Lee’s continual re-election have caused me to rethink this...
Their plan is death by policy.
Just like the VA hospital.
Soon to be ObamaCare.
Then screams of unintended consequences, hearings, mistakes were made, etc., etc., etc.
Wish we could recall him, I don’t want wait for another rigged vote.
Cornyn is a jackwagon.
If there was respect for borders we wouldn’t need walls. That concept is long gone. The only thing left is to build walls.
Every day this GOP scum like Cornyn confirms my decision to re-register as an Independent. The Republican Party is dead to me.
John Wayne McCornyn - He’s just like YOU!
There is a Wall around his gated community that He lives in. Thats all that counts to the Elites. Us Pheasants can squaller in poverty. They are so disconnected from reality, every time they open their piehole, something stupid slobbers out.
The dumb is strong in this one.
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