Re: “DOJ has written a draft regulation that, if implemented....”
For the past 27 months, everything Trump has “accomplished” on the immigration issue is either a “draft” regulation or a new policy that was instantly blocked by a federal court injunction.
It’s time for Trump to publicly acknowledge that he is completely helpless on the immigration issue, and that nothing is going to change while he is President.
“For the past 27 months, everything Trump has “accomplished” on the immigration issue is either a “draft” regulation or a new policy that was instantly blocked by a federal court injunction. It’s time for Trump to publicly acknowledge that he is completely helpless on the immigration issue”
That is simply not true (ridiculous actually). But it is what the Left wants us to believe.
Six executive orders, and the National Security Strategy of the United States have re-oriented the Federal Government to better secure the border and control immigration, in a thousand ways. Far to many changes have been implemented to list, but some that come off the top of the head are:
The so-called “muslim ban” is in effect, cutting off legal immigration from Somalia and other problematic countries. The “Wait in Mexico” policy for non-Mexican asylum claimants is now in effect (as are the overwhelming majority of the new Trump Administration policies and regulations), despite the legal challenges. The largest classes of immigration judges ever have been graduating. Armed with new standards and procedures (which are in effect), they stopped the backlog of immigration cases from growing for the first time in decades.
Budgets have grown markedly for border security and immigration control. We are in the process of the biggest border barrier building program in US history (in dollar terms and in terms of the total mileage planned), and the largest US border security technology program as well.
Two National Emergencies have been declared, and are in effect. The first authorized sweeping asset seizure powers, against human traffickers, the second authorized re-programming $6.7 billion for border barrier.
Foreign aid has been cut off to three countries (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras), solely over immigration. Mexico has been compelled (through the threats of border closures and tariffs on their auto industry), to establish a new police cordon across the narrowest part of Mexico (between Chiapas and Oaxaca), to block future caravans (http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3744504/posts )
Thousands of Military troops have deployed to the border to support the Border Patrol. Approximately 200 miles of concertina has been emplaced, as well as Ports of Entry being hardened against caravan-style mass rush tactics.
Far from helpless, President Trump has been the most determined and effective President for securing the border and controlling immigration, at least since Eisenhower. Legislative changes are the job of Congress.
That would be a horrible thing to do, and would play right into the left's hands. What he needs to do is to emphasize everything he has done and to point out how the Democrats have blocked him every step of the way, with the clear implication that we need to vote the Democrats out if we want a Congress that will actually do the job of the people.
Do you really want people to think that having a Republican president is useless, and we might as well have a Democrat who will advance foreign interests and further erode the rights of Americans?