Posted on 06/22/2019 3:10:06 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday delayed a nationwide immigration sweep to deport people living the United States illegally, including families, saying he would give lawmakers two weeks to work out solutions for the southern border.
The move came after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Trump on Friday asking him to call off the raids. But three administration officials said scrapping the operation was not just about politics. They said Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders had expressed serious concerns that officers’ safety would be in jeopardy because too many details about the raids had been made public.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to speak about private discussions.
“At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “If not, Deportations start!”
The operation, which sparked outrage and concern among immigrant advocates, had been expected to begin Sunday and would target people with final orders of removal, including families whose immigration cases had been fast-tracked by judges.
The cancellation was another sign of the Trump administration’s difficulty managing the border crisis. The number of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has risen dramatically under Trump, despite his tough rhetoric and hard-line policies. Balancing a White House eager to push major operational changes with the reality on the ground is a constant challenge for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Or he trolled the CommiecRATs just like he did the Iranians.
Unless the idea was a dry run to monitor just who and what is suddenly moving to and from the target areas.
Might be some surveillance going on to give the authorities a better idea of what they’re dealing with when the actual operation goes down?
Yep. Talking about it was a big mistake. It jeopardized the mission.
There was never going to be a sweep, just like releasing the fisa docs.
No calling it off was big mistake.
First Iran and now this?????
Something just does not feel right about all of this.
Brilliant move by President Trump delaying the deportations. I say this because two weeks means nothing… Negotiations mean a great deal of News coverage and more public favorable opinion… And the optics would have been terrible!
Think of the Gonzalez mess down in Miami…
No way we can win the optic war on this.
Bravo President Trump!
what is this now? The 20th article about the same story? and I see the same NEVER TRUMPER Freepers out with daggers again...
Trump says he delayed it to work out a deal with RATs.
What does working out a deal with RATs have to do with deporting
illegals? These are illegals who have deportation orders from judges.
Big mistake.
Why are we caving to Pelosi on enforcing the current law .
Open Borders McCarthy and Grahnrsty are now plotting away to give Asylum to millions with Pelosi .
Trump just caved on open borders to Pelosi ‘s clauses in the Budget .
Nothing has been done about the border from day one .
More empty threats and caves to Pelosi again .
This will kill his reelection .
Who gives out this Awful advice ?
I’m amazed at all the people who come in FR that know exactly what the President thinks and how he operates...They know that the President is the one who announced the “raid” was coming...Amazing....
“If you are going to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk”
~ Eli Wallach as Tuco
No calling it off was big mistake.
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So are you sans a spine.
“officers’ safety would be in jeopardy because too many details about the raids had been made public.”
And who is too blame for that? Fire them today. Why was it even announced? There are times when these guys look like the keystone cops.
Or has he?
Or was the first announcement just a trap to catch leakers, and this one to confirm them? Or maybe he is just trolling everyone.
“...This will kill his reelection...”
It’s all over with...again....
Let’s mark this thread for review in a few months, eh?
Wish FR had a tool to click “Revisit this thread in ___ days”.
I agree.
PDJT threatened short-notice immigrant sweep because that’s how he has to schedule meeting with stubborn, do-nothing Democrats imo.
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