zeestephen~Face it, Dude - Trump is a pathological liar on the immigration issue.
Me: I don’t believe Trump is a pathological liar so we’re not gonna agree on much.
I have been watching this issue play out since he took office and there’s some mighty weird jurisdictional battles going on. He put up portions of a wall and had the army corp lock a gate in an extant wall. Some other gov official came along and opened the gate and locked it open with a chain and threatened to arrest anyone trying to close the gate.
I don’t know if that’s state or some other deep state saturated arm of the feds instituted by Oama/Clinton/Bush etc. I believe the president understands that the border is a military vulnerability as well as a port for trafficking guns, drugs and people so I don’t doubt his resolve to close the border, I’ just stunned at the loop holes. It seems the states also “get to play” in that game and work against the closure of the border as if their lives depend upon it.
zeestephenAlso - Trump’s promise to send asylum seekers to a “third” country is a total scam.
The only reason people apply for asylum is because they can get welfare benefits and job permits while their case is being litigated.
More than 90% of asylum cases are rejected.
Bottom Line - if Trump starts sending asylees to a third country, NO ONE is going to apply for asylum.
They will just demand their day in court and get Catch and Release.
Me: I dont’ think that’s the strategy. He doesn’t want them here. He’s actually reducing the inflow and telling peeps you can’t stay but he’s working against a headwind of loop holes and work arounds that our enemies are exploiting. He’s getting the job done. As many holes as they find, he closes them.
From memory, there is currently a backlog of 750,000 illegal border crossing court cases waiting to be litigated. Almost all of those cases are Catch and Release.
We already have at least 100,000 border jumpers in custody - most of them convicted criminals, gang members, drug mules, etc.
Where, exactly, are we going to detain hundreds of thousands of new border jumpers? Except for a preliminary hearing, their court cases won't even come up for another year!
Do you pay attention to the legal work visa issue at all?
Trump has issued more “high skill” H1B and OPT work visas than Obama did. I put “high skill” in quotes because 99% of those foreign workers are completely average engineers and scientists who directly compete against completely average USA citizens.
Do you pay attention to the DACA issue? A total scam!
Trump has spent the last two years trying to declare DACA unconstitutional.
Why?
The “D” in DACA stands for “Deferred Prosecution.” The DACA kids are unlawfully present in the USA. All Trump has to do is enforce the law as it is clearly written in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. No court can stop him.
Sorry - I stand by my original assessment. Trump is a pathological liar on the immigration issue.