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Trump takes credit for Homeland Security’s planned illegal immigrant raids
The Washington Times ^ | 12/24/2015 | Victor Morton

Posted on 12/24/2015 10:01:02 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel

The report that the Homeland Security Department plans raids against illegal immigrants was widely attacked Thursday by liberals, but it did pick up one prominent supporter -- Donald Trump. Indeed, the Republican presidential front-runner went so far as to credit himself for the proposal, which has not been officially approved.

In a tweet Thursday evening, Mr. Trump expressed all-capital-letters incredulity that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is "to launch large-scale deportation raids." He not only said it was "about time" for the operation, but began his tweet by saying "Wow, because of the pressure put on by me ..."

Ironically, a statement by the immigrant-rights group America's Voice, which was harshly critical of the proposal, agreed with Mr. Trump's assessment of the driving force.

"The plan raises the ugly specter of the very mass roundups and deportation advocated by several candidates running for the GOP presidential nomination--most notably Donald Trump," the group said in a statement earlier Thursday.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; aliens; dhs; election2016; elections; immigration; newyork; trump; trumpwasright
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

They’ll do a few Elian Gonzalez photo ops in an attempt to paint trump’s plan as the same.


41 posted on 12/25/2015 7:00:38 AM PST by Principled (...the Supreme Court of the United States favors some laws over others...)
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To: Principled

Exactly. They don’t want this plan to work. They want bad publicity and a court injunction against deportation. A stay that they can use to say it can’t be done.


42 posted on 12/25/2015 7:27:32 AM PST by Oldexpat
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To: The_Republic_Of_Maine

Amen!


43 posted on 12/25/2015 8:19:43 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS THE CHRIST becuase HE first loved me (1 John 4:19)!)
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To: tcrlaf

Exactly!


44 posted on 12/25/2015 8:47:58 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel (I LOVE JESUS THE CHRIST becuase HE first loved me (1 John 4:19)!)
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To: Texas Eagle
Oh. Wait. That was Arlen Spectre.

Snarlin Arlin the man that was going to reveal the truth about Ruby Ridge and Waco. We Republicans are so gullible that we believe a bullet can go though several layers of people and clothing and wind up on a stretcher in pristine condition.

May we finally free the deluded voters to vote for a fighting patriot.

45 posted on 12/25/2015 9:33:26 AM PST by itsahoot (Anyone receiving a Woo! Woo! for President has never won anything after the award.)
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To: dragnet2
the MSM will be more than happy to headline it.

Crying children and pregnant teenagers will be used to great effect.


46 posted on 12/25/2015 9:35:04 AM PST by itsahoot (Anyone receiving a Woo! Woo! for President has never won anything after the award.)
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To: Jukeman
You really think they are doing anything because of Trump?

They intend to show videos of children uprooted from their homes and babies being ripped from incubators, pregnant women being force out of emergency rooms and into cabs to have their babies. Of course it is because of Trump.

47 posted on 12/25/2015 9:39:24 AM PST by itsahoot (Anyone receiving a Woo! Woo! for President has never won anything after the award.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain; flaglady47
Fast, brilliant PR move by Donald....he swipes the good aspects of the issue right away from Obama's and Hillary's domains and makes them his own.

Love it!

Leni

48 posted on 12/25/2015 9:40:08 AM PST by MinuteGal ("I will stand with the Muslims if the political winds shift in an ugly direction" - Barack ObaMao)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

lol...

At this VERY moment, CNN is doing exactly THAT, AND SAYING TRUMP IS CRAZY and trying to take credit for it.


49 posted on 12/25/2015 11:05:05 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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