Actually image of the memo sent to WaPo at link. Note that this is from earlier this year...
Did Bernstein fold it up??
(oops, sorry for typos!)
Oops, again - I meant “Woodward”. The other Bernstein. LOL.
I see aliens wiring money via Western Union outside the US is on the memo, which was discussed by me and many other here.
That was April, this is now. We’ll probably have to wait until Trump’s speech tonight to find out if this is still a part of the immigration plan that Trump is going to implement.
So far you have been posting by yourself. :-)
I have not seen this document before, so thank you! I think Trump is creative and brilliant about how he would go about financing the wall. I get super annoyed when stupid newsreaders lament how Trump will never get Mexico to “write a check.” There’s more than one way, idiots.
Disregard my first line, LOL.
I didn't see this mentioned in the memo, but financial institutions should also be FINED for issuing home loans to illegal aliens. This money could ALSO go towards building a wall.
It’s impossible for The Washington Post not to actively lie about even the simplest thing. No, Trump is not “threatening to cut off the flow of billions of dollars in payments that immigrants send home to the country”, he is proposing a transaction tax, and that the sender is not an illegal alien.
-PJ
Wash Post is that Amazon Jeff Bezos a.k.a. Joseph Goebbels propaganda rag.
Wash Post is Jeff Bezos big FU to Amazon customers.
Very simple. Pass a 25% tax on all wire transfers to Latin America that are not performed from a bank. The illegals will pay for the wall out of the money they are sending back home at the currency exchanges.
I’m trying to figure out why Trump would have anything to do with the Compost.
To be generous to Mexico, if they pay up fast, we will pay for half the Wall lol
Texas is sick and tired of paying taxes to educate the bottom of the barrel for Mexico. Hundreds of thousands of Mexican students are in our public schools. The only way to keep them out is to locate a school in an ultra-expensive suburb where the poor can’t buy homes. These are the schools that excel on the Texas STAR achievement test….duh. Of course, many children of the wealthy also go to excellent private schools. The Middle Class must go to schools with the illegals. The scores are nothing to brag about. Worse, attending some of the schools is dangerous because of gang activity. That’s how illegal immigration hurts the children of taxpaying citizens.
The Supreme Court that ruled that border states had to pick up the tab for the federal government’s failure to secure our borders should have been driven from office. Compliance with the outrageously unjust rulings of this dictatorial bunch is insanity.
To: Mr. Robert Costa and Mr. Bob Woodward
From: Donald J. Trump
Date: March 31st, 2016
Introduction: The provision of the Patriot Act, Section 326 - the know your customer” provision, compelling financial institutions to demand identity documents before opening accounts or conducting financial transactions is a fundamental element of the outline below. That section authorized the executive branch to issue detailed regulations on the subject, found at 31 CFR 130.120-121. It’s an easy decision for Mexico. Make a one-time payment of $5-10 billion to ensure that $24 billion continues to flow into their country year after year. There are several ways to compel Mexico to pay for the wall including the following
On day 1 promulgate a “proposed rule” (regulation) amending 31 CFR 130.121 to redefine applicable financial institutions to include money transfer companies like Western Union, and redefine “account” to include wire transfers. Also include in the proposed rule a requirement that no alien may wire money outside of the United States unless the alien first provides a document establishing his lawful presence in the United States.
On day 2 Mexico will immediately protest. They receive approximately $24 billion a year in remittances from Mexican nationals working in the United States. The majority of that amount comes from
illegal aliens. It serves as de facto welfare for poor families in Mexico. There is no significant social safety net provided by the state in Mexico.
On day 3 tell Mexico that if the Mexican government will contribute $_ billion to the United States to pay for the wall, the Trump Administration will not promulgate the final rule, and the regulation will not go into effect.
Trade tariffs, or enforcement of existing trade rules: There is no doubt that Mexico is engaging in unfair subsidy behavior which we are obligated to respond to; the “cost” of any tariffs will be more than offset by the economic gains of increased production in the United States. Mexico needs access to our markets much more than the reverse, so we have all the leverage. By definition, if you have a large trade deficit with a nation, it means they are selling far more to you than the reverse - they have far more to lose from tariffs than you do.
Cancelling visas: Immigration is a privilege, not a right. Mexico is totally dependent on the United States as a release valve for its own poverty - our approvals of hundreds of thousands of visas every year is one of our greatest leverage points. We also have leverage through business and tourist visas for important people in the Mexican economy. Keep in mind, the United States has already taken in 4X more migrants than any other country on planet earth, producing lower wages and higher unemployment for our own citizens and recent migrants.
Visa fees: Even a small increase in visa fees would pay for the wall. This includes fees on border crossing cards, of which more than 1 million are issued a year. The border-crossing card is also one of the greatest sources of illegal immigration into the United States. Mexico is also the single largest recipient of US. green cards, which confer a path to US. citizenship.
Conclusion: Mexico has taken advantage of us in another way as well: gangs, drug traffickers and cartels have freely exploited our open borders and committed vast numbers of crimes inside the United States. The United States has borne the extraordinary daily cost of this criminal activity, including the cost of trials and incarcerations. Not to mention the even greater human cost. We have the moral high ground here, and all the leverage. It is time we use it in order to Make America Great Again.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2783270/Memo-pg1.pdf
Why should WE care about “Mexico’s struggling economy”?
We have one struggling HERE to worry about. . .
Cracking down on wiring money will accomplish very little. There are still a ton of ways, especially in a digital age, to move money back & forth without a wire transfer.
Selected Trump articles on FR, from 12:00am to 3:00pm EDT, 8/31/16:
Courts Will Rule Whether 1000s of Kansas Residents Can Vote [incl. illegals?] –NBC
Mark Levin aka "The Great One" has always been a conservative and friend of Free Republic –Jim Robinson
Trump to visit Mexico, meet with Pena Nieto ahead of immigration speech –FoxNews
Hillary’s Incoherent Attempt to Pre-empt Trump Mexico Visit –Joel B. Pollak
Kellyanne Conway talks Trump's Mexico visit, debate prep (video)
Trump campaign mgr: Sad that Clinton allies have turned to name-calling –Politico
UK Christian clergy told not to wear clerical collars in public for fear of ISIS jihad attack –JihadWatch
Conservative Kids Squander Political Inheritance: Michael Walsh –AmerGreatness
Trump Whittles 15-point Wisconsin Deficit Down to Three: Poll –MarquetteLawSch
Democratic Party tactics for 'dealing' with Black Lives Matter leaked by hacker –IBT
Confessions of a Former Hillary Campaign Operative [18 hrs sleep/day??] –TruePundit
Top Democrats want FBI to investigate Trump advisers' Russian ties –FoxNews
Clinton Campaign, Obama Admin Pushing Election CyberHacking Story –DCWhispers
Of Course Hillary Deleted those Benghazi Emails on Purpose –IBD
Memo explains how Trump plans to pay for border wall –WaPo
DONALD TRUMP/MIKE PENCE PRAYER VIGIL 8/31/16 –
Evangelical “American Renewal Project”: massive effort to elect Trump –Kevin Collins
Franklin Graham Launches 50 State ‘Decision America 2016’ Tour –
Woo hoo!! Last day of the month. Yellow today, then on to green!! Go, FReepers!! –Jim Robinson
Outsider Stuns GOP in Florida Primary Upset –NewsMax
GOP Gets Higher Turnout than Dems during Florida Primary –DailyCaller
Pence wants to keep Syrian refugees out of Indiana. They’re coming anyway –WaPo
A 'private, global super court' you've never heard of is changing the world –CNBC
Faux Tea Party Groups Enrich Vendors, Waste Donor Dollars –MediaTrackers
Silent Trump Support Pollsters Are Missing? [confirms possible monster vote] –Rasmussen
Coming: 10 Weeks of Scandal –Lifezette
The Weiner-Abedin-Clinton Triangle –Ed Klein
Clinton emailed classified information after leaving State Dept. –NYPost
Taxpayers: $90,000 Private Jet for Hillary (and Her Mom) to Visit Her Chef –ZH
“The Super-Secret Handshake of the Black Community” –Allen West
Black Lives Matter to Donald Trump –WSJ
Black Pro-Trump Pastor Accused of Racism for Blackface Hillary Cartoon –Frontpage
Media RIGGING Polls, Hiding New Evidence Trump Is Winning –TruthDiv
WHY IT MATTERS: The Role of Government –AP
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and a Double Standard of Justice –Frontpage
USC/LA Times "Daybreak" Poll [Trump 45.3, Clinton 41/9] –USC
Homeland eyes special declaration to take charge of elections –Paul Bedard
Trump: "The Democratic Party Is the Party of Slavery" –RCP
LIVE: Trump Rally Phoenix, AZ 8/31/16 – 6pm PT
Pence says Trump will 'lead on the world stage' –WRALtv
Photo's & Observations from Trump Rally in Everett,WA (freepers’ AAR)
From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Clinton-Scandal Primer –David A. Graham
WH: Obama Wants to 'Ramp Up' Commitment to Admitting Syrian Refugees –CNS