40 miles of rebuilding what is already there. Only 1,945 miles to go. Beautiful babies continue to be slaughtered.
The media may have you twitching, but know that President Trump pulled a fast one on the democrats. It was an awesome tactic to get immediate money for spare parts and munitions for the military. With a potential conflict looming, the military was desparate for both. The democrats always raid the spare parts account to weaken our military. It started with Carter. The modern military runs on spare parts.
A bonus was the money President Trump was going to need anyway for the non-wall improvements.
The same tactic can be used over and over again with ever increasing results. This was a great test run.
Fencing IS NOT A WALL.
WHEN the real WALL is built this joke will have to be torn down - a total waste of money.
If Congress can’t do what Trump promised they should put up a two foot plastic ‘fence’ and save money. It would be just as ‘effective’... or maybe a string on the ground...
The legislation for the interstate highway system was called the: National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956.
Why can’t Trump designate the wall as necessary and part of the national defense/national security of the United States and use defense department funds to build it?
Sure, better than nothing but the same kind of fence the illegals have regularly been cutting through. And it is a fiction that the GOP had to compromise on this at all—as surely the Dems themselves would not have, had they majorities in all three houses.
http://ktla.com/2017/02/16/as-trump-pushes-for-u-s-mexico-border-wall-experts-prefer-fencing/
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One senior U.S. Border Patrol official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told CNN that it’s
crucial to be able to see through a border barrier. “I’m not calling it a wall because we are talking
about a fence that we can look through. That’s what we need.”
Another senior U.S. Border Patrol official told CNN, “I think fencing has worked for us in the past,
but you never want to have a barrier in place that will obstruct your vision, that prevents you from
seeing the other side of the border.”
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http://gsnmagazine.com/article/47902/dhs_secretary_kelly_tells_lawmakers_border_agents
In his testimony, Kelly told lawmakers that the physical barrier may not necessarily be a concrete
wall. Border Patrol agents who serve along the 2,000-mile expanse have told the secretary they prefer
a barricade that enables them to see what’s happening on the other side.
I'll give President Trump the benefit of the doubt on this Continuing Resolution—having learned some of the details from the press briefing which OMB director Mulvaney led—and focus on the positive aspects of this outcome—of which there are many—instead of running around parroting Democrat spin.
The politician has never been born with whom I'll agree on everything. But there is nobody in government that I trust more than President Trump to protect the interests of the American People. He has earned the loyalty of his supporters in countless ways over the last 2 years.
I didn't slog through the entire election cycle last year—including going door-to-door canvassing here in South Florida—only to abandon the President whenever he happens to make a decision I don't agree with. That's not how loyalty works, and endless second-guessing isn't how governing works.
It's time to unite behind this President, trust his judgement, and put massive pressure on Congress to start implementing his agenda. The GOPe is holding up President Trump's agenda more than the Democrats, and they need to be called out on it...