Posted on 12/22/2018 4:22:04 PM PST by Kaslin
After some indecision, President Trump has decided to roll the dice and embrace a government shutdown in order to put pressure on Congressional Democrats to fund a “Great Wall” on the border with Mexico. Bravo, President Trump!
Conservatives and patriots have watched with consternation over the past two years, as Trump has repeatedly given way on the issue of wall funding. The time has now come for Republicans to put up or shut up. As Trump observed himself, upholding the sovereignty of our nation, and protecting the safety of the American people, is the first responsibility of any elected official. Thus, adequately fortifying our porous border with Mexico ought to be a no-brainer for any congressman. Since, unfortunately, quite a few congressmen failed to realize this, their hands must be forced. So be it. It is high time that an American president showed the mettle to take this battle on.
The media's reaction to a shutdown is predictable: they will spin it as a calamity caused, as per Chuck Schumer's latest trademark sound bite, by a Trumpian “temper tantrum.” Walls are dumb, the press will say, and Trump is wasting everyone's time, since the Democrats will never vote for a wall. The obvious rejoinder is...Trump clearly believes in the necessity of a wall, as do many of his core supporters. We shall see whether a day, or a week, or a month, or a year, of partially disabled government is enough to bring Democrats to the negotiating table, but they will crack, sooner or later. If in the end that means meeting President Trump halfway and voting for slightly less than $5 billion for the wall, that would be vastly better than nothing.
Those who believe in border security should be thrilled that President Trump is finally going to the mat for a wall. The good news doesn't stop there, however. This week the U.S. also agreed with Mexico that, in future, those traveling through Mexico to apply for asylum in the U.S. will stay in Mexico while their claims are being processed. This is a huge win for the Trump administration. What it means is that Mexico will bear the burden of housing and caring for these migrants (no doubt subsidized by the U.S.), but more importantly these opportunistic gate-crashers will be denied, both in the short-term and in the long-term, what they most want: entry into the United States. After all, going forward, how many poor Central Americans will make the trek to the U.S. border if they know that at the end of it they face a long spell in a Mexican detention camp, followed by a likely refusal of their asylum application by U.S. authorities? Very few indeed.
Imagine just for a second, though, that Hillary Clinton had been elected in 2016 instead, and she had welcomed every self-described “refugee” at the border with open arms, continuing President Obama's policy of “catch-and-release,” which gave these mostly phony asylum-seekers immediate gratification: the ability to work and live in the U.S. Trump's new agreement with Mexico constitutes a strong deterrent to illegal immigration and to fraudulent requests for asylum. The Democratic “plan” for the border, though, would have encouraged greater and greater flows of migrants/refugees, and thus by now America's cities would be overflowing.
We can't, of course, rule out the possibility that Mexico will balk, or that some grandstanding federal judge will try to block President Trump's brilliant new deal with Mexico with a national (or international) injunction, but on the face of it Trump has, at a stroke, torpedoed the raison d'être of the “caravan” system. The end of the road for most migrants will now be in Tijuana, instead of Los Angeles. The American people can breathe a huge sigh of relief.
Despite all these positive signs about President Trump's seriousness about defending our border and our sovereignty against the tide of illegal immigration, there is still more to be done. A wall will not, by itself, prevent all illegal crossings, nor will it stop people from coming to the U.S. as tourists or as students and then choosing to stay here. What will put an end to these forms of illegal immigration is strong sanctions on U.S. employers who hire undocumented workers. The Trump administration has so far not moved as aggressively as it should in this regard. Millions of U.S. businesses continue to scoff at our labor and immigration laws. There still exists no better way to disincentivize illegal immigration than by depriving illegal aliens of work opportunities. Despite the carping this will engender from corporate America, it is in the long run the only way that illegal immigration can be defeated.
Secondly, our country has, as I have noted before, strong laws prohibiting the harboring of illegal aliens, and which make it a felony to aid or encourage illegal immigration. Democratic politicians and various “pro-immigrant” advocacy groups are violating these laws with impunity and have been doing so for years. Jeff Sessions' Department of Justice followed standard operating procedure in such cases – that is, it assumed that Democrats and liberals are above the law. There is no reason why the Whitaker or Barr Justice Department should act with similar fecklessness. On the contrary, it is high time that illegal immigration's enablers and apologists should face the music.
With President Trump's help and guidance, the United States is about to turn the corner on the issue of illegal immigration. We are about to control our border with Mexico for the first time in decades.
Let's not stop there, however. Let's control the homeland as well, by making it a place where employers, politicians, and activists alike respect our immigration laws, and where crime does not pay.
Maybe Yrump needs to say those who do not make asylum claims at first, will not be eligible.
Not to mention the price of lettuce is $10 a head and that tomatoes are now $15 pound.
You must be crazy. This nation will not put up with that. It will cause a recession. That is why it has not been done.
21 GOP Senators up for re-election in 2020.
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Anybody have a list?
I know of the Amnesty Senators, Alexander is quitting and Graham needs to be replaced.
“Anybody have a list?”
Name, State, Age, year, Party
Dick Durbin Illinois 73 2020 D
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire 69 2020 D
Tom Udall New Mexico 68 2020 D
Jack Reed Rhode Island 63 2020 D
Tina Smith Minnesota 61 2020 D
Mark Warner Virginia 58 2020 D
Jeff Merkley Oregon 56 2020 D
Commie Coons Delaware 49 2020 D
Corey Booker New Jersey 48 2020 D
Gary Peters Michigan 55 2020 D
Doug Jones Alabama 63 2020 D
Jim Inhofe Oklahoma 77 2020 R
Pat Roberts Kansas 76 2020 R
Cindy Hyde-Smith Mississippi 59 2020 R
Lamar Alexander Tennessee 77 2020 R
Mitch McConnell Kentucky 70 2020 R
Jim Risch Idaho 69 2020 R
Mike Enzi Wyoming 68 2020 R
David Perdue Georgia 64 2020 R
Susan Collins Maine 61 2020 R
John Cornyn Texas 65 2020 R
Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia 60 2020 R
Mike Rounds South Dakota 60 2020 R
Lindsay Graham South Carolina 57 2020 R
Thom Tillis North Carolina 57 2020 R
Bill Cassidy Louisiana 57 2020 R
Steve Daines Montana 52 2020 R
Dan Sullivan Alaska 50 2020 R
Joni Earnst Iowa 44 2020 R
Ben Sasse Nebraska 42 2020 R
Cory Gardner Colorado 40 2020 R
Tom Cotton Arkansas 37 2020 R
Might as well give you 2022 as well!
NB: Haven’t replaced Kyl with McSally yet.
Patrick Leahy Vermont 77 2022 D
Dick Blumenthal Connecticut 69 2022 D
Ron Wyden Oregon 63 2022 D
Chuck Schumer New York 62 2022 D
Patty Murray Washington 62 2022 D
Maggie Hassan New Hampshire 58 2022 D
Chris VanHollen Maryland 57 2022 D
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada 52 2022 D
Kamala Harris California 52 2022 D
Michael Bennet Colorado 49 2022 D
Tammy Duckworth Illinois 48 2022 D
Brian Schatz Hawaii 40 2022 D
Chuck Grassley Iowa 83 2022 R
John Kyl Arizona 80 2022 R
Richard Shelby Alabama 82 2022 R
Johnny Isakson Georgia 72 2022 R
John Kennedy Louisiana 64 2022 R
John Boozeman Arkansas 62 2022 R
Roy Blunt Missouri 62 2022 R
Mike Crappo Idaho 61 2022 R
Jerry Moran Kansas 58 2022 R
Rob Portman Ohio 57 2022 R
Richard Burr North Carolina 55 2022 R
Ron Johnson Wisconsin 55 2022 R
John Hoeven North Dakota 53 2022 R
Lisa Murkowski Alaska 53 2022 R
John Thune South Dakota 50 2022 R
Pat Toomey Pennsylvania 49 2022 R
Rand Paul Kentucky 47 2022 R
Tim Scott South Carolina 47 2022 R
James Lankford Oklahoma 46 2022 R
Todd Young Indiana 44 2022 R
Marco Rubio Florida 39 2022 R
Mike Lee Utah 39 2022 R
That’s right; if Trump fails, the Constitution will be scrapped by Congress.
I believe Gardner would be the most vulnerable of those running in 2020.
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Maybe McConnell should be some of his separation papers from his (VERY SHORT) active duty in the military.
The Strange and Possibly Sordid Story of Mitch McConnell’s Military Service
Maybe McConnell should (see) some of his ‘supposed’ separation papers from his (VERY SHORT) active duty in the military.
Hope the concern trolls sit up and take notice....they are wrong as often as CNN and the Dems....
I am willing to bet money that not a single Border Patrol agent gets a paycheck signed by Roberts........
Our great President, fighting this battle against the Open-Borders, NWO crowd.
God Bless you and keep you, Mr. President.
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as far as I’m concerned:
1. take a page outta occaio cortez playbook & suspend pay for all congress critters during shut down.
2. keep the gummit shut down until 2020 elections.
3. clean house in 2020
Asylum camps like Area 51?
Works for me
*Jim Inhofe Oklahoma 77 2020 R
Pat Roberts Kansas 76 2020 R
Cindy Hyde-Smith Mississippi 59 2020 R
Lamar Alexander Tennessee 77 2020 R AMNESTY
Mitch McConnell Kentucky 70 2020 R
*Jim Risch Idaho 69 2020 R
Mike Enzi Wyoming 68 2020 R
* David Perdue Georgia 64 2020 R
Susan Collins Maine 61 2020 R
John Cornyn Texas 65 2020 R
Shelley Moore Capito West Virginia 60 2020 R
Mike Rounds South Dakota 60 2020 R
Lindsay Graham South Carolina 57 2020 R AMNESTY
Thom Tillis North Carolina 57 2020 R
*Bill Cassidy Louisiana 57 2020 R
Steve Daines Montana 52 2020 R
*Dan Sullivan Alaska 50 2020 R
Joni Earnst Iowa 44 2020 R
Ben Sasse Nebraska 42 2020 R
Cory Gardner Colorado 40 2020 R
*Tom Cotton Arkansas 37 2020 R
Asterisk indicate the ones who side with the citizens.
AMNESTY should never be rewarded.
Thank you for the list.
The Constitution was scrapped on Usurpation Day.
This is the struggle to restore it.
So we can only count on about 20% of the Republicans in the Senate! Those few in the Senate need to form a Senate Freedom Caucus and vote as a bloc with no waivering. And they need to force votes on crucial issues so the other feckless turds have to be put on record for their constituents to see.
Amen to that
He is a tough hombre in everything he does.
Trump ask for $5B and if he caves in to Schumer for less it will be considered backing down in the face of Schumer telling the president zero money for the wall. In other words Schumer wins and the President loses. The presidents win when he stand firm and fights. He lose when he back down. If the president gives in this time he wioll be giving in for at least the next two years and he will lose on 2020.
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