Posted on 01/05/2019 1:35:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON – House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairwoman Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) told PJM that she hopes President Donald Trump settles for building border barriers that are not as high as a “giant wall” while helping DREAMers as part of a deal to reopen the government.
Clark was asked if she would support a deal with Trump that includes legal status for DREAMers in exchange for the $5 billion in wall funding.
“We’re hoping for some sort of compromise. The wall is a bad idea. We have better technology. There are better things that we can spend our money on to improve security so I hope the president is open to doing some sort of barrier that is short of this giant wall he wants and will work with us to do things like get our DREAMers the security they need and deserve, so I think we’re waiting for his move,” Clark said during an interview at the EMILY’s List reception for members of the 116th Congress on Thursday.
“We already have fencing and barriers, but when we have Border Patrol agents that don’t even have cell phone service that’s where we should be investing our dollars, that sort of technology,” she added.
Clark attended a meeting about the government shutdown with Trump at the White House today.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was also asked if he would support the president’s wall funding request in exchange for granting legal protection to DREAMers, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that gave work permits to some people brought to the country illegally as children.
“Every time we try to do something for DREAMers, the right wing calls him ‘amnesty Donald’ and he backs off,” Schumer said. “We will wait to see if he is willing to do anything for DREAMers. Myself, Leader Pelosi, Dick Durbin and the DREAMers themselves have no faith in Trump.”
Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) signaled that she might be open to supporting a wall funding deal that involves DREAMers even though she personally opposes Trump’s call for more border barriers of some sort.
“I’m not for the wall,” she said.
When asked if she would vote to fund the wall under any circumstance, Frankel replied, “I don’t know. I don’t know. It’s a waste of money.”
Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) told PJM he opposes funding additional border barriers and said legal status for DREAMers is a separate issue.
“The DREAMers have nothing to do with the president’s wall. As a matter of fact, we should be able to pass the DREAM Act out of the U.S. House of Representatives and, if Mitch McConnell wants to do the right thing, as many of the Republican senators have said that they support protecting the DREAMers, we can take that action in the U.S. Senate as well,” Lujan said.
“President Trump, through the use of his pen, took this disrespectful action towards DREAMers in America and he could very well reverse it. He shouldn’t be using them as pawns to negotiate for this ridiculous wall,” he added.
To support his position, Lujan cited his recent trip to the Antelope Wells Port of Entry in New Mexico; he said there was no running water.
“The water was contaminated. They had no drinking water. They had no water to bathe or to cook – not just for the asylum-seekers but also for the agents. That is no way to have facilities across the country and we should be talking about the ports of entry on the southern border of Mexico,” he said. “It’s also with Canada and also with our water ports as well – that’s where the investment of infrastructure and border security is absolutely necessary.”
Lujan said Trump could reopen government by signing the same bill that already passed the Senate, which included $1.3 billion for border security not including any concrete wall.
“There was a deal, clearly. When Mitch McConnell put a bill on the Senate floor that passed unanimously, I cannot imagine that he did not do that without the president’s support. President Trump decided to turn on Fox News and watch Sean Hannity and changed his mind,” he said of the bill that passed by voice vote before Christmas. “How can you work with someone like that? The president needs to own up, get the government opened up again and then see how we can negotiate with each other. So I’m still hopeful. I’m optimistic.”
The DemonRats will ONLY AGREE to forms of Border Security that can be INSTANTLY UNDONE by a future DemonRat President!!
Drones can be INSTANTLY UNDONE by a DemonRat President
Border Patrol activity can be INSTANTLY UNDONE by a DemonRat President
Jeep patrols, FLIR, infrared and ALL OTHER forms of 'VIRTUAL FENCING' can be INSTANTLY UNDONE by a DemonRat President!
Now, does EVERYBODY understand why the DemonRats don't want a WALL? Thank you.
A wall can’t be turned off, go on strike, refuse to enforce laws, de-funded....all of which Dems would do if there is no wall.
A wall can’t be turned off, go on strike, refuse to enforce laws, de-funded....all of which Dems would do if there is no wall.
The government instead chose a competitor that offered a bunch of iridium phones right away and promised to build a bunch of cell phone towers years later, which of course never got built. So the border patrol already got "better cell service" back when George W Bush was the one trying to make sure that nobody did anything meaningful about the border. If they don't want the fancy high tech virtual wall like we offered, a good old fashioned physical wall will do just fine. Get it done.
Perhaps even more relevant is that Obama has one or more agents 24/7 every 500 feet that are armed, mobile and plugged into the communications network!
They gotta be able to get their duckface selfies out!
How can any normal person not realize the leftist Democratic Party has lost its marbles?
Too bad we can’t invest in a better Congress.
The wall stops their permanent power with no competition...meaning elections become like Chinese or Russian elections...THAT is why they don’t want the wall.
Not to mention a wall prevents that first step on American soil, and therefore all the amenities the US has to offer.
There is no way that technology can prevent that first step unless it is used to see the invaders moving toward us from Mexico and then blasting them IN Mexico.
Look at the big pic if you dare.
Those are some mean eyes.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IzpULE2cjp0/maxresdefault.jpg
With a virtual “wall” peeps in remote areas would have to be interdicted in Mexico well before they got to the border.
I am all for dropping bombs on them BEFORE they set foot on our side THAT technology should work!!!!
I guess when they sneak in illegally we can throw the cell phones at them.
Although the illegals seem to have better cell phones than us.
Projection is the most common trait of the Democrat. I’d say they are projecting their perspective of their constituency, and getting away with it, because they are right.
A few mine fields would work!!!
Dems will have the “keys to doors” (entry points) to the wall when they gain power again. Changing nothing within the walls (our country) makes a wall rather useless.
The walls are the only thing that will keep out a bum rush of thousands of invaders. Unless you use drones with hellfire missiles.
[These TRAITORS not only don’t want to protect our country - they’re PROUD of it.]
Very proud of it. You could say they have “pride”. /cough
(no, not talking about a group of lions...nor a rock band...)
YOUTUBE LINK: https://youtu.be/nVWHC-7N7eY
BRIGHTEON LINK: https://www.brighteon.com/5984679616001
What the border wall fight is REALLY all about!
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