Wrong. Immigration enforcement is not “killed.” This is just ridiculous.
Meanwhile, you know what a funnel is, right? Every mile you build you make immigration enforcement all the easier cuz you have less mileage to patrol.
Now just stop. This is a brilliant strategy. He can’t veto—Congress passed in both houses with a veto-proof majority, and another shutdown won’t work. So he’s got an amazing opportunity out here to achieve real and substantial change.
If he vetoes it, they have enough votes to override it, there is no other choice. If he doesn’t sign it after 10 days it becomes law, both side have screwed the President, he always has to go alone.
Can he build the wall faster than the caravans can cross the completely open territory in the meantime?
My guess is no.
Welcome to your central american banana republic. Because tens of millions of them are coming.
What is even better, is as the effectiveness of the wall bears good statistical proof — lower crime, drugs, human trafficking...— President Trump can go back to congress and ask for more funding to reimburse the NE funding.
The issue then becomes a giant political punching bag for 2020 and beyond.
IMHO, 2020 was just won today.