[Lurkinanloomin]

Republicans seemed willing, but it was a nonstarter for Democrats.
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Republicans had the House and the Senate for the first two years of President Trump’s term.
Republicans did not want the border secured or they would have done it.

[TLI]

As several officials put it in interviews with The Times, crossing the border without authorization now comes with real consequences, and that means they have been able to end the “catch and release” policy.

“It still happens in certain situations, but it’s not the rule anymore. And once it ends as the rule, you have illegal immigration drop exponentially,” said Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council.

He said the cartels that control the smuggling trade — and their customers, the migrants — realized the old tricks no longer worked. Once Central American families were no longer caught and released, family, friends and neighbors back home took notice and stayed there.

D. U. H.

Progs silent in public about this, behind closed doors they must be enraged.

President Trump created a workaround to the progs BS.

Again.

.

[Souled_Out]

Extremely Stable Genius!

[facedown]

Mr. Trump didn’t get everything he wanted, but he got enough.

The Art of the Deal.

[roadcat]

“It is painfully ironic that Mexico has done more than Congress to stem the tide of illegal immigration to our southern border since May,” Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy Homeland Security secretary, told The Washington Times.

"Hey, that's not fair! Mexico is paying for a 'wall' stemming illegal immigration." Did President Trump pull a fast one on Democrats, yet again doing an end-run around Democrat resistance? I like it!

[Lean-Right]

I guess this means Nancy won’t
be taking trips to Mexico with
he entourage any longer. She’d
be undermining the president’s
negotiations.

[EBH]

So the president turned to Mexico with a combination of negotiations, controls, threats and

even an explicit quid pro quo:

Do something to stop 4,000 people from crossing Mexican territory each day en route to the U.S. or face crippling tariffs.

There it is! There it is! Not that it’s a negotiation or anything...every negotiation is some form a qpq.