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Trump Administration Pushes to Extend Coronavirus Immigration Limits
Swamp Street Journal ^ | May 8, 2020 | Michelle Hackman and Andrew Restuccia

Posted on 05/08/2020 1:06:18 PM PDT by NobleFree

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration, having temporarily closed borders and curtailed immigration in response to the coronavirus pandemic, is moving to expand those restrictions while the president’s advisers push to leave them in place for months or even years to come, according to several people familiar with the matter.

Senior administration officials are operating on the assumption that the public, during the pandemic, will be willing to accept new limits on immigration, the people said. That, in turn, presents the administration [...]

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: corporatewelfare; freetraitors; hireamerican; immigration
"Willing to accept" new limits on immigration?! RATFLMAO! The public overwhelmingly supports strict limits. Even this brief excerpt shows the WSJ is living on planet Free Traitor.

I hope expanded restrictions do come to pass, sooner rather than later and stronger rather than weaker. KAG!

1 posted on 05/08/2020 1:06:18 PM PDT by NobleFree
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To: NobleFree

The borders must stay closed as long as we must go through all this to stop the spread of Covid-19. It only makes sense.


2 posted on 05/08/2020 1:08:30 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: NobleFree

Lefties want American workers to stay home, while opening the borders to foreigners.


3 posted on 05/08/2020 1:10:51 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: NobleFree

President Trump could use the left’s logic and say immigration must be halted until we have a vaccine for Covid-19


4 posted on 05/08/2020 1:20:39 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: NobleFree

Not only is the Public willing to Accept this policy, WE DEMAND MORE, let’s start rounding up and deporting MILLION’S in Progressive cities all across America, you can Start here in Los Angeles.


5 posted on 05/08/2020 1:40:43 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: NobleFree

Just how big of a fool does one have to be in order to still believe we don’t need to control our borders?


6 posted on 05/08/2020 1:55:02 PM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: eyeamok

Nearly 8-in-10 Americans Want Immigration Moratorium for U.S. - http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3835388/posts


7 posted on 05/08/2020 2:20:33 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
...while the president’s advisers push to leave them in place for months or even years to come.

How about decades to come? For an entire generation, to allow assimilation of immigrants already here, given that our mechanisms of assimilation are much weaker than they were back around 1900.

8 posted on 05/08/2020 2:49:39 PM PDT by omega4412
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To: NobleFree

Damn right! No more “immigrants” for 10 years at the least.


9 posted on 05/08/2020 3:21:43 PM PDT by caver
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To: captain_dave
President Trump could use the left’s logic and say immigration must be halted until we have a vaccine for Covid-19

That was very good.

10 posted on 05/08/2020 3:29:51 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: NobleFree

Close our borders to all immigrants until unemployment again reaches its pre-ChinaVirus levels. Deport all illegals - no exceptions.


11 posted on 05/08/2020 3:58:38 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: NobleFree
The public overwhelmingly supports strict limits.

You just have to translate: add this onto the end: "and the Left doesn't dare b!tch about it. (too loudly)"

12 posted on 05/09/2020 8:15:19 AM PDT by gogeo (It isn't just time to open America up again: It's time to be America again.)
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