Victor Davis Hanson: We Needed a New President, not ‘Comprehensive Immigration Reform’

The Daily Signal YT Channel ^ | May 2 2025 | victor davis hanson

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The Good News:

We’ve gone from over 120,000 people a month coming across the border illegally in April 2024 to fewer than 10,000 in April 2025.

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The Bad News:

The Left operates under a simple principle: “It is lawful to be unlawful if you're Joe Biden—according to the courts—but it is unlawful to be lawful if you're Donald Trump. And the result is that we've got these 10 to 12 million people. Are we going to have an immigration hearing for each one of them? Or are we just going to pick people?”

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00:00 Introduction: Immigration Issue Overview
01:01 Current State of Immigration
01:37 Successes and Challenges at the Border
02:17 Legal and Political Implications
04:21 Case Study: Mr. Abrego Garcia
06:17 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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[j.havenfarm]

“Comprehensive immigration reform” is code for letting the same number of people in, but without the fuss of getting their feet wet in the Rio Grande. Damn Senator Lankford- I was afraid Trump’s rejection of his “bipartisan reform” bill might sink Trump’s election. It was a true Washington POS: smoke, mirrors, all kinds of BS that would have done nothing to stop the border crisis. And naturally so, because that was not its real purpose

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Bump for later.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Reagan already did "The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986," but the Democrats never kept their end of the bargain of punishing employers of illegal immigrants.

IRCA in Retrospect: Guideposts for Today’s Immigration Reform

[beef]

Does anyone know about this knuckle tattoo business? I know it does not literally say “MS13”, but I do not know about the potential symbolism. That would be wrapped up in the Spanish language and/or MS13 culture. It would make sense for someone who is “public facing” to use symbolism that conveys the message but it not obvious to everyone. What, exactly, do the marijuana leaf, dead smiley, cross, and skull mean?

[mass55th]

10,000 is still way too many.

[Grampa Dave]

Democrats Are Terrified Trump’s Policies Are Going to Work!

5/2/2025, 11:03:16 AM · 41 of 47

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[E. Pluribus Unum]

The photo Trump showed has the meaning of each symbol pasted above the symbol on each finger.

The gaslight press is pretending "MS13" was photo-shopped because of that.

The claim that the tattoo is linked to MS-13 has not been vetted by any official agencies. It has been doing the rounds on social media, gaining millions of views. In the tattoo, the four fingers of Garcia contain four different miniatures: a marijuana leaf, a smiley face, a cross and a skull.

Claims are being made that the marijuana leaf stands of M, the smiley face stands for S, the cross stands for 1, and the skull is a disguised representation of 3, meaning it says MS-13. However, these claims remain unverified as no credible evidence links Garcia to the gang.

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/does-kilmar-abrego-garcia-have-ms-13-symbol-tattoo-on-knuckles-what-we-know-article-151451185

[MinorityRepublican]

Two words.

Andrew Jackson.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[neverevergiveup]

And the result is that we've got these 10 to 12 million people. Are we going to have an immigration hearing for each one of them?

If someone illegally trespasses on the property of Joe Biden, or Soros, or Pelosi, or Schumer, or Obama, or any of many celebrities live in the Hamptons, etc., do they get to stay on that property until they have a hearing? If so, I can think of some places where we could all get together for some long parties.

[Big Red Badger]

Snarky remark in the header...
VDH what’s his Poison?

[Yogafist]

And yet the propaganda arm of the Democrat party, was all in on giving the clown show named Frank Figliuzzi airtime to claim the Trump raising the flags on August 8 was a nod to Nazis because 88 stands for Hitler.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-supremacy-neo-nazi-flag-frank-figliuzzi-fbi-msnbc-a9044966.html

[OKSooner]

12 million, 25 years ago.

Try 40 or 50 now.

Who really knows?

[Racketeer]

Bruh,

Immigration lawyer lobby working overtime to ‘suade Judges.

[FrdmLvr]

It’s code for MS13.
M = marijuana in Spanish
S = smiley face in Spanish
One = The Cross (unity)
Three = actually, I forgot the explanation of how the skull ties to three.

Apparently it’s not unusual for gang members to use code for their gang affiliation tattoos, having to do with not wanting to be identified in prison.

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