Those who say we don’t need a complete wall, or who want to use cameras and technology to interdict people at the border, if asked, will always say that we have “too much illegal immigration”. Implicit in this statement is that there is a different, lower amount of illegal immigration that is not too much.
Those who say we need a border wall take a more absolutist position. They are opposed to all illegal immigration, and feel that any amount is too much. They consider every illegal immigrant to be a lawbreaker, and want to make an effort to stop each and every one.
The latter was Donald Trump’s position during the campaign.
Now, it seems like he is moving into the Goldilocks position, that there is a level of illegal immigration that is “just right”.
This is non-negotiable to me. When you look at all of the refusal to treat illegal immigration as a crime and efforts designed to fail at the border... Well, that is how you get Trump.
But if the current President turns his back on his promises and joins the same camp,... Well... that is how you lose Trump.
He went from they all have to go during the campaign, to we’ll work something out for the Dreamers, to now they can rest easy and only the bad hombres are going to be removed.
Only removing the illegal aliens already convicted of other crimes will leave millions of illegal aliens here with the opportunity to harm or kill Americans.
We should not have to wait until that happens before they are removed.