Posted on 07/11/2017 2:24:46 PM PDT by jazusamo
House Republicans said Tuesday theyve included $1.6 billion in funding for President Trumps border wall in their new homeland security spending bill, setting up fight with Democrats who have vowed to block any wall funding even if it means sending the government into a partial shutdown.
GOP leaders said the $1.6 billion fully meets Mr. Trumps request to begin wall construction, which includes 32 miles of new border fencing in Texas, 28 miles of levee wall along the Rio Grande Valley, also in Texas, and 14 miles of replacement fence in San Diego.
The bill also adds 500 new Border Patrol agents, 1,000 more agents and officers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the interior, and provides enough money to maintain 44,000 detention beds...
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This is great news!
Agree.....
OH NO,
Those nasty dems threaten to shut the bloated, mostly worthless frderal gub mint down!
Shut it. Who would give a damn.
I think you mean "girlfriend"
No, I live in the midst of about seven million illegals.
I want the wall very much.
Trump is about the only guy that wants the wall, in our government.
I think he’s doing his best to get it going. If he hasn’t made big headway by year one, I’ll be miffed about it.
I don’t think he’s trying to get away with not following through.
Every little bit helps.
Who GAF what the RINO’s, social democrats, or the CofC globalists want.
President Trump is in full-blown MAGA mode!
The mandate for a mexican border wall has been there since jorge arbusto was el presidente.
President Trump is acting on this mandate. The money is there. Put it to good use. Build the wall. Send a message to mexico: mess with the US, and you WILL get smacked down.
We owe mexico NOTHING. Mexico needs to address their own problems before criticizing their neighbors, let alone dumping their problems on them.
I live close to the border: the Canadian border.
But still we’re teeming with Mexicans.
Screw your negative waves. Build it and they won’t come.
Amen to that, well said!
President Trump is trying to undo many years of screwups by politicians on both sides of the isle.
He’s making progress though many seem to want it yesterday.
Bump!
aisle
Mexico
Bump ;-)
Yeah, well all rats are RATS in the end!
Illegal. Article I, Section 9: "No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state."
No we won't. But what difference does it make so long as the wall is built?
They are the Uniparty.
“Gang to watch is the GOP Senate!”
ANY FREEPERS IN A STATE WITH A GOP SENATOR, START CALLING NOW! ANYONE INVOLVED IN A LOCAL GOP CLUB, GET THEM TO CALL.
We gotta start fighting.
P.s. As far as the Catholic Church, a lot of Hispanics are Catholic. As a Catholic myself it pains me to say follow the money.
1.6$ bil. for FY2018 is a good start which starts in 3 months.
There’s still Trump budgets from FY2019 through FY2025 that will fill in the rest of the wall and security along with much more. :)
We are seeing then pop up aren't we?
Personally, I have never liked the wall idea. Landmines are so much cheaper and much more effective.
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