Posted on 07/13/2017 11:05:13 PM PDT by iowamark
President Trump, who made the building of a wall along the border with Mexico a central promise of his campaign, significantly scaled back the pledge Thursday.
"You don't need 2,000 miles of wall because you have a lot of natural barriers," Trump said to reporters on Air Force One during his flight to Paris.
"You have mountains. You have some rivers that are violent and vicious. You have some areas that are so far away that you don't really have people crossing. So you don't need that."
"You'll need anywhere from 700 to 900 miles," he said.
About 600 miles of the southern border already are protected by walls, fences or other barriers. It was not clear from Trump's remarks if the figure he cited referred to new border protections or included those already in existence, but he appeared to suggest that fixing current border fences would count against the total he had in mind...
Conservative groups that had supported Trump’s tough stance on immigration during the campaign expressed concern that the president was changing course.
“It appears things are being walked back on and there are various narratives going around in the White House,” said Stephen Steinlight, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington.
“We don’t have the rule of law when it comes to immigration,” he said. “It doesn’t exist. There’s immigration anarchy.”
Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for Federation for American Immigration Reform in Washington, said Trump’s backsliding on the wall casts doubt on whether he will keep his other campaign promises on immigration...
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Whatever works.
I’ll be happy for 100 feet of actual wall at this point ;/
They aren’t all worthless. That’s not fair.
The ones that come here legally are great, and usually assimilate and love America.
Trump’s been saying that for a over a year and now it’s news?
Trump’s been saying you only need about 900 miles for ages. The only people picking this crap up are the lying never trumpers.
Yea he’s been saying that for a while. The terrain will dictate the type of wall that needs to be put up. You’re not just going to waste money and put up something monolithic in an area that doesn’t require it.
He has been saying this for 18 Months.
Has everyone been in a Coma or something or is it just the DNC Media still trying to erode President’s support?
LOL.
Today, Trump also made this statement during an Air Force One presser...
“What I’d like to do is a comprehensive immigration plan. But our country and political forces are not ready yet.”
I always knew Trump would walk away from most of his immigration tough talk if he won the election.
He’s going to deport a bunch of criminal illegal immigrants (good), and he will reduce the number of new illegal immigrants (also good).
But that will be the end of it.
Trump has always supported massive LEGAL immigration (currently 1.5 million per year), and he has always supported huge numbers of foreign work visas (currently at least 1 million in the USA).
I will vote to reelect him in 2020, and maybe he can win, but Trump will be the last Republican president in my lifetime.
As long as he takes advice from the Border Patrol/DHS/ICE, whomever appropriate to weigh in, fine.
He has more info now than when on the campaign trail- but if there’s a need, and a lack of funding, that would suck.
They aren't all bad its true. But 70% of Hispanics vote democrat. We can't keep taking tons of them in and survive. the whole country will become California.
Definitely the Douchebag Nutless Comminists media at work...
Too bad. Where there is no wall is where they will go. No matter how far out of they way that is where the dope smugglers and coyotes will cross. All immigration needs to stop for a few years. Maybe decades. We will be as crowded as India eventually.
The title itself demonstrates that this article is classic FAKE NEWS!
Stating this as though it is new news is the lie...
I have heard him say this before. Fake news.
The Rio Grande doesn’t appear to be that much of a detriment to them. Not unless you import some gators.
Common sense.
During the campaign, I recall Trump saying he would build a wall across the entire Mexican border.
Several of the Comments here claim that Trump stopped saying that “18 months ago” or “ages ago” or “over a year ago.”
Can someone give me the exact date when Trump first informed 2016 voters that he was not going to build a wall across the entire border?
Thanks...
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