What do y'all think?
$25 billion for border security does not mean a wall. The GOP Congress is duplicitous when it comes to the wall. In 2006 Congress passed the secure fence act which mandated “at least two layers of reinforced fencing.” The Department of Homeland Security of the Jorge W. Bush administration immediately began a campaign to convince Congress to loosen the requirement. In 2007 GOP Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced an amendment to the law which gutted the wall requirement stating, “nothing in this paragraph shall require the Secretary of Homeland Security to install fencing, physical barriers, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors in a particular location along an international border of the United States, if the Secretary determines that the use or placement of such resources is not the most appropriate means to achieve and maintain operational control over the international border at such location.”
With the amendment to the law, DHS was free to shift its focus to a “virtual” fence with sensors, drones, and cameras. Frustrated with the shift in direction, Senator JIm DeMint of SC sponsored a bill to force DHS to erect the double layer fence required in the original 2006 legislation. DeMint’s bill was defeated in the Senate. In January 2011 the Obama administration ended the virtual fence because it was ineffective. Only 53 miles of virtual fence had been constructed.
The truth is there are not 51 votes in the Senate for a wall, much less the 60 required to pass the legislation. All Democrats are against the wall and probably 1/3 of Republicans don’t want a physical barrier. If the GOP loses the Senate in the 2018 elections, a Democrat Senate will pass a DACA bill with no wall and will ensure no border security money is spent to construct physical barriers. There will be enough Republicans voting with the Democrats to hit the 60 vote threshold to break a filibuster. Add a Democrat House and we will have amnesty with no wall.
GOP RINO senators float fallback surrender plan to protect Dreamers
Deport them all. No compromise. Find another way to build a wall.
What do I think??
I think I am sick and tired of these Chamber of Commerce/OpenBorders/RINOs going against the will of the Republican base, and the people who voted for Trump.....to end this bull carp.
Give those who are in the DACA program work permits,tell them to get in line to go through the citizenship procedure,stop chain migration,visa lottery build the wall and limit legal immigration. Problem solved