Posted on 12/01/2018 7:16:18 PM PST by Kaslin
We have heard the chants for three years, “Build the Wall!” It was the number one reason why Americans elected Donald Trump as President in 2016. Unfortunately, it is the most glaring unfulfilled promise of the Trump presidency.
Although the President wants a border wall, he needs Congress to fund the construction. Until now, Congress has only provided an anemic $1.6 billion for the border wall. This pathetic amount is nowhere near the $25 billion that is actually needed to properly build a wall that will stop the influx of illegal aliens.
Right now, Congress is in the final days of a lame duck session. It is imperative that Republicans stand firm to demand the entire $25 billion for the wall. If it is not authorized now, it will never be funded. Starting January 3rd, Democrats take control of the House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi has no interest in securing the border and is especially opposed to funding a wall.
In fact, Democrats want an open border as they benefit politically from the mass flood of illegal aliens. As more people start receiving government benefits, these individuals become indebted to the Democratic Party, which is the guarantor of massive federal bureaucracies. Also, the vast majority of these illegal aliens who become voters will support the Democratic Party. For example, in recent presidential elections, approximately 75% of Hispanic-Americans voted for Democratic candidates.
The results are clear to see throughout the western states of the nation. Democrats have turned California, New Mexico, Nevada and Arizona into blue states in recent years. All of these states were once Republican strongholds, but as the arrival of both legal and illegal immigrants has changed the demographics of the states, it has also changed the political affiliation.
The Democrats next target is the big prize, the Lone Star state of Texas. If they can turn that big red state blue it will be game over for the Republican Party. Without the 38 electoral votes of Texas, the GOP will no longer be able to win the presidency and the Democrats will have a lock on the White House.
So, the stakes for the Republican Party are extremely high. Every Republican in Congress should be supporting a border wall to stop the enormous flow of illegal aliens into the country. Unfortunately, the party is saddled with establishment leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan who have no interest in building a border wall or enhancing border security in a meaningful way.
The President must overcome Ryan’s lack of support and use his negotiating skills to achieve adequate border wall funding. While the military is building temporary barbed wire fencing in some areas to stop the incoming caravan invasion, it is nowhere near as effective as a permanent wall.
If the President has to shut down the government to get the necessary funding, he should do it without hesitation. In a recent Politico interview, the President said he would be “willing” to shut down the government if at least $5 billion for wall funding was not included in the budget for the Department of Homeland Security. In fact, the President said he was “firm” on the issue.
Let’s hope he does not backtrack on this vital issue. Currently, this is the most severe threat facing the nation. In October 2018, illegal border crossings soared according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In their Southwest Border Migration Report, it was revealed that almost 51,000 illegal aliens were apprehended at various locations on the southern border between ports of entry. This was the highest number of apprehensions since 2007, showing the increasing nature of the threat. If action is not taken, Princeton University researcher Steven Kopits estimates that the overall number of border crossings next year will exceed 600,000, the largest number in over a decade.
With caravans of thousands of migrants either at the border or moving in that direction, the country cannot afford to delay the essential funding for the border wall. The entry of huge numbers of illegal aliens will not only change the political map, but it will also lead to more crime as the Department of Homeland Security estimates that there are at least 600 criminals among the caravan of migrants.
There is also a real threat to the health of Americans. A recent Fox News report quoted a health official in Tijuana estimating that over one-third of the migrants in that city were ill, with diseases such as hepatitis, tuberculosis, AIDS, chickenpox and severe respiratory conditions.
These threats should force the Congress to finally fund adequate border security, including the construction of a wall. It is now or never for congressional Republicans to act. Otherwise, the consequences will be dire for both the GOP and, more importantly, for the nation.
Congress fully understands that Mexico is actually going to pay for it...
... They won’t allow it because it’s a win for America and apparently they don’t like today idea.
It is not just democrats.
Not at all.
The same people, sold our industry to a huge communist country.
Just wish our Forefathers would have had the insight to include strict immigration rules into the Constitution.
Thank you, PaulRyno....
Bookmark.
They did. We didn’t enforce it nor did we value American citizenship and INSIST it be protected. Now we have a Democrat House with no chance to change it.
I disagree.
(just for the record)
Then you’d be content to live as a vassal of a system that treats illegal alien criminals with more priority then it’s own citizens?
Nope.
But I think there must be a way, to continue to do things legally.
Just saying. I understand your feelings, but it is quite important for us to stay on the legal side of things.
My opinion.
Just saying that, to make that clear.
“Thank you, PaulRyno....”
The House passed the $5 billion - the Senate only $1.6 billion.
call your reps and senators tomorrow and demand that they support building the wall. call them every day.
it’s the least you can do.
While I am one hundred percent behind building the border wall, it's a bit like closing the barn door after the horse has already escaped.
What's really killing us, is the 40 million illegals who are already here. What keeps them here, are the freebies:
· Jobs
· Welfare
· Food stamps
· Housing
· Medical
· Education
It also doesn't help that a quarter of the native born citizens of this country, openly support these people's presence here, and actively push back against any and all efforts to lawfully remove them.
The above factors act like a gigantic magnet on the poor from south of the border, who will do practically anything to get here.
If we're serious about ending the scourge of illegal immigration, we've got to turn off the magnet. It's the only sure way to end the invasion, and compel the rest to self deport.
It’s too late. California is waaaaaay gone. Florida is nearly gone, and Texas and Georgia are getting there. North Carolina will go after that, if not before.
You baby boomers are being replaced, and you can’t even face it. The Constitution, and natural law, and limited government, and the right the bear arms, and the rule of law, and all of that only matters to white people. Maybe that conservative non-white guy you met in the service 5 decades ago will save the day. I kind of doubt it. Thomas Sowell is not moving in next door to you.
I’m sorry to be blunt, but the truth is often blunt. You are being replaced by a population more malleable for the powers that be. It’s on purpose. They are remarkably upfront about it, but we still have “conservatives” who are desperate for the approval of what used to be minorities in this country. Desperate. What if not a single non-white person in the United States supported the 2nd Amendment? Would you still?
Demographics are destiny. Go talk about free markets and natural rights to Somali “refugees” or to the “migrant caravan.” I’m sure they will be all about it. We will do a little bit better than Brazil for a while, but the game is over. The left is just running clock at this point. I would say that it’s time to take your own side, but that time has likely passed us all by.
America died a few days after the ratification of the Constitution.
It’s not a money issue......it’s fully a Congressional Political issue they love to leverage like a football. Both sides pass the ball giving the other points but neither side EVER runs the ball down the field for a win...
I am not sure my rep and senator speak English. What language do they speak on the Cote d'Azur?
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