I understood the bill to give President Trump $1.375 billion for the wall, but then there are all the poison-pill provisions to prevent him from spending it: can't spend it until September, can't spend it in parks, can't spend it without small-town mayor approval... Then after September when this bill expires, Trump has to start all over again with the next budget bill where Democrats may try to rescind this $1.375 billion of spending.
Furthermore, Democrats added deportation protections to anyone who is a "potential sponsor" of unaccompanied minors? Who isn't a "potential" sponsor?
So, I'd like to see from someone a list of what the "good" is that makes the "perfect" the enemy of it.
-PJ
Personally, knowing what I know about not only the poison pills but the usual outrageous spending that they added to this thing, I would veto it. However, neither you nor I know what Trump and his advisors know about it - and Trump knows that he MUST make progress on this issue or lose the 2020 election. IOW, he will FAIL - and DJT just doesn’t see himself as a failure at anything. I trust that he knows how he’s going to (or already has) outsmart the Dems, given that he’s been outsmarting opponents for about the last 45 years.
As far as spending only in September, don’t you think that building can start sooner, with a previously worked-out contract ready to be signed, and payments made, on 9/1/19? Seriously, we’re not dealing with a guy in the White House who is a novice at getting very complex deals done on time, if not ahead of schedule.