Posted on 06/07/2019 9:15:18 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge suggested in an interview that aired Friday on "Rising" that he did not believe President Trump's move to slap new tariffs on Mexico would solve the immigration issue at the U.S. southern border.
"I'm not quite sure tariffs on Mexico are going to solve the problem for us," Ridge, who served under former President George W. Bush, told Hill.TV.
"I have a great deal of support for the notion about securing the borders, but I think we politicize the issue instead of solving the problem," he continued.
The Hill obtained a draft document on Thursday showing that the president is planning to declare a national emergency in order to implement sweeping tariffs on Mexico over the failure of the Government of Mexico to take effective action to reduce the mass migration of aliens illegally crossing into the United States through Mexico.
The move comes as Trump faces backlash within his own party over the tariffs.
Trump has long called for stricter immigration policies, including a wall along the border to deter migrants.
Ridge said he worries that the situation along the southern border has become overly politicized in Washington.
"I don't think that we advance ourselves toward a solution by politicizing the border by simply talking about a wall, and not taking into consideration all the other dimensions of an immigration policy based on a 21st-century world, based on the technology we have, based on relationships we have with the leaders in the region," he said. "Those leaders have a responsibility to help us as well, and right now we've ignored them."
Ridge, former homeland security chief, endorses Kasich
Ridge had been supporting former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for president since early 2015...
perceptive modification, Reily...
You’re 100%, but that’s the rub. More concerned about getting in front of a camera than doing what’s right for the American people. That film clip that’s being shown now, in infrared, of them streaming thru a fence should end this argument. But guys like Thune don’t care. It will never affect him.
What it does effect is the farmers and ranchers that give him big money. He says that tariff’s, etc don’t reflect the feelings of the people of South Dakota. I’d love to some ‘man on the street interviews’ with some folks from his state. Maybe show up at the local diner early one morning and talk to some of the folks to see how they feel about our country being invaded. Of course, those folks aren’t the big money donors Thune cares about and takes care of.
As head of DHS, Ridge solved the problem how?
Impossible to say it better.
I’m not quite sure I care what Mr. Ridge thinks.
Oh, wait.....I’m actually quite sure I don’t give a rats a$$ what he thinks.
No, it's the City of Light, PARIS, France.
WE ARE NEXT.
Ridge is a mother f*cker who would suck the farts from Jeb bushs asshole
Tom Ridge... I stopped reading right there
#4 needs to be first. My sister-in-law works I obstetrics and says that a significant number (perhaps a majority) of the babies being born in her hospital are to mothers that speak no English.
That incentive needs to be removed ASAP.
Wrong question.
Better questions is: Will the Mexican tariffs HELP to reduce the number of illegal immigrants streaming across the southern boarder?
Companion questions:
- Will building a wall on the southern border help to reduce the number of illegal immigrants?
- Will enforcing e-verify employment questions help to reduce the number of illegal immigrants
- will denying social benefits and unemployment to illegal immigrants help reduce the number of illegal immigrants
This guy was a jerk when he was at DHS with his dopey color coding. Today, hes lost inside a silo rambling on about a topic he has no idea what it is.
Why?
'Tech solutions' benefits include cash kicked back from liberal tech companies (million dollar 'SPEECHES' for all liberals) - AND tech company's willingness to put their boots on the necks of conservative citizens.
Tom Ridge is also saying that whatever dirt deep state thugs have on him they'll keep to themselves ... for now.
Translation - I’m a grave New World Globalist imbecile
Ridge was always open borders
It’s not an immigration problem ,it’s an Invasion
The only thing that will prevent this invasion is to secure the effin border. Put the military down there with ROEs to shoot on sight ANY invader. This shit has to stop and PDJT is responsible.
TOM RIDGE is ONE of the many reasons we are in this MESS!!!
I quit reading right there.
Maybe somebody should remind Tom that we can go back to doing it the old way, which has accomplished....what exactly?
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