Budget Deal
mark94
Arizona
The budget deal places severe limits on the ability to stop illegal immigration. There are probably lots of other land mines buried in its 5,000 pages but here is what we already know. Trump must decide by tomorrow whether to sign the bill, assuming it passes Congress today.
Provides $1.375 billion, or $4.325 billion less than the $5.7 billion the Trump administration requested, for a very limited 55 miles of physical barrier that can only be placed along the southern border in *only* the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Contains language allowing only fencing designs in use as of 2017.
No funding for new border patrol agents above the current on board levels.
Fewer beds for detaining illegal immigrants, making catch-and-release more likely
Does not fund the Administration’s request for joint detention facilities.
No funding for additional enforcement and removal field personnel.
Provides $1.375 billion, or $4.325 billion less than the $5.7 billion the Trump administration requested, for a very limited 55 miles of physical barrier that can only be placed along the southern border in *only* the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
Contains language allowing only fencing designs in use as of 2017.
No funding for new border patrol agents above the current on board levels.
Fewer beds for detaining illegal immigrants, making catch-and-release more likely
Does not fund the Administration’s request for joint detention facilities.
No funding for additional enforcement and removal field personnel.
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And I thought I was the only one who thought using claymore mines would ne cheaper and more effective than a wall.
Government shutdowns need to be off the table completely when Congress and the President can't agree on something.
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner introduced legislation earlier this month instituting an automatic continuing resolution. The bill is titled the Stop Shutdowns Transferring Unnecessary Pain and Inflicting Damage In The Coming Years Act, or simply Stop STUPIDITY.
They should cut their pay off until they figure the shit out.
Adopt the theme.......You no work, You no eat !!!!
Before Trump I don't recall a massive outcry from the right for a wall - most of my acquaintances are conservatives and over the years I don't recall anyone conservative I knew being completely distraught b/c there wasn't a border wall - I'm not saying there shouldn't be a sound/productive immigration policy nor that anyone that wants to come in should be automatically allowed-in; all I'm saying is that I think Trump may see the wall as some kinda Trump-card and I don't think it is - as has often been said over the last quarter-century w.r.t. elections, "it's the economy stupid" - I think Trump made a mistake doubling-down on the wall shit instead of focusing on how well the economy was doing and I think this hurt the republicans in the mid-terms - the mid-terms could have ended up the same-way either-way but again I don't think the most-pressing issue for most conservative voters is the lack of a wall or even immigration - again I do think conservative voters care about immigration but IMO it's down the list from the economy, taxes, regulation, abortion/religious-issues, etc.