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How was Trump able to leave at all given that there were walls?
I do not understand your question. Leave where?
How was Trump able to leave at all given that there were walls?
Trump walked out. You said, elsewhere, that walls stop people from doing things you don't want (like invading a home). So how was Trump able to leave given that there were walls?I do not understand your question. Leave where?
Trump walked out. You said, elsewhere, that walls stop people from doing things you don't want (like invading a home). So how was Trump able to leave given that there were walls?
Well, I'm not a wall supporter so I gues I'll just drop it. In fact, you could say I'm firmly against a border wall.I suspect you are referring to a question I asked about why people need guns to protect their homes if their homes have walls. I was not claiming that walls do sto illegal entry. I was using an argument wall supporters use against their support for guns
I'm not forgetting anything. Trump is an idiot, but the Democrats are not even trying right now because they would rather hurt Trump than do the right thing.
Majority of the tunnels that have been discovered originated in either buildings or sewer/drainage systems; in other words areas where being able to see thru a fence would make no difference.First off, tunneling under the current walls will continue and it tends to happen with fencing that border patrol can not observe what is happening on the other side which is a good amount of fencing. That is why those who are responsible for securing the border want a barrier that they can see through.
Yes, barriers do hinder those seeking refuge from poverty, war and criminal violence - not so much those committing crimes.Second, no barrier is going to keep everyone out but it does stop many and hinders others. Barriers are a crucial aid in assisting the border patrol in maintaining the influx coming across the border along with all their drugs, guns, etc.
The word you want to use is "sensors". In a border that is almost 2000 miles long, how many sensors would be needed? What would be the additional cost of purchasing, installing, maintaining and monitoring the sensors? Instead of spending $5 billion on a stupid, useless wall, spend it on upgrading the security checking systems at the ports-of-entry where commercial traffic is examined as it enters the States. Vast majority of heroin and fentanyl comes into America in cargo-carrying trucks. Cannabis was more often carried across the border by 'mules' but that traffic is no longer profitable because weed is being legalised.Third, if the border walls were equipped with censors those tunneling under them would be detected before they made it through to the other side. Technology with a wall barriers working together would greatly aid in truly securing the border. Those who tunnel are associated with the drug cartels.
Then perhaps, we should be thinking about legalizing the use of these hard drugs. Those countries which have done this found that many addicts were able to stop their drug usage because of access to medical and mental care. Fewer people die, overall costs drop and the organisations which import and sell the illegal drugs are reduced in size.If you don't think that 300 a week are dying in this country from overdoses due to heroine alone where 90% of heroine is entering this country through Mexico then you have lost all common sense. Then there is that lethal drug fentanyl that is so dangerous. And that alone doesn't even measure all the families in this country that have been devastated over a loved one becoming addicted to the drugs. Everything associated with these drugs is costing states and the federal government a WHOLE lot of money. Enough money that could solve every damn infrastructure ill in this country.
I do luv the figures quoted as to just how much illegals cost American taxpayers. They all come from just a couple of sources who like to play with the parameters by which they create their estimates. Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in federal taxes each year, even while they aren't eligible for Social Security or Medicaid, nor do they get any tax refund after filing. FAIR's "Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration" Study Is Fatally FlawedThe cost to every taxpayer for every illegal who enters this country at all different means costs the taxpayers on the average 77,000 each and a very good portion of that amount is a burden on every state and they are feeling the toll.
No.In the circumstance of Trump, the level of acceptance is far less than another other politician. The reaction to not getting his way is immature and privileged, compared to most other politicians.
Yes the premise that both sides don't accept views, policies or the like is true. Its the reactions that are very different.
Majority of the tunnels that have been discovered originated in either buildings or sewer/drainage systems; in other words areas where being able to see thru a fence would make no difference.
Yes, barriers do hinder those seeking refuge from poverty, war and criminal violence - not so much those committing crimes.
The word you want to use is "sensors". In a border that is almost 2000 miles long, how many sensors would be needed? What would be the additional cost of purchasing, installing, maintaining and monitoring the sensors? Instead of spending $5 billion on a stupid, useless wall, spend it on upgrading the security checking systems at the ports-of-entry where commercial traffic is examined as it enters the States. Vast majority of heroin and fentanyl comes into America in cargo-carrying trucks. Cannabis was more often carried across the border by 'mules' but that traffic is no longer profitable because weed is being legalised.
I do luv the figures quoted as to just how much illegals cost American taxpayers. They all come from just a couple of sources who like to play with the parameters by which they create their estimates. Undocumented immigrants pay billions of dollars in federal taxes each year, even while they aren't eligible for Social Security or Medicaid, nor do they get any tax refund after filing. FAIR's "Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration" Study Is Fatally Flawed
Dishonesty.Let's not forget that Trump had control of the House and the Senate for 2 years, until last week.
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This thread is about building a wall, not a barrier. You implied that because they were in favor of building a barrier, their opposition to building a wall was playing politics. I merely pointed out that your argument was an apples to oranges comparison.
You're wrong. They are trying to right the wrong.
Wow - seriously? :shock: :lamo
Yes. Seriously.
Your argument was seriously flawed for the reason I described - a reason you have not even TRIED to refute .
You are welcome
The technical term for your posts in this line of discussion is locum bovis stercore.
Yes Because the Ratio of 330 MILLION US Citizens per capita to 11-20million illegals its going to OBVIOUSLY out weigh the crime capita.
https://www.debatepolitics.com/brea...-them-total-waste-time-14.html#post1069522074
With that, in a prior POST almost everyone AGREES that a MAJORITY of illegals are NOT CRIMINALS (AFTER illegally entering our nation) As in all fairness the moment they enter the US undocumented they have committed a misdemeanor (crime) and on the second attempt it is then a felony. (Which funny. MOST MAJOR Crimes committed by an Illegal they have been caught on MULTIPLE occasions.)
With that the action of coming to AMERICA Undocumented then entering our BORDER illegal is what sets this ALL of in the first place. The Crime/Death is AFTER they make the CHOICE to come to America Illegally.
IF THEY CHOSE NOT TO. X amount of people would NOT be killed by illegals and X amount of children would not be trafficked or die of illness due to the trek.
I disagree, but it's okay with me that we don't see it the same way, because I respect you and your opinion even when we disagree.
Per capita is comparing Apples to Apples, per 1000 for example , it is not comparing the whole of one to the whole of another
The rest of your comment is speculation
Also if you apply in this logic to illegals you would have to apply the same logic to legals. you see it's just not logical when the rubber hits the road
1) I dont know anyone personally that has specifically said ALL illegals are hardened criminals. NOT ONE.
2) The moment an UNDOCUMENTED individual crosses our border they have committed a crime PERIOD. 1st offense is a misdimeanor, 2nd is a Felony. It is a crime to enter our borders without a VISA or reciprocity Visa or Travel documentation authorizing you to enter our country.
Trump's "zero tolerance" is a new policy where children were separated from parents on a class B misdemeanor.
NEVER in our history did we treat first timers as criminals, at least not en masse as we are doing now.
Calling a first timer "criminal" is like calling someone who is starving who steals a loaf of bread a criminal.
WTFU and get some compassion, but, of course, the right, especially Trump, have none.
No one is saying we should promote illegal entry, just not treat misdemeanors as criminals and take their kids away.
That's what dems are saying.
what made it even worse was having no mechanism in place to reunite those children with their parents
When people commit a crime resulting in their being incarcerated, should their children be incarcerated along with them? Perhaps the best solution to this would be to immediately deport both the parent and the children, together.
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence
In the past decade, a growing number of immigrants fearing for their safety have come to the U.S., only to be sent back to their home countries—with the help of border agents, immigration judges, politicians, and U.S. voters—to violent deaths. Even as border apprehensions have dropped, the number of migrants coming to the U.S. because their lives are in danger has soared. According to the United Nations, since 2008 there has been a fivefold increase in asylum seekers just from Central America’s Northern Triangle—Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador—where organized gangs are dominant. In 2014, according to the U.N., Honduras had the world’s highest murder rate; El Salvador and Guatemala were close behind.
In the years following the Second World War, the United Nations established a principle of international law known as non-refoulement, or non-return, which forbids the removal of asylum seekers to countries where they are likely to be tortured or killed. The principle was enshrined in the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, formalizing the concept of the “refugee” and insuring safe harbor for people who could show “a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.” No one with a credible fear of persecution could be expelled “in any manner whatsoever to a territory where he or she fears threats to life or freedom.”
For the U.S., the effort to protect refugees was also an act of atonement. In 1939, the government had rejected a boat carrying more than nine hundred Jewish escapees from Nazi Germany. At least two hundred of them were later killed in the Holocaust. As the refugee crisis worsened, countless more were refused entry. President Franklin Roosevelt had warned the public that Jews posed a national-security threat, and argued for tighter restrictions on their numbers.
Actually the only thing you could peg is your boyfriend.
Dishonesty.
While they were certainly were Republican he certainly did not have them.
Your commentary is like saying he had you, but you know that isn't true.
What is your fascination with hate? Hate is the opposite of love, friend. If you love Donald Trump, I'd prefer you keep that to yourself.
By the way, most regulations were put in place to keep people safe. Donald Trump, and you and the rest of his adoring fans, oppose them. Are you selfish, or simply filled with hate?
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why would a cop seek to learn about the immigration status of someone (s)he encountered. it is not any portion of their duties