If this is true, you have to assume the President would have taken advantage of this years ago, no? The WH has access to all the information and expert advice it needs to decide whether or not to take action.
In the mean time, why not remove the incentives that attract the illegals here in the first place? Where are the fees on money transferred south of the border? Penalties on employers who hire illegals? E-verify?
Plenty can and should have been accomplished while waiting for construction to start.
1) he wanted Congress to do it legislatively because that would be more popular and lend it more credibility. This is a last-ditch method
2)he wanted to expose the Democrats as the liars, frauds, charlatans that they are. He has succeeded in making them admit they care more about illegals than citizens, that they do not care about the drugs or human trafficking. They have admitted they don't care about the children. It was brilliant how he exposed them. The ads for 2020 wrote themselves!
The rest of what you called for I believe cannot be done with Executive Orders, unless you endorse what Obama did in spending money that was not allocated by the Legislative branch. What Trump is doing is 100% within the laws enacted by Congress.
The court cases will lose.
It is appropriate to consider taxing money transferred to Methico. But taxing money from the drug cartels being sent to US politicians could also help.
President Trump has been building the wall since his first day in office. Large sections in CA and TX are completed. More is on the way. The MSM is reporting NONE of this.
The Democrats dug in to support open borders and illegal immigration before Trump took office. This has been an ongoing battle on the border for many years.
All of the things you suggested are indeed things that need to be done, this has been known for years. The thing is each one of those things will result in a battle as fierce as the one for the wall.
Make no mistake, the dims have made supporting the open border, illegal immigration their hill to die on. Any thing that helps secure the border or stop illegal immigration they will fight tooth and nail. I have my own ideas why that is, and it is not just “Trump derangement” they have for years fought any real progress to secure the border or enforce immigration law. Long before Trump ran for President, this battle has been going on.
In order to enforce any of our immigration laws we first have to secure the border. Nothing else will work until that is done. Last year illegal re-entries passed first time illegal entries. Deporting people has no effect when they can simply come right back.
There has been a lot of enforcement going on, but to really crack down would be another battle with the dims and RINOs. The battle for border security had to be fought first. This will all be an unbelievable battle along the way. As amazing as it seems about half the country thinks we need an open border and supports illegal immigration. Most of them have no clue what the reality of that would be, but they are convinced that is what they support.
“President would have taken advantage of this years ago, no?”
Trump has stated he wanted to get the
appropriations thru Congress with a
bipartisan agreement, knowing that the
course of action he’s now forced to take,
would be tied up in the courts for a
while. This also has a political twist,
as it exposed the left’s agenda.