Posted on 05/09/2018 3:55:24 PM PDT by Kaslin
Call it what you want, but is this not a window into how far left Democrats have gone on immigration? Fighting illegal immigration is a philosophy? Well, that’s what Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said in a brief, but heated exchange with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who testified before the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee yesterday.
Thank you @SenatorTester and @SenCapito for hosting me at the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee today to discuss @DHSgov budget and priorities, including the need for additional resources at the border. pic.twitter.com/cAQtspwtKr— Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen (@SecNielsen) May 8, 2018
Sen. Murray wanted to know if DHS was exploring alternative methods other than detention to save taxpayer dollars concerning pregnant women who are caught at the border. Nielsen said that they utilize ankle bracelets, but added that if a pick up repeat offenders of those crossing into the U.S. illegally, or have been charged with a crime worthy of prosecution, they turn them over the marshals. That ends any option for so-called alternative methods to detention. It’s when the DHS secretary reiterated that it’s illegal to enter the U.S. illegally that Murray got snippy (via NTK Network):
Nielsen explained that no matter the method, the U.S. government will deport those caught in the United States illegally.
Murray interrupted her, cutting in, “I know what your philosophy is.”
“It’s not a philosophy!” Nielsen responded. “It’s a law Congress passed!”
Nielsen also got into an exchange wit Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) (via The Hill)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, accused Nielsen of failing to follow up as promised to questions about a controversial report asserting that the 402 of 549 people convicted of international terrorism in the U.S. were foreign-born.
“It’s been four months, even though you stated you would get back to me, so let me try again,” Leahy began, before diving into questions about the report.
After Nielsen reiterated a commitment to follow up with him, Leahy interrupted her:
“Oh come on. It’s been months and months and months,” he said.
Nielsen said she did not have data on how many of the 402 foreign-born persons in the Homeland Security report came from countries listed in President Trump’s travel ban, nor how many came to the United States through the diversity visa lottery, which the Trump administration has framed as a security threat.
“I do not have that information with me today, sir,” Nielsen said.
It’s no wonder why this issue catapulted Donald Trump to the top of the GOP primary field in 2016, and into the White House.
The GOP should make this a bigger issue. But the problem is that there are a lot of Republicans who don’t want to control the border.
The GOP should make this a bigger issue. But the problem is that there are a lot of Republicans who don’t want to control the border.
You said it. Those few who do support border law are far easier to count than the pathetic number of R’s who promote breaking it, siding with the Left.
Globalists, ALL. UniParty Leftists. They should be impeached.
Ah, Patty Murray, our state’s low-wattage contribution to Congress. The “mom in tennis shoes” never fails to display her leftist bias and dismal grasp of American ideals. She is a daily photo-opp for ads against Dems at mid-terms.
Consider the following two postulates:
1,). If you live in the US and make $32,000 per year you are a one percenter...in the world.
2.). Democrats are globalist and identity politics are the politics.
What might these postulates explain? (Oh, how shall I begin.)
A,). Democrats no longer campaign on improving the economy. Why would they care about one percenters?
B.). Take every conflicting group in every country, multiply by how many racial groups are involved and then multiply that by 72 genders. The identity politic’ers then have maybe 1.8 million conflicts to exploit. Certainly, all more important than “US one percenters” (reference is made to “A”) or safe streets or (insert 50 things).
C.). Referencing “A”,..of coarse, it’s a given that “US one percent’ers” allow unfettered immigratation from any non one percent’er country.
(Add D thru Z as you wish.)
See, all this time you thought when the left was talking about the “one percent” they were talking about some rich F’er, maybe you even bought into the envy? But, when the globalist-identity-politics left talks about the “one percent” they mean anyone who is productive in this country and who is trying to preserve that opportunity for themselves, their kids or simply out of gratitude for a country that extended them opportunity.
“... They should be impeached....”
IPersonaly, I’d rather see them horsewhipped publicly, but hey, that’s just me being me...
Murray should emigrate to Mexico.
But I’m practical!!!
I guarantee you after ONE hellacious horsewhuppin’, they’d fall in line and get with the program!!!!
:^)
That was my fave part of the article... thanks for keeping us in suspense.
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