Today a conservative friend said to me that even if we had a wall, the next Dem president will just open up the gates.
“the next Dem president will just open up the gates.”
That is no excuse for not building one. Ryan’s rinos do not want a wall, that is why it won’t happen. Ryan specifically included language forbidding one inch of new wall in the last CR.
This is why Pres. Trump needs to work with the states to enforce the 12th Amendment (12A) and Section 2 of the 14th Amendment (14A).
Enforcing 12A will put a stop to unconstitutional state winner-take-all laws for electoral votes.
Enforcing Sec. 2 of 14A will prohibit undocumented Democrats from voting, possibly swinging election outcomes in favor of Democrats by doing so. Note that subsequent amendments have effectively changed how Sec. 2 is interpreted.
"Excerpted from the 12th Amendment: "The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate [emphasis added]; …”
”14th Amendment, Section 2: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens [emphases added] twenty-one years of age in such State."
Apportionment of representation in House of Representatives
Regarding Sec. 2, Pres. Trump will need to make sure that states require citizens to present citizenship / photo id cards in order to vote, the cards needing to be scannable to facilitate Democratic ballot box officials with “poor” eyesight.
Also, off topic, patriots are encouraged to watch Dan Bongino’s excellent 37 min video (associated book). The video helps to flesh out the alleged Mueller conspiracy against Pres. Trump.
Dan Bongino - Obama, Mueller and the Biggest Scam in American History (not office friendly, turn down volume)
That’s why we need much more than just a wall, we need a wall PLUS a major deterrent for being or getting here illegally, with or without the wall, and one that ‘the next’ GOP president can quickly restore, such as -
Mass deportations
Severe penalties for hiring illegal aliens
Denial of benefits
In other words, for those illegally crossing the border, with or without the wall, THEY are the ones who need to be worrying about what ‘the next’ GOP president will do, and then, hopefully, conclude ‘why bother’.
“even if we had a wall, the next Dem president will just open up the gates.”
There is no one silver bullet, but the Left hates the wall so much because it is the hardest component to turn off.
A million tons of concrete and steel will endure.