Congress close to a deal on border fencing, and Trump might take it

Washington Examiner ^ | 02/08/2019 | Susan Ferrechio

[Buckeye McFrog]

“Smart Wall”. Chalk that up as a loss.

[magna carta]

Trump is caving all over the place on immigration...depressing as hell.
Time to get back to sewing and no news

[taxcontrol]

Hmmm, get what you can and then go ahead and using existing law (un-allocated DOD funds) to build some of the wall this year, some next might be the resulting strategy.

[unixfox]

As usual the dog and pony show will entertain us until the very last minute.

All by design.

[Jeff Chandler]

If President Trump gets say, 4 billion for the kind of fencing he requires, this will be a victory. Any less, and it will be a defeat.

[Electric Graffiti]

Add to that more ‘legal’ immigrants(democrat voters) and Mueller’s impeachment report and his 2020 prospects will be dim. America’s, too.

[aces]

Let’s pray so

[ConservativeMind]

Eff that, Cruzboy NeverTrumper.

[puppypusher]

If this wall is built in a manner that does not meet the design criteria President Trump stated they would meet then why accept it.

We need a wall that’s 30 feet tall that No alian is going to successfully climb over or go through.

It also should be strong enough to withstand any concerted attacks by alians who will do anything to get into this country.

The President needs to stay the course.If need be to his own way.

[1Old Pro]

The main sticking point is how much money to provide for border barriers and what those barriers will look like.

5 billion, let the experts design them.

[CodeToad]

I smell a war coming.

[ncalburt]

I don't know if Javanka running the show .
He is heading in the wrong direction .
His base is tired of foreigner stealing there jobs and leaving them and kids underemployed .
In Fl , he ran on putting a stop to employers replacing Americans with cheap foreign labor .
His comments at the SOTU ticked myself and family member off .
We know Disney employees replaced by imported cheap foreign labor and had to train them too !

[frog in a pot]

Take the deal with whatever you can get, then declare an emergency to fill any remaining gaps at the border with barriers that the deal does not cover. If Trump plays his cards right the entire border can have a secure wall.

Bingo. Take what they give you, so long as it doesn't contain an enforceable prohibition against building a Wall.

Even better, there are some who argue he has the clear authority to build a Wall without a declaration. In any event, he better have a robust and effective construction program or he will be booed out of office by 70% of the voters.

[FreeReign]

The main sticking point is how much money to provide for border barriers and what those barriers will look like.

So then we are NOT close to a deal.

[ncalburt]

I was never either .
Cruz sold us out on TPP.

Trump has reversed course here .
Keep up on current events like the SOTU address .

[usconservative]

If the wall is not made of the robust construction steel slats, for the entire length that we need, NO DEAL. Do not cave, Mr. Trump! Tell the Democrats to stick it. We need the security!

Or damn' high concrete! If he lets the Democrats call it a "fence" then there'll never be anything larger than a 6' high chainlink fence across the border and even that'll be protested by the Dem's!

BUILD THE WALL AND MAKE IT TALL!!

[dpetty121263]

If Trump goes this route and accepts this there will be no wall to speak of...The devil is in the details...

[MountainWalker]

If he declares an emergency, a resistance judge will block it before they even begin and will be held up in the courts until around his reelection. If he gets some money appropriated for fencing for a wall, he can get started building right now. If he runs out of money, he can come back to Congress for more or declare a national emergency then. What am I missing?

[trebb]

The rumors abound - and the concern trolls break out their worry beads......

[aces]

sadly I agree..