Never mind Donald Trump’s plan for the border; Chuck Schumer’s was bigger and better

The Star Ledger of Newark ^ | 01.06.19 | Paul Mulshine

[Coleus]

Here’s a question for the Congressional Democrats:

If physical barriers don’t work, then why did the emperor Hadrian bother to build one across the island of Britain back in the 2nd Century? (Not to mention the Great Wall of China, which is twice as long as our southern border.)

Actually, they do work. We have that on the authority of none other than Chuck Schumer.

In 2009, the senior senator from New York attended a conference on immigration at Georgetown University. During that conference he boasted about the progress that Congress had made on immigration.

"Between 2005 and 2009, a vast amount of progress has been made on our borders and ports of entry," the New York Senator told the conference. Part of that progress was “construction of 630 miles of border fence that create a significant barrier to illegal immigration on our southern land border.”

Videos of that speech are now circulating in conservative circles, with much of the attention devoted to Schumer’s assertion that “Any immigration solution must recognize that we must do as much as we can to gain operational control of our borders as soon as possible.”

But the real news lies in the seven principles for immigration reform that Schumer advanced. When you boil them down, Schumer doesn’t sound like he has all that much of a dispute with his fellow New Yorker in the White House.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Somebody actually expected this idiot to learn something?

[Boomer]

Maybe Schumer has finally learned his lesson - I said mockingly.

[SunkenCiv]

“Any immigration solution must recognize that we must do as much as we can to gain operational control of our borders as soon as possible.” -- Upchuck Schumer

[Fiddlstix]

[Elsie]

Videos of that speech are now circulating in conservative circles, with much of the attention devoted to Schumer’s assertion that “Any immigration solution must recognize that we must do as much as we can to gain operational control of our borders as soon as possible.”

And soon to be denounced as FAKE by media analysts; too!

[grania]

Perhaps when President Trump issues that EO, he can put in place the plan that Schumer advocated, and give him full credit. <^..^>

[Liz]

Schumer's letter to constituent.