Posted on 02/11/2019 9:44:41 PM PST by 11th_VA
... They tentatively agreed to far less money for President Donald Trump's border wall than the White House's $US5.7 billion ($NZ8.4b) wish list, settling for a figure of nearly $1.4 billion, according to congressional aides. The funding measure is through the fiscal year, which ends on 30 September.
The agreement means 88km of new fencing - constructed through existing designs such as metal slats instead of a concrete wall - but far less than the 350km the White House demanded in December. The fencing would be built in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The agreement yielded curbed funding, overall, for ICE detention beds, which Democrats promised would mean the agency would hold fewer detainees than the roughly 49,000 detainees held two days ago, the most recent date for which figures were available. Democrats claimed the number of beds would be reduced to 40,520.
But a proposal to cap at 16,500 the number of detainees caught in areas away from the border - a limit Democrats say was aimed at preventing overreach by the agency - ran into its own Republican wall.
Democrats dropped the demand in the latest round of talks, and the mood in the Capitol improved markedly.
Mr Trump met earlier today with top advisers in the Oval Office to discuss the negotiations. He softened his rhetoric on the wall but ratcheted it up when alluding to the detention beds issue...
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54 miles of fence, 1.4 billion? 6000 dollars a foot?
This is such bull$hit
Hannity slams compromise:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sean-hannity-slams-garbage-compromise-on-preliminary-agreement-on-border-security
Don’t be surprised if Congress—both Republicans and Democrats add text to the bill prohibiting Army and other means to build the wall.
I don’t doubt that Democrats will try to add text that no “walls” be built. There is no way that 13 Senate republicans will agree to this text.
Don’t fall for it. We all know what their “deals” consist of and we always get the shit sandwich.
There are many more than that who are backstabbing NeverTrumpers and GOPe that will find a way to do so.
13 is not an insurmountable number given the composition of the Republican Senate. Lets see, Rubio, Alexander, Collins, Gardner, McConnel, Lee, Murcowski, Portman, Romney, Shelby, Sasse, Wicker, Ernst .......
Almost a thousand kilometers has already been built, especially along borders fronting major US urban centers. A bigger problem is that only 1 in 5 vehicles is inspected, and apparently the President has heard that message as he spoke of advanced methods of searching including sniffer dogs.
President Trump will get some money for the wall and get other money from the defense budget without have to declare a national emergency. IMO.
I did not catch your well put post, but said about the same thing in a later post.
Why are we talking kilometers? Is this Canada?
Who are these negotiators for the Repubs?
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Bush League Republicans who are still hell bent on turning the USA into North Mexico.
The article is from a New Zealand website
Radio New Zealand
Massive Cave-In Alert!
He can also claim victory over the Donks since Pelosi said “no money for a wall” and that it was a “bi-partisan decision” which will enrage her base.
HELL NO!!!!!
Yep!
(((Who are these negotiators for the Repubs?
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Bush League Republicans who are still hell bent on turning the USA into North Mexico.)))
Declare the emergency.
Give them an inch they will take 100s of miles from our security.
Bastards, one and all. Only looking out for the illegal voter and cheap labor express.
NOOO DEAL!
This is INSANITY! These Dems are nuts :(
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