Posted on 03/29/2020 6:15:30 AM PDT by rktman
The federal government has constructed more than 40 miles of wall along the southern border with Mexico since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States.
More than half of the additional wall and fencing have been constructed since early February, the Washington Times reported.
The first confirmed case of the COVID-19 virus was reported on Jan. 20.
“Today is not the time to play politics with the lives of U.S. Citizens," Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told the newspaper. "Walls have proven to stop illegal entries into the United States, therefore they are an essential law enforcement resource which will undoubtedly help in reducing the spread of COVID-19."
Federal immigration authorities said they have completed 142 miles of new wall with more than 400 still in the preconstruction phase, and it is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security changed its asylum-seeker 'Remain in Mexico' policy so migrants will remain there longer because of the outbreak of the virus, the Washington Examiner reported.
President Trump has made securing the southern border a hallmark of his first term in the Oval Office. Citing national security, he banned travel to the United States from China by foreign nationals.
More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have been infected with COVID-19, and 1,500 had died of the virus as of Saturday morning.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
I don’t get it.
I’m from NY an you’d have to put a freaking gun to my head to make me move to FL or RI or NJ for that matter.
For better or worse, this is home.
I’ve had more great times in NYC than I can count and though its best days are looking like they’re behind it, I will always love it.
But one must be a realist and PA is on the map of places to move to in the next few years.
As one ages one looks for different thing in a city or state.
The President lost my vote when he allowed the H1-b expansion for COVID-19 to take jobs from Americans.
This should be part of a Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement bill, missing since 1986 ONE TIME amnesty. The List of Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement, missing since 1986 goes like this -
1) southern barrier;
2) require eVerify to hire;
3) end all chain migration;
4) birthright per Minor v. Happersett (plural parents);
5) end work visas;
6) 10-year moratorium on all new applications for citizenship (40 years to allow workplace automation effects on downsizing population);
7) Set up an illegal aliens’ victim restitution fund.
Enactment of these provisions will motivate illegal aliens to SELF-deport, and remove colonizadors from our welfare rolls.
So you’re a Biden voter?
Narrow minded single issue voters are the bane to conservatism.
When you view life through a paper towel tube, you miss most of reality
Trump has done more to fix our immigration problems than any previous POTUS...but it’s not enough for you so you won’t vote for him.
Gotcha.
So you’re a Biden voter?
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No, Biden will have to figure out how to vote for himself this year.
Narrow minded single issue voters are the bane to conservatism.
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Apparently you didn’t read the list I provided about immigration. It’s hardly a single issue. You fail to mention any headway on the other items except the wall.
And the giveaway to vote harvesting by the Democrats was a less than brilliant decision for survival of conservatives.
Well if you’re not voting for Trump, nor Biden, who is left?
Excellent. Keep building the wall.
With that logic you should change your tagline to “Communism or bust!” If you want the far Left to take control of the Supreme Court for a generation, keep doing what you are doing.
Well then I suggest you give Nancy Pelosi's office a call and present this information to her - she is who runs the House of Representatives - perhaps she will be receptive to the bill you want passed than the President.
“The President lost my vote when he allowed the H1-b expansion for COVID-19 to take jobs from Americans.”
That was Javanka working in the background with the Chamber of Commerce. You just can’t keep those traitors down can you?
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