Posted on 08/28/2023 2:15:30 PM PDT by thegagline
Among GOP hopefuls at the first debate of the campaign season, militarizing the U.S.-Mexico border to keep out drugs and undocumented immigrants emerged as an overwhelmingly popular position—and as the surprising default answer to unrelated questions.
When moderators asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis whether he'd support sending U.S. Special Forces into Mexico to target drug cartels, he replied, "Yes, and I will do it on day one." DeSantis claimed that the president should "use all available powers as commander in chief to protect our country and to protect the people."
"Yes, we're going to use deadly force," he continued. "Yes, we reserve the right to operate."
Not every candidate was willing to go as far as DeSantis. (Former DEA chief and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, for one, argued that "the military has to be limited in its use.") But the debate showcased an interventionist instinct that's entered the GOP mainstream, even among Republicans who otherwise oppose U.S. entanglements abroad.
Though they differed on the details, the debate participants broadly agreed that what the U.S. needs is a hyper-militarized and hardened border. Former Vice President Mike Pence pushed for the U.S. to partner with the Mexican military to "hunt down and destroy the cartels that are claiming lives in the United States," while Hutchinson argued that "lethal force would be needed to protect the border."
*** Even when the candidates weren't calling for direct military involvement in or around Mexico, they argued for a bolted-up southern border and unforgiving immigration system. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said "you have to" deport the undocumented people already present in the U.S., who number roughly 11 million. One of the only positive mentions of immigration came from Ramaswamy, who held up his own immigrant parents as an example of America's promise. ***
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True. Biden and his deep state trash have trashed us (America) like no other. We must take OUR USA back.
Christie now says deport!? That makes two whole issues I agree with him on. But it’s hard to believe. I thought he was all for illegal aliens when he was governor.”
If we could deport 5,000 a month....uh.....5000 goes into 20,000,000 how many times? How many years?
Make hiring a criminal alien a felony - including just to clean your house. After treatment in the emergency room, immediately deportation. Make it illegal for an alien to purchase real property. That is a beginning rather than to try and deport millions.
Ya’ think we could start a rumor...? ;-)
Or soon we're talking about hundreds of millions in here rather than tens of millions.
So the inane "can't deport them all" argument is not persuasive.
Get the trains steaming and buses rolling!
Oh and let’s not forget to mention, once the trains are steaming and buses are rolling, and knuckles are knocking at doors and busting them down, apprehending invaders and their aiders and abettors ... many of these nasty invaders will self-deport because the environment will be no longer nurturing for them. That will prove to many preferable to the process of detention and deportation and the dread of a DHS call from a neighbor getting them yanked out. Add in the fact that they no longer will be able to swarm 50 people in one apartment unit, because that will attract attention. So their living expenses in the US will go up, and fewer landlords will be willing to rent to them because they will face fines and imprisonment for doing so. So yes indeed deport, deport, deport.
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