LIAR, LIAR.... HAIR'S ON FIRE!!!
TRUMPOLOGY, GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, AND IMMIGRATION FANTASY...
It goes without saying that Trump has been lying his way throughout a campaign for president - virtually every day lying over and over. Since he lied his way into the White House in 2017, more than 6000 lies have been uttered - many of the most recent ones regarding immigrants - those seeking safety and refuge through admittance to the US. The Trumpology demands, related to our southern border, are related to gangs, drugs, and rapists that began in his campaign in late 2015. Since then, Trump has repeated over and over that he would build "A WALL" to seal off the southern border from the "infiltration" of "criminals" and "terrorists" and.... (ready with a drum-roll???) - PAID FOR BY .....M E X I C O!!! Absurd, of course... and denounced by the President of Mexico. Most Americans - and certainly many members of the Congress - know that Mexico will not pay for "the Wall." Nevertheless, Trump continues to mumble that conclusion one way or another and Pence and other Trump allies make up some absurd and confused reasoning that somehow, some way, we will make that happen....The current debate and dispute taking place between Trump and the Democratic Leaders - Pelosi as House Speaker and Schumer as Dem Senate leader - to resolve the hostage-taking of the federal government workers engineered by the conceived and connived Trump Shutdown, both sides have hardened in their positions. The Democrats refuse to fund construction of a ridiculous southern wall as a complete waste of tax dollars and Trump continues to make up stories about terrorist "caravans" heading for the border, deploys military troops to repel the "invasion" of "rapists, drug lords, and terrorists", and uses exaggerated lies on the issue urgency and "national emergency." HUH? Lets take a peek.....
The most recently announced basis for a "National Emergency" that Trump has used as a basis... is an "INVASION." This, without saying, is a complete mystery... and an outright fantasy, a made up story and.... a GIANT LIE! Along with Vice President Pence, Trump was quoted as commenting that some 4000 "terrorists" had been detected crossing the southern border with Mexico in the last year. Trump stated this as a FACT? Frankly, it is either an "alternative fact" or a complete LIE. The actual Homeland Security report for the last 6 months indicates that only 6 individuals were stopped at the southern border due to the fact that they are on the "watch list." An additional 41 were stopped at the northern border with Canada for the same reasons. No alien terrorist or criminal arrests were made, however. Of all of those intercepted - 47 - 41 were US Citizens and, seems like, they were stopped and questioned because they are on a list generated as a result of their travel route histories. Actually, Homeland reports that there were 2554 "encounters" with those ID'd with suspicious travel patterns over a year. Of that number, 2170 were arriving via air, 335 by land,and the balance by sea. According to the State Department, there was no evidence that any of those delayed were a threat to the nation. VP Pence reduced the number from 4000 to 3000 "suspicious" entries that still does not match any numbers generated by Homeland Security and Boarder Patrol - both of which are currently on furlough due to the government shutdown. SO, WHERE IS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY???
Then Trump announces that other presidents have counseled him that he should build "the wall" and that they should have done so when they were at the switch. All of those alive today - Carter, Clinton, Bush, and Obama - commented that no such conversation ever happened.... Just another lie.... And, needless to say, Trump accuses the Democrats of supporting "open borders' that just let anyone into the USA. Nonsense. Democrats have supported considerable investment in Border Patrol, immigration protections, amnesty policies, and additional technological investments in border security like satellite inspections and un-manned drone patrol with fence projects to prevent improper entry.
Of course, the issue that is the greatest challenge are those immigrants who enter legally and, upon expiration of their short-term visa - visiting, education, temporary employment or vacationing - they fail to depart. That makes them "illegal" in presence, not upon entry. The number of "illegal aliens" present in the USA is - by far - a result of this visa practice.
The Democrats have called for and support legislation to solve the "Dreamer" issue - children who were brought here by their parents, legally for a short visit or illegally passing the border, and have been in residence for years and years. These "near-citizens" have earned citizenship as have their families. Democrats want to provide them with a "path" to citizenship - better and shorter than other "illegals." Just a year ago, the Republican Senate along with Democratic Senators passed such legislation with the indication that Trump would sign the bill. Sadly, the Tea Party right-wing House Republicans sank the legislation in Ryan's House, and Trump abandoned the issue as well. Even worse, right now "children" in the company of those seeking asylum from the horrors of their home country, a separated from their parents and caged in military-styles camps, out of touch with their parents for months... or, perhaps, years. Ordered by the courts to re-unite parents and children, it remains an issue as Homeland Security has the kids under lock and key and has failed to locate the deported parents. These are now "Homeland Orphans" in cages.
So... what is the "NATIONAL EMERGENCY?" Southern Border "invasion"? No.... just 6 persons in 6 months and no arrests. The need for a tall WALL? Nope. A 12th Century strategy to surround the castle preventing the peasantry from entry? Silly..... and an expensive failure going forward. Perhaps the high wall that will protect America from assault, financial ruin, war with allies and enemies, and destruction of democratic traditions and history for this nation is an attractive explanation.... Perhaps a court action is necessary... or, pursuit of the Mueller Report.... or impeachment and Senate trial..... or, simply election defeat in 2020. Yes, we need a salvation - from lies, from the erosion of democracy, and by the want for dictatorship by an nihilistic ego maniac that sits in the Oval Office right now... a "wall" well earned and deserved......
March On.... to the day that we will rise to save the nation, restore our democracy, assure our allies that we will be back on track, and invest in advancing our working families and middle class - not the Moscow Model - Trump's "Oligarchs" of America....
Bobby J
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