The fact of the matter is Nancy Pelosi is playing politics (as usual) rather than doing her duty.  There is a crisis in areas of the southern border that needs to be addressed and is part of her Oath of Office that she took many, many years ago when she was first elected to Congress (she has been a member of The House longer than many of our board members have been alive).

Many democrats and liberals in general call the need for a wall (or some kind of barrier) and security on our southern border "racist" or "immoral".  The fact of the matter is it is needed for the defense of our country and citizens.  The flow of drugs, weapons and human trafficking across the border is astounding.  Much of the border is controlled by drug cartels more so than law enforcement or military.

True story.  My father has a friend that owns a cattle ranch along the Arizona/Mexico border.  He said that it used to be a few illegals would show up on his property near his house and ask if they could do some work in exchange for food.  He would feed them, give them water and let them work on his ranch.  He would give them "care packages" of food to take with them and they would go back across the border without stealing or destroying property.  He says that since around the early 2000's or so it all started to change and now he ends up finding cut open fences, broken water pipes and trash all over his property.  He has had vehicles, several different items and even horses stolen.  He says the biggest problem is the human and drug smugglers that come across his ranch.

The bottom line is that the funding should be included in the budget to increase barriers (a wall) along the border as well as increase the number of border patrol agents in the area.  Had that been included in the first place the shutdown would have never occurred and the State of The Union speech would have happened as scheduled.

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