(12-13-2020, 06:07 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(12-13-2020, 05:51 PM)captivating Wrote: Given $15bn has been spent, I hope there is something.

Haven't heard about any caravans from Guatemala headed our way, so I assume something is working.

Living in Florida, I don't have eyes on our border, so who really knows.

The Texas Tribune says that 470, 000 people claimed asylum at the southern border between October 2018 and October 2019. The Trump Administration tried to make anyone who claimed asylum at the border "remain in Mexico" and that might have been a good idea, but federal courts ruled that the president cannot decide to do that by himself. not all of the federal circuits agreed about this, and the Texas Tribune also estimates that about 60,000 people were redirected back into Mexico. But these are all estimates.

In other words, this was a failure, and nothing changed. Regardless of if a president's intentions are right or wrong, these are the kind of policies that he needs to work with Congress on. And Trump had neither the desire nor the talent to work with anyone in congress, even his own party. He was able to get them all to kiss his behind, but he was not able to get them to vote on any bills on any controversial subjects. Which was fine for him. All he's ever wanted his whole life is brown nosing.

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