(01-17-2019, 03:34 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-17-2019, 03:20 PM)B2hibry Wrote: You view it as stupid because you apparently have misunderstood what the problem really is. It's not the legal ports of entry, student visas, H1 visas, airports, or any other means of legal entry. It is the "illegal" part of "illegal immigration". That is the issue. I don't believe many folks have an issue with trying to come work in the US or immigrate using the legal methods. I'm stunned you got so far confused in all this. I suppose you also don't understand that the additional wall funding is not being sold as a sole solution. It's a continuing resolution to just one piece of the puzzle. It's also just one part of the over budget request from the POTUS and DHS. It makes no sense to fund any one piece without the others. How is this so difficult for folks to understand?

The Trump administration has repeatedly asked for reductions in the number of legal visas of all types, and they have scuttled some deals with Congress, both parties in Congress, over that request.
Stephen Miller has repeatedly said he wants to reduce both legal and illegal immigration.  Bannon too.

If we're being honest, there has been outdated Congressional quotas since about 1990. Yes, Congress sets immigration numbers, not the POTUS. However, the POTUS can shutdown refugee programs if he so chooses. As a sidebar, the White has been talking with Congress since January of last year and even as recently as this week about streamlining the path to citizenship for certain visa holders numbering close to 1.8 million folks. Runs contrary to what you typed. In any case, back to the "wall"...

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(01-17-2019, 03:29 PM)Cleatwood Wrote:

(01-17-2019, 03:20 PM)B2hibry Wrote: You view it as stupid because you apparently have misunderstood what the problem really is. It's not the legal ports of entry, student visas, H1 visas, airports, or any other means of legal entry. It is the "illegal" part of "illegal immigration". That is the issue. I don't believe many folks have an issue with trying to come work in the US or immigrate using the legal methods. I'm stunned you got so far confused in all this. I suppose you also don't understand that the additional wall funding is not being sold as a sole solution. It's a continuing resolution to just one piece of the puzzle. It's also just one part of the over budget request from the POTUS and DHS. It makes no sense to fund any one piece without the others. How is this so difficult for folks to understand?

I beg to differ on this thought.

How so?

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What's good for the goose, is good for the gander... "Trump denies Pelosi aircraft for foreign trip in response to call for State of the Union delay"

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/17/trump-po...tdown.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...1be96d5094

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-d...nion-delay

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