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The Patriot Post Digest 4-3-2018
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When Trump ended26 Barack Obama’s unconstitutional order to create the DACA program, he gave Congress six months to come up with a permanent legislative fix. During that time, Trump signaled a willingness to end deportations, extend citizenship to the so-called “Dreamers,” and offer amnesty to close to two million illegal immigrants. In return, he wanted an end to the visa lottery and chain migration27, which the Left now claims is a racist term, and money set aside to start building the wall. And even that was up for negotiation, as the president appeared willing to break out the $25 billion tab for the wall over three years.
Democrats refused everything28 put in front of them. They sought neither compromise nor any alternatives. The reason for this is simple: Democrats don’t want a solution29 to DACA. They want to keep the issue alive for the midterms because they believe it will drive support among Latino voters and they can use it as a cudgel against the Republicans by claiming the GOP doesn’t care about immigrants. Democrats will claim Republicans are using immigration as a political wedge issue, even though that is precisely what Democrats are doing.
Where to from here now that DACA is dead? (Well, maybe not technically dead. A federal judge recently ruled that Trump doesn’t have the authority to end the program by executive order, even though the program was created by executive order by his predecessor. Stay tuned on that one.)
Trump suggested that Senate Republicans go nuclear — end the filibuster even on legislation — and pass tough immigration legislation on their own. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will not end the filibuster. Such a move would surely come back to haunt the Republicans later since they won’t be in the majority forever.
Now, to Trump’s threats to dump NAFTA30 if Mexico doesn’t help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. He referred specifically to a caravan of anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 people currently making their way through Mexico from Honduras headed for the U.S. border. Mexican authorities had been turning a blind eye to this group, allowing them free passage through their country. The caravan reportedly plans to cross the U.S. border this weekend by any means necessary, then demand asylum or just blend into the masses once they arrive. However, Trump’s threat might have worked — the Mexican government appears poised to break up the group.
Of course, Trump has threatened to dump NAFTA before, but, as negotiations to revamp the deal continue, he can still pull the plug. Mexico stands to lose big if that happens; it sends close to three quarters of all its exports to the U.S. And whether Trump will make good on his most recent call to end NAFTA is uncertain. He’s very likely posturing for a better deal by going for the extreme position, forcing Mexico to come further his way than it otherwise would. Again, that might already be working.
Either way, if there is going to be any true immigration reform, then Republicans are going to have to do it themselves just like with the tax cuts. Democrats can’t be counted on to do the right thing here. In fact, they can’t be counted on to do anything.
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OPINION IN BRIEF
Gary Bauer42: “You may have heard the news that roughly 1,000 ‘migrants,’ mostly from Honduras, are on a long march through Mexico to the United States. They are being led by an organization called ‘People Without Borders.’ The name tells you everything you need to know, and it is wrong. Borders define nations and their people. I suspect many well-meaning people in churches across the country Sunday were talking about this caravan. They may be confused and divided about the appropriate response to this situation. Many were likely told that they are 1,000 hurting people who need our compassion. What if it were 5,000? Or 10,000? What if it were one million? Or 150 million? There are several billion people who could make a poverty or compassion claim to demand entry into America. Every year we legally admit one million immigrants. But 150 million people around the world want to come here, and we cannot let them all in. It is not compassionate to allow more people into the country than we can assimilate. Nor is it compassionate to allow more people into the country than the American taxpayer can support. President Trump is calling out Congress for our lax immigration laws and weak border security policies. Good for him. In the days ahead, every politician should be forced to go on the record about what exactly they would do with this migrant caravan and whether they believe we should be a nation without borders.”
SHORT CUTS
Re: The Left: “To have an informed [immigration] debate, shouldn’t we have accurate information about the citizen/noncitizen population of the country? In fact, even the United Nations recommends that its member countries ask a citizenship question on their census surveys, and countries ranging from Australia to Germany to Indonesia all ask this question. Only in the U.S. is this considered at all controversial — and it shouldn’t be.” —Hans von Spakovsky
For the record: “One of the things that makes the president who he is is that he’s a salesman, and salesmen at times tend to be hyperbolic. That’s OK when you’re working on Congress. It is not OK when you’re sitting talking to federal agents because, 18 U.S.C. 1001 is false statements to federal agents. That’s a crime. That can send you to jail.” —former NJ Gov. Chris Christie on why Donald Trump should not interview with Robert Mueller
Finger in the wind: “I don’t know how I can responsibly look at those young people and not say, ‘We need to do something.’ … I don’t think there’s anything contradictory to say, ‘I support your right to have a gun for self-protection, long gun for hunting purposes.’ You can still support that and recognize that military-style weapons are creating such havoc. The killing rate in our country is so much higher than any other nation in the world that the American public demands action.” —Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) abolishing his support for so-called assault weapons
Translation: There’s always tomorrow: “I’m not sure I can go that far just yet. … I really don’t believe that a gun ban is feasible right now.” —Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) awaiting gun control opportunism
Demo-gouges: “[Trump officials] have been putting more and more money into the private sector with VA money. … I think they are listening to the Koch brothers and I think that that is a very, very bad idea.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders (Socialist-VT)
And last… “The Laura Ingraham controversy shows how brazenly hypocritical the mainstream is. If you’re a conservative and make a rude comment, you get your career ruined. If you’re a liberal and call Dana Loesch, the NRA, Marco Rubio and all gun owners ‘child murderers,’ you get called a hero.” —Allie Stuckey
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