Republicans Who Screamed About A Crisis On The Border Oppose A Plan To Fix It

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[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

The political value is in the screaming. They don't want a fix. They want to scream.

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    [–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

    You're claiming that the president can close a border with an executive action.

    Which will face more legal challenges and issues with implementation than legislation, but it's technically possible.

    Do you want him to halt land trade with Mexico too?

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      [–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

      Which executive action was that?

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        [–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

        Day one?

        January 20, 2021?

        So you're either talking about
        Proclamation on Ending Discriminatory Bans on Entry to The United States
        or
        Proclamation on the Termination Of Emergency With Respect To The Southern Border Of The United States And Redirection Of Funds Diverted To Border Wall Construction

        What was the legislation Trump put in place to control the border that was cancelled by those?

        [–]P-38lightning 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

        Who said anything about legislation?

        Spaghetti Brains opened the border with executive action. He can close it with executive action.

        He doesn't want to.

        We're done.

        [–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

        Who said anything about legislation?

        Was everything Trump "put things in place to control the border" executive actions?

        I mistakenly assumed he'd done some proper work.

        ... Okay then, what executive actions did Trump "put in place" that "controlled the border"?

        Spaghetti Brains opened the border with executive action. He can close it with executive action.

        He doesn't seem as spaghetti brained as you right now. You claimed there's this thing called "everything Trump put in place to control the border", and you don't seem to have any capacity to explain what it is.

        He can close it with executive action.

        So you don't know what he did. And but you know it overturned everything Trump put in place to control the border. Which, if I recall correctly, was talk up a shitty little wall, and then wonder which side of the river to put it on, then giving up after working out the cost. Then he build 15 miles of new primary barrier, did some maintenance on some existing barrier, and called it "big, beautiful wall".

        Waste of time and money.