President Trump hasn’t said anything new about immigration in years. He’s still convinced that a wall is the best measure for border security, that immigrants are criminals and that without strong borders — and steel — you don’t really have a country.
It was no surprise, therefore, that when Trump appeared in the White House briefing room Thursday afternoon for an impromptu talk about contemporary politics, he said nothing new. After some congratulatory words for newly elevated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), he introduced longtime Border Patrol agents. “They’ve done a fantastic job at the border,” he said. The officials voiced support for the wall, funding for which Trump is insisting upon as the government shutdown grinds toward two weeks.
“I just want to talk about some of those criminals that Border Patrol agents apprehend on a daily basis,” said Hector Garza, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council and a Border Patrol officer in Texas. “We’re talking about murderers, rapists, people that commit very serious crimes in this country. ICE has been doing an amazing job in deporting a lot of these people back to their countries. Unfortunately, once we deport these people, these people will not stay in their country. These criminal aliens that have been released from jail that have been deported will come right back into the United States. However, if we had a physical barrier, if we had a wall, we would be able to stop that.”Read More....
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