President Donald Trump suggested that the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed nearly 600 lives in the United States, justifies his immigration policies, and “IS WHY WE NEED BORDERS.” THIS IS WHY WE NEED BORDERS! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 23, 2020 But as many critics pointed out, viruses know no borders. Human compassion is…
If Donald Trump wanted an effective border policy, he should listen to the people at the border with actual experience on border security. But he has never done that. So he is proposing to spend at least $5 billion — but probably many times more than that — on a border wall which wall not…
Donald Trump said on Tuesday that much of the border wall he wants has already been built and has been “very effective.” But that is not true. He apparently was referring to old border fencing built decades ago. And nothing he’s done has been “very effective.†Even with his hard-line immigration policies and inflammatory rhetoric…
President Donald Trump on Thursday again threatened to close the southern border if the Mexican government doesn’t do more to provide border security. “If we find that it’s uncontrollable, if we find it gets to a level where we are going to lose control or where people are going to start getting hurt, we will…
Vigilantes with guns. Heavily armed white militias. This could be the scene at the United States’ border with Mexico very shortly as groups of civilians are answering President Donald Trump’s call to arms. They are going to fight against the “invasion†of poor refugees that they’ve been told is coming. They have heard the warnings…
Conservatism has been described as the belief that no one should be the first person to do anything … and House Republicans are taking that seriously.
