That Time When Democrats Really, Really Liked The Border Wall
Matt Vespa
Posted: Aug 31, 2017 2:45 PM
That Time When Democrats Really, Really Liked The Border Wall
While the nation rallies to help the Houston area after Hurricane Harvey battered the Gulf Coast, it’s inevitable that immigration and other issues will resurface. President Trump has issued a government shutdown threat if Congress doesn’t fund his border wall when they return from the August recess. Guy wrote about a possible deal being floated by the Trump administration to Democrats, which is that he will offer amnesty to the DREAMers, illegal aliens who illegally entered the U.S. as small children with their parents, in exchange for the wall. Of course, Democrats balked, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi saying that children aren’t bargaining chips. Yet, in 2006, Democrats were singing a different tune about the border wall in the sense that a lot of them were for it, including then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and current Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The Daily Caller reported on Obama’s border wall support back in 2016:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/08/31/that-time-when-democrats-really-really-liked-the-border-wall-n2372850
