@sneakypete I happen to respect @Chosen Daughter as a member of this forum and I consider her a friend. She has a difference of opinion (which she is entitled to) and I honestly believe she would be absolutely elated if the wall was built.
She has made some valid points though, if as much of the wall was built as Trump has declared, the number of caravans and illegal crossings would be down. IMHO does that make him a bad President? No.
I was merely trying to point out that we also have 535 members of Congress who ARE also responsible.
Thank you @libertybele .
I stand with President Trump and I am appalled at what the left has thrown at him....no need to state further what I've already said.
Peace.
Of course I do blame Congress and Senate as well. In fact I find them repulsive. Because our elected officials are supposed to uphold the laws of the United States of America. They take an oath but instead their business is lobbyist, and who can get the Hispanic vote. They work for themselves instead of upholding laws and creating laws that benefit its citizens who they highly tax. Then we talk about prison reform legislation. It is easy to see why we have an overpopulation in our prisons. They think the best way is to release felons from our prisons early?
December 21, 2017 5:52PM
New Report on Illegal Immigrant Criminality Reveals Little & Admits Its Own Shortcomings
By Alex Nowrasteh
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) today released a report that found that about 94 percent of foreign-born inmates in Federal prisons are illegal immigrants. That is not surprising, as illegal immigrants convicted of an immigration offense are incarcerated in federal prison and account 7.3 percent of all inmates. Likewise, drug traffickers who cross international borders are also in federal prison and account 46.3 percent of all prisoners. Thus, illegal immigrants are overrepresented in federal prison because the federal government enforces immigration laws and many drug trafficking laws but only a small fraction of all those incarcerated for all crimes committed in the U.S. are in federal prisons.
The authors of this DHS/DOJ report do deserve credit for highlighting its shortcomings. On the first page, it states:
This report does not include data on the foreign-born or alien populations in state prisons and local jails because state and local facilities do not routinely provide DHS or DOJ with comprehensive information about their inmates and detainees. This limitation is noteworthy because state and local facilities account for approximately 90 percent of the total U.S. incarcerated population.
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-report-illegal-immigrant-criminality-reveals-little-admits-its-own-shortcomings94% of foreign born Federal prisoners are illegal. That is staggering, and doesn't even account for state prison populations which hide the statistics. The things our government will do to get cheep labor for greedy corporations. Or making sure that they get the Hispanic vote!
It is Jared Kushner heading up the prison legislation. I give Tom Cotton credit for opposing this piece of legislation that would set more criminals free onto our streets.
So in conclusion that I have acknowledge corruption in House and Senate that has made it impossible to build the border wall. And BTW a wall is not nearly enough. We have to stop the lure. Stop the free stuff and chain migration. But here is where I hold the President responsible.....the times he said he wouldn't sign funding but did. It appears that is his best option because government is corrupt. He could have done it and he didn't. Now it is thrice worse with a Democratic Congress coming in. By holding off he has made it much harder.
So, that is the immigration. Now about Planned Parenthood. People of faith made Trump victorious in the last election. I don't know who they were fooling with Kavanaugh but even Susan Collins knew he would not deliver for people of faith. I think it could be a very likely outcome that Trump will not be elected in 2020. I am not talking about impeachment. But I certainly do not like him. I don't like who he is or his immoral behavior. I think it is quite possible that he did rape that girl at a Jeffrey Epstein party but we will never know because it will never go to court. I think he is a sick SOB.