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Here we go! Some of the first steps to reversing some of the Obama policy in this country is underway....
In a wide-ranging request for documents and analysis, President-elect Donald Trump's transition team asked the Department of Homeland Security last month to assess all assets available for border wall and barrier construction.
The team also asked about the department's capacity for expanding immigrant detention and about an aerial surveillance program that was scaled back by the Obama administration but remains popular with immigration hardliners. And it asked whether federal workers have altered biographic information kept by the department about immigrants out of concern for their civil liberties.
The requests were made in a Dec. 5 meeting between Trump's transition team and Department of Homeland Security officials, according to an internal agency memo reviewed by Reuters. The document offers a glimpse into the president-elect's strategy for securing the U.S. borders and reversing polices put in place by the Obama administration.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-border-trump-exclusive-idUSKBN14N0TY?il=0
Well, it would be shame if it has to come down to a physical wall. I'd prefer we try everything else first. But there's nothing much more important than border security, so if Trump can do it he gets my credit.Here we go! Some of the first steps to reversing some of the Obama policy in this country is underway....
Well, it would be shame if it has to come down to a physical wall. I'd prefer we try everything else first. But there's nothing much more important than border security, so if Trump can do it he gets my credit.
A secure border I think is Trump's biggest draw, and the one I supported him most in.
Well, I'm an anti-Trumpster and he's definitely piqued my interest - so yeah.It sounds like trump means what he says about border security
Which must seem very confusing to anti trumpsters who have been assuring us there will be no wall
Well, I'm an anti-Trumpster and he's definitely piqued my interest - so yeah.
I'd like to see him attack it from the employer side too, and mandate E-verify.
Well, I'm an anti-Trumpster and he's definitely piqued my interest - so yeah.
I'd like to see him attack it from the employer side too, and mandate E-verify.
There's already a law in place to go after employers who hire illegals.
I thought Mexico was going to pay for it.President-elect Donald Trump's transition team asked the Department of Homeland Security last month to assess all assets available for border wall and barrier construction.
It sounds like trump means what he says about border security
Which must seem very confusing to anti trumpsters who have been assuring us there will be no wall
Having laws is not the same as enforcing laws.
I thought Mexico was going to pay for it.
I don't think he'll have the votes for a wall. More fencing and increased personnel along with more electronic surveillance maybe, but not a wall.
https://www.bloomberg.c"om/politics...wall-deportation-plans-face-pushback-from-gop
Personally I'd prefer they just enforce the laws that are already on the books along with a nationwide full e-verify. That would go a long way in removing the incentive for illegals to come here. Once that's done then maybe we can work on some sort of guest worker program like Bush Jr wanted.
Lawmakers want to “ensure that children who were brought here by their parents, through no fault of their own,
are able to stay and finish their education and continue to contribute to society,” said Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona. Republicans Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska are joining him on a measure drafted by the No. 2 Democratic leader, Dick Durbin of Illinois, that will be introduced after the new Congress convenes Jan. 3.
Agreed, but there's a misconception that no law exists to sanction employers who hire illegals.
The misconception is that immigration laws are enforced. How, exactly, can we expect about 5K ICE agents to deal with about 12 million immigration law offenders? To put that in some context - NYC has a population of about 8.5 million and the NYPD has about 35K officers.
The misconception is that immigration laws are enforced. How, exactly, can we expect about 5K ICE agents to deal with about 12 million immigration law offenders? To put that in some context - NYC has a population of about 8.5 million and the NYPD has about 35K officers.
I don't think there is any misconception that immigration laws are enforced.
The first step is to stop them at the border so that 10 years from now we are not talking about what to do with 100 million illegal aliens onstead of the low-ball number of 12 million that you used
The problem is that first step will take many years and cost many billions, meanwhile that low number continues to go up.
You doubt that Obama has claimed that many more "deportations" have occurred?
Obama Has Deported More People Than Any Other President - ABC News
I predict that Trump will do much the same (deport only the worst)
since there is no "small government" way of dealing with 12 million illegal aliens.
Well, I'm an anti-Trumpster and he's definitely piqued my interest - so yeah.
I'd like to see him attack it from the employer side too, and mandate E-verify.
There's already a law in place to go after employers who hire illegals.
The employer and the aiding and abetting by government entities and non profits is the way to go.
Take away the benefits of being here and the problem will self deport.
That's the thing. The laws are already in place. It's the enforcement that has been the problem.
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