MinotStateBeav said:
Actually yes a wall does work, but its not the ONLY thing you need. You think its an accident they stopped coming when Trump was here? He made deals with Mexico and most of Central America, take your people back or we stop funding your country. Guess what...it worked. It's all about will, democrats have no will to stop it because its future voters, republicans have no interest because its cheap labor.
dajo9 said:MinotStateBeav said:
Actually yes a wall does work, but its not the ONLY thing you need. You think its an accident they stopped coming when Trump was here? He made deals with Mexico and most of Central America, take your people back or we stop funding your country. Guess what...it worked. It's all about will, democrats have no will to stop it because its future voters, republicans have no interest because its cheap labor.
Where are you getting info that they stopped coming under Trump? Chart in this article suggests 2019 was the highest year for border crossings in over a decade.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-deportations-unfinished-mission
I think the questions of "Families crossing the border" vs "Unaccompanied minors crossing the border" have potentially different answers.BearForce2 said:Before answering that question, we have to first answer this: Is this a problem?SFBear92 said:So what's the solution? And no, the answer is not "Build a very expensive wall that won't keep them out."BearForce2 said:
Except they didn't stop comingMinotStateBeav said:
Actually yes a wall does work, but its not the ONLY thing you need. You think its an accident they stopped coming when Trump was here?
sycasey said:dajo9 said:MinotStateBeav said:
Actually yes a wall does work, but its not the ONLY thing you need. You think its an accident they stopped coming when Trump was here? He made deals with Mexico and most of Central America, take your people back or we stop funding your country. Guess what...it worked. It's all about will, democrats have no will to stop it because its future voters, republicans have no interest because its cheap labor.
Where are you getting info that they stopped coming under Trump? Chart in this article suggests 2019 was the highest year for border crossings in over a decade.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-deportations-unfinished-mission
But conservative media wasn't reporting on that, so it didn't happen.
Thanks for posting a balanced article about the situation at the border. I believe in strong borders and high deportations focused on criminals (essentially the Obama and Biden approach). I have four main problems with the Trump approach:bearister said:
Biden confronts mounting humanitarian crisis at the border - Axios
https://www.axios.com/biden-immigration-humanitarian-crisis-border-1948f056-15a1-4a63-bf4d-1f3f7e846b69.html