This one will be met with some flack, but I think he should show some compassion to a lot of those 20MM illegals. They're here, it is what it is. Especially the women and children as trite as that sounds. And the men, well if they can document that they have been working since they got here... even under the table... they're probably good folks too. But any man over 18 that crossed the border over a year ago and hasn't worked, even illegally... you're outta here. The rest... yeah I know, it'll tax the system in the near term.... but we're America. Embrace the change and grow stronger. It'll work itself out. Maybe take the new 89,000 IRS agents, and use them to chase down everyone else. But ya know... think about it. The kids are innocent, and the women that made that journey.... have some compassion. I'll hunker down now to avoid the incoming mortar fire.
Well, that thinking is not out of order in theory. I mean, that is pretty much where the country was in its thinking 30 or 40 years ago. Many, myself included, were in favor of dealmaking with the dems to offer some degree or stability for the DACA type (daca being an Obama era version) kids and other immigrants who had been here for a while and probably needed to be able to work legally etc. Provided that as part of the deal the border would be sealed off or at least the crazy, invasion aspect of it would be. The bugaboo has always been that the dems wanted both. They wanted to grant all the benefits of citizenship to illegals who have been here PLUS keep millions coming in illegally as well. So the eight million DACA kids that were originally talked about is now 20 million illegals and growing. Where the fuck does it stop? As part of her campaign Kamala and the dems pushed their border bill that did not pass as the solution and more or less stuck it up the republicans arse and said that they would pass it if she were elected. Did you ever look at that thing? It allowed for five thousand illegals A DAY though checkpoints and once it was over that the illegals would just enter illegally though some other places. In other words, their response to the massive peak invasion levels was to draft a bill making the massive peak invasion levels legal. It was not a border protection bill . It was the complete opposite. It provided for massive levels of invasion and funding to process them. The whole thing has been crazy beyond comprehension. The United States developing an app for Venezuelans to use and then sending government planes down to bring them up. Just shaking my head. As the new (Nigerian immigrant) Prime Minister said: Great Britain is not just a dormitory for immigrants to come and make money to send home.
I should have thrown that in... my post + "Lock down the border first" ... then work on the compassion thing. That's what I meant.
Trump increased his share in a lot of states very dramatically. NJ just 5 pts down when it was 16 or so in 2020. Illinois 9 points down when it was 16 or so in 2020. New York 11 pts down when it was over 20 in 2020. --And California is only half done, but right now it's 17 pts down when it was 29 in 2020 and 30 in 2024! This was truly a big red wave and yes, a landslide election. I'll be interested in the upcoming NJ gubernatorial race.