Not a 2,000-mile concrete structure from sea to sea': Is Trump scaling back border wall plan? CHRISTAL HAYES | USA TODAY | 13 hours ago WASHINGTON – Some people who tuned in to watch President Donald Trump's proposal on Saturday to end the 28-day government shutdown took issue with one particular line of the 13-minute address. The president proposed a compromise: The $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southern border for temporary protections for undocumented immigrants, including children. He called the proposal "a common-sense compromise both parties can embrace." "To physically secure our border, the plan includes $5.7 billion for a strategic deployment of physical barriers, or a wall," Trump said. "This is not a 2,000-mile concrete structure from sea to sea. These are steel barriers in high-priority locations." Those at home took notice that Trump seemed to downplay the scope of his wall plan, which he has boasted about during campaign rallies. Many also noted the very public way Trump noted that the wall would not be made of concrete as he previously promised and wouldn't extend the full length of the border. "Not sea to sea, not paid for by Mexico, only steel slats. #Trump is walking back more than Michael Jackson," one Twitter user said after the speech. Another chimed in, saying the president "finally acknowledged that the wall will not be from sea to sea or 1954 miles, because it is would be physically impossible given the terrain. The right will not be happy." Trump's proposal also drew criticism from some hard-line conservatives, who argued it would encourage more illegal immigration. "A Big Beautiful Concrete Border Wall will be a monument to the Rule of Law, the sovereignty of the USA, & @RealDonaldTrump," Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa., wrote on Twitter. "If DACA Amnesty is traded for $5.7 billion(1/5 of a wall), wouldn’t be enough illegals left in America to trade for the remaining 4/5. NO AMNESTY 4 a wall!" Conservative commentator Ann Coulter accused Trump of proposing "amnesty" for undocumented immigrants. "100 miles of border wall in exchange for amnestying millions of illegals," she tweeted. "So if we grant citizenship to a BILLION foreigners, maybe we can finally get a full border wall." While the president's comments have changed significantly when it comes to what the wall will be made of and how much it will cost, Trump and his cabinet have said multiple times that a wall would not stretch the entire length of the U.S. - Mexico border, which extends about 1,933 miles.
From 25 billion to 5 billion From a wall to steel slats From a border wall to strategically placed steel slats I wonder whats next from the master negotiator
It is funny how Bush (no new taxes) and Obama (you can keep your doctor) got so much shit for having to go back on a main promise they made but the whole GOP except for some batshit crazy commentators is overlooking this one. GOP and Dems got killed based on Bush and Obama's promise breakings... let's see if Trump gets the same treatment.
Why do you think the dems are fighting it so desperately? Two reasons. One, they fear it would drastically cut back on illegal immigration, which they are counting on for new voters. Two, they saw what happened to Bush Sr when he broke his no new taxes pledge and they want Trump to suffer the same fate.
Well at minimum the 19 who have been prosecuted by the Feds in North Carolina. The upper limit is unknown and could be in the millions. No proper comprehensive investigation was ever done of immigrants voting illegally. It is long overdue.