Message from @Benjamin Henry
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America copes with 100,000 immigrants arriving at the southern border each *month* - the number of immigrants overstaying their visas is scarcely comparable.
100,000 legal or illegal?
100,000 immigrants. Not legal, as they're not citizens - not illegal, as they haven't crossed the border
that's still a legal entry, fucks sake, don't play games
I'm not. Without a physical wall, or consequences for crossing the border, the immigration system would be overwhelmed - and you end up with an underclass of immigrants.
Which already exists
I'll agree - a magnanimous wall doesn't fix the issue of illegal immigration.
I don't recall arguing against consequences for illegal entry
Ultimately the wall is just a deterrent. The real problem is allowing state's to deny federal agents (ICE) from deporting illegal immigrants.
@Jokerfaic but you have to admit that reducing the breadth of possible entry points would help increase the efficiency of enforcement
I just don't think its the most efficient use of resources for the issue
financial, manpower, or in regards to time
Fair point. I believe you could have drones for detection and subsequent border stations to deploy agents.
All more effective and cost-effective than a physical barrier alone.
reducing entry points, fine, can't argue that
We don't have - and never will have - a great wall of China on the southern border. It's partially to deter blatant immigration and more importantly to deter immigrants from storming our borders.
still, as soon as this fucking wall's done, effective or not, we can maybe flush out the CIA niggers still stirring up shit down there and incentivizing immigration in the first place
Bolton said it himself, the Monroe Doctrine is still alive
Well - you're not going to stop the CIA from shady practices. Iran-Contra is demonstrative of that.
Or the FBI, COINTELPRO
On incentivizing - Democratic candidates promoting de-criminalizing border crossing AND federal benefits for non-citizens is a dangerous promise.
yeah, moronic
It's par for the course for the Dems. Look at how they've systematically destroyed the black family
By incentives
This is why I don't care for the debates. Candidates constantly flip back and forth with bombastic promises. We have no idea what they stand for until they win the primary.
If any candidate runs Medicare-for-all, social programs for non-citizens, or no penalties for immigration - Trump will win in a historic landslide
Maybe not as big as Reagan's 525-13 win over Mondale, but yeah, probably pretty good
If Biden's the frontrunner, I'm going with Rasmussen, AXIOS, and Moody Analytics prediction
Democrats - 206 | Republicans - 332
>Minority Candidate Drops out of Race
>"The remaining candidates being the same color as a majority of the country is very problematic"
Truly a winning platform
yeah, basically
Gillibrand tried the identity politics / race card. She was one of the first to dropout.
Progressivism is cancer
I love watching the Twitterati eat their own. It's so bizarrely fascinating to watch
This is why Buttigieg is becoming popular - he's one of the only non-progressives on the stage
He's such a smug little prick, though <:thinkcide2:462282425486147585>
Unlike Biden, he appeals to moderates and even Republicans. Personally I believe Buttigieg and Sanders have a better shot.
Which is why the DNC will naturally pick Biden <:pepelaugh:544857300179877898>
Klobuchar is certifiably psychotic, I have no idea how she's still polling among the others
like, aggressively crazy