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				Paul, what would you do, when overnight, the majority of illegals switched form individuals we could ship back the next day, to families with kids who by law, cannot be shipped back right away.   
			
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 I'm like to know what Obama should have done with criminals and the minors they were with?  I can't think of anything other than those 2 options.  
 
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				So in 2000 856,256 aperhension 1st 6 months of that  fiscal year 
 
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 Apprehension and return are two different things.  Numbers residing here are more important.  You do realize that 10% of California's workforce is illegal immigrants, and 6% percent of its population are illegal immigrants?  
		
		
		
		
		
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 i just did.  instead of single guys crossing, they are bringing family units, because american law makes it far more likely that they can stay, than a single man could stay.  they are gaming our laws.  families are larger than singles.  there’s the spike.  plus our economy is absolutely soaring, and that usually drives up immigration, because there are lots of jobs available.
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				I'm like to know what Obama should have done with criminals and the minors they were with?  I can't think of anything other than those 2 options.   
 
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when trump roof office, there was no onfasteucture to deal with this.  it’s not obama’s fault, because NO ONE could have forseen the massive shift from singles to families.  it’s not trumps fault either.
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				i just did.  instead of single guys crossing, they are bringing family units, because american law makes it far more likely that they can stay, than a single man could stay.  they are gaming our laws.  families are larger than singles.  there’s the spike.  plus our economy is absolutely soaring, and that usually drives up immigration, because there are lots of jobs available. 
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 Laws didn’t change during this administration , but policies did.
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				Laws didn’t change during this administration , but policies did. 
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				Apprehension and return are two different things.  Numbers residing here are more important.  You do realize that 10% of California's workforce is illegal immigrants, and 6% percent of its population are illegal immigrants? 
			
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Immigrants who are in California illegally make up 38% of the agriculture industry   Jobs americans won't do 
 
2016 and Nevada is 7.1 % Calf 5.6 % Texas is 5.7 and NJ is 5.2   none of this is New 
 
2010 California (6.8%),  Nevada (7.2%) and Texas (6.7%).
 https://www.pewhispanic.org/interact...ants-by-state/
So from 2010 2019 the only things that changed is Trumps rhetoric 
 
he has tried to use executive orders  ( which now are acceptable for his supporters)  he hasn't attempted any meaningful immigration reform  (his base wont allow that ) south america has gone to #^&#^&#^&#^&   not his fault .. and we have the lowest unemployment in history  
so they are stealing our jobs doesn't fly any more .
 
So Trump does what he does on any topic he can't control  he blames everyone else the courts homeland security  mexico ..
 
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				Laws didn’t change during this administration , but policies did. 
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 i didn’t say laws changed. but the immigrants are now changing their tactics, because of already existing laws.
 
why are you denying what is irrefutable?  it has nothing to do with trump.  immigrants figured out that they’re better off 
if they drag children with them.  that’s what’s happening, it’s haioening in huge numbers that we’ve never seen before.  
 
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or an attack in obama.  it’s a statement if fact.
 
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men who the law said could be sent right back, and suddenly it’s all families with children, whom the law says need to be held and then often released?  there’s nowhere to put them, and we arrested 100,000 last month.  
 
how the hell do you respond to that?  beats me.
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				i didn’t say laws changed. but the immigrants are now changing their tactics, because of already existing laws. 
 
why are you denying what is irrefutable?  it has nothing to do with trump.  immigrants figured out that they’re better off 
if they drag children with them.  that’s what’s happening, it’s haioening in huge numbers that we’ve never seen before.   
 
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or an attack in obama.  it’s a statement if fact. 
 
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men who the law said could be sent right back, and suddenly it’s all families with children, whom the law says need to be held and then often released?  there’s nowhere to put them, and we arrested 100,000 last month.   
 
how the hell do you respond to that?  beats me. 
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 Show me the study proving the percentage of crossings by fake family units, I know it happens, but I don’t believe it’s anywhere near the crisis and fear level Trump would have you believe; but then again it’s clear the base believes it regardless of facts.  Do you admit a trumps rhetoric, current and future policies on the radar have resulted in the spike at the border, I’m guessing not.
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				You're welcome not to answer the question but all that I've asked is what was Obama supposed to do with adults who they thought murdered someone or possibly kidnapped a minor? 
 
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 sorry , i agree 100%, i have no wurtel 
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now, faced with a massive increase in the number of 
migrant families with kids, and zero infrastructure to deal with it, what is trump supposed to do.
 
we caught 100,000 people 
in march.  most are decent people, a small number are not, and the bad ones don’t wear signs.  so should we put all the men , women, and children in a big pen together?  if we do that, and a couple of those men are oedipbiles andbatta k the kids, are you going to blame trump for that?
 
it’s a mess.  it’s not the fault ifmobama or trump.  i told you i think obama handle it well.  what should trump be doing?  should 
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				sorry , i agree 100%, i have no wurtel 
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Thank you for the response.  I just don't think the 2 situations are comparable.  Obama had no choice and Trump made a conscious decision to separate the families.  
 
now, faced with a massive increase in the number of 
migrant families with kids, and zero infrastructure to deal with it, what is trump supposed to do. 
 
we caught 100,000 people 
in march.  most are decent people, a small number are not, and the bad ones don’t wear signs.  so should we put all the men , women, and children in a big pen together?  if we do that, and a couple of those men are oedipbiles andbatta k the kids, are you going to blame trump for that? 
 
it’s a mess.  it’s not the fault ifmobama or trump.  i told you i think obama handle it well.  what should trump be doing?  should 
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 I don't blame Trump for the problem at the border - ie the amount of people trying to get into the US, only for trying to cause pain by separating families. 
 
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				Show me the study proving the percentage of crossings by fake family units, I know it happens, but I don’t believe it’s anywhere near the crisis and fear level Trump would have you believe; but then again it’s clear the base believes it regardless of facts.  Do you admit a trumps rhetoric, current and future policies on the radar have resulted in the spike at the border, I’m guessing not. 
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 "Show me the study proving the percentage of crossings by fake family units, I know it happens, but I don’t believe it’s anywhere "
 
well, what you believe doesn't matter a fig.  What matters, is what is actually happening.  Watch the news, and listen to what border patrol agents are saying.  
 
There are a million articles you could google, here is an article in the right wing, pro-Trump New York Times.
 
Here is a pull out quote...
 
"Traveling with children is helping migrants avoid detention"
 
Now, since you have clearly concluded that there was no logidtical reason for the increased separation of kids, and that Trump was just doing it because he's cruel, I'd love to ask you, do you feel like you've been duped, and lied to, by whoever you get your news from?
 
Huge numbers of kids showed up that weren't there before.  American law doesn't allow for quick deportation when children are present.  Those two things together, have created a huge logistical challenge.  Add to that, the raw numbers of immigrants are surging, as poor people from Central America (as opposed to just Mexico) are making the trip.
 
So I'll ask you what I asked Paul...if you were president, and huge numbers of children starting showing up, and American law said that you can't just deport them as easily as you can single males, and you have zero infrastructure to deal with it, what would you do?  
 
Trump separated the children while figuring out what to do.  He is attacked for that (even though no one cared when Obama did it on a smaller scale).  If Trump put everyone in one huge area, and kids were raped by a couple of pedophiles, he'd get attacked for that.  
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				Immigrants who are in California illegally make up 38% of the agriculture industry   Jobs americans won't do  
 
"Jobs Americans won't do" is a fake talking point.  Americans will do them if they have to.  What's even more appropriate is that they would do them if those jobs paid more.  Illegals who will work for less suppresses the wages to below what many Americans won't work for.  The U6 method of counting the number of unemployed (the real number) hovers around 11 million, which is incidentally the supposed total number of illegals here--even those who are not working.  So there are enough unemployed "Americans" to do the work.  But illegals suppress the wages to an unacceptable level. 
 
So from 2010 2019 the only things that changed is Trumps rhetoric  
 
That's an extreme view.  A lot of things have changed.  And previous rhetoric that was more inviting to illegal immigration encouraged it.  Opposition to the implementation of Trump's policies has maintained a status quo that is similar to the previous policies. 
 
he has tried to use executive orders  ( which now are acceptable for his supporters)  
 
Executive orders that emanate from the Executive's actual constitutional power are "acceptable".  Executive orders outside of constitutional power are not acceptable. 
 
 he hasn't attempted any meaningful immigration reform  (his base wont allow that )  
 
Meaningful immigration reform has not been made long before Trump--unless by "meaningful" you mean amnesty which invites more of the same, as well as other measures that make illegal immigration easier rather than actually stopping it (which a significant part of the Dem base won't allow). 
 
south america has gone to #^&#^&#^&#^&   not his fault .. 
 
Right. 
 
 and we have the lowest unemployment in history  
 
thank you Trump 
 
so they are stealing our jobs doesn't fly any more . 
 
See above. 
 
So Trump does what he does on any topic he can't control  he blames everyone else the courts homeland security  mexico .. 
 
Much of that blame is correct. 
 
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 Foreign aid has not helped.  The mess continued and got worse in spite of foreign aid.  The "aid" may well have helped to maintain the mess.  Ultimately, the only "meaningful" solution is for those people and their governments to solve their own problem.  Foreign aid helps to put off the hard, even revolutionary, work that needs to be done.  
		
		
		
		
		
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		 Economists disagree whether or how much an influx of immigrants depresses wages. Some have found that new immigrants depress wages for certain groups, such as teenagers or workers with a high school diploma or less. Others say the overall effect on the economy is tiny, and an influx of immigrant workers vitalizes the economy overall. 
 
Either way, the forces driving wage reductions for blue-collar workers go far beyond immigration. 
 
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				Economists disagree whether or how much an influx of immigrants depresses wages.  
 
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				Economists disagree whether or how much an influx of immigrants depresses wages. Some have found that new immigrants depress wages for certain groups, such as teenagers or workers with a high school diploma or less. Others say the overall effect on the economy is tiny, and an influx of immigrant workers vitalizes the economy overall. 
 
Either way, the forces driving wage reductions for blue-collar workers go far beyond immigration. 
 
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 "Economists disagree whether or how much an influx of immigrants depresses wages"
 
They don't disagree, at least the honest ones, on the fact that they are a huge drain on the economy, and a huge drain on local resources (they need places to live, schools, medical care, police protection, etc).  And they don't pay sufficient taxes to fund these things.
 
If I was born in Mexico or Central America I'd come here, no question.  But we can't afford huge numbers of penniless, unskilled immigrants.  And the more who come illegally, the fewer spots there are for people playing by the rules, waiting to come legally.  That's grotesquely unfair to them.  I have  a friend who waited in Albania for 2+ years for his chance to come here, and we look the other way while people essentially cut him in line?  It's not close to fair.  
		
		
		
		
		
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				"Economists disagree whether or how much an influx of immigrants depresses wages" 
 
They don't disagree, at least the honest ones, on the fact that they are a huge drain on the economy, and a huge drain on local resources (they need places to live, schools, medical care, police protection, etc).  And they don't pay sufficient taxes to fund these things. 
 
If I was born in Mexico or Central America I'd come here, no question.  But we can't afford huge numbers of penniless, unskilled immigrants.  And the more who come illegally, the fewer spots there are for people playing by the rules, waiting to come legally.  That's grotesquely unfair to them.  I have  a friend who waited in Albania for 2+ years for his chance to come here, and we look the other way while people essentially cut him in line?  It's not close to fair. 
			
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 Jim if you pay only rent do you pay enought taxes for school police? you speak as if they don't work spend money any place  most states get the majority from sales and property tax my town has kids in its school from other towns who get dropped off at grandma's.  
 
Homeland Security raised the cap on H-2B visas for foreign guest workers from 66,000 visas per year to 81,000.
 
On Thursday — just three days later — Trump’s properties told the Department of Labor that they wanted approval to hire 76 guest workers us
 
Ask those who live on the cape about H 2B there's a brazillian of the working in the summer
 
So again they are not stealing jobs of depressing wages .. a 20cent hike in gas prices do more damage the avacodo and landscapers
 
There is no fair system comprehensive immigration may help but Republicans will never give up something that motivates their base
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				Jim if you pay only rent do you pay enought taxes for school police? you speak as if they don't work spend money any place  most states get the majority from sales and property tax my town has kids in its school from other towns who get dropped off at grandma's.   
 
 
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On Thursday — just three days later — Trump’s properties told the Department of Labor that they wanted approval to hire 76 guest workers us 
 
Ask those who live on the cape about H 2B there's a brazillian of the working in the summer 
 
So again they are not stealing jobs of depressing wages .. a 20cent hike in gas prices do more damage the avacodo and landscapers 
 
There is no fair system comprehensive immigration may help but Republicans will never give up something that motivates their base 
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 no, people 
who only pay a modest rent, probably aren’t paying their own way.  heck, i have three kids in public school, which costs my town $42,000 a year, i don’t pay anywhere near that.
 
so you might say i’m as big a leech as the illegals.  but there’s a slight difference.  i’m an american citizen.  and over time, the town will recoup most of that.  
 
i never said they don’t work or spend money ( hearing voices again).  i said they are a huge drain.  and obviously  i’m right.
 
You say republicans won’t compromise?  they offered a compromise 
on daca in return for the wall ( the wall which democrats supported until Trump came along).  neither side is in a compromising mood, sonlittle gets done.  Trump had two years to do whatever he wanted, and he blew it.  
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				Homeland Security raised the cap on H-2B visas for foreign guest workers from 66,000 visas per year to 81,000. 
 
H-2B guest workers are here LEGALLY.  Why do we need ILLEGAL workers if we can get what we need LEGALLY? 
 
So again they are not stealing jobs of depressing wages .. a 20cent hike in gas prices do more damage the avacodo and landscapers 
 
So why don't Americans who are looking for work not take those jobs? 
 
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 Their base wants LEGAL immigrants.  It doesn't want millions of ILLEGAL immigrants.  It doesn't want illegal immigrants rewarded, nor given citizenship and voting rights.  Why is that difficult to accomplish?  
		
		
		
		
		
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				Their base wants LEGAL immigrants.  It doesn't want millions of ILLEGAL immigrants.  It doesn't want illegal immigrants rewarded, nor given citizenship and voting rights.  Why is that difficult to accomplish? 
			
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 it’s difficult because the left has astutely turned this into a wedge issue for votes.  that, and there are a lot of powerful people who get cheap labor from illegal immigration, and don’t want the spigot turned off.  that happens on both sides.
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		 Trump says he may release immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities, contradicting his own White House 
 
True Clown  
 
more lack of understanding what sanctuary cities means .... 
 
it means we are not going to enforce or assist ICE  when the Government won't  pay the cities or states for that assistance 
		
		
		
		
		
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 yea the left wants the vote from those who can't vote another fantasy told to their base before bed..
 
totals dont equal a win    Clinton received 2.87 million more votes nationwide (the largest margin ever for a candidate who lost the electoral college  
		
		
		
		
		
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				yea the left wants the vote from those who can't vote another fantasy told to their base before bed.. 
 
 
totals dont equal a win    Clinton received 2.87 million more votes nationwide (the largest margin ever for a candidate who lost the electoral college 
			
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 the left wants to convince their base that i’m a racist.  i’m aware that popular vote isn’t a guarantee, but if you’re implying that both sides don’t aspire to get as 
many bites as possible, you are wrong.  
 
so, sanctuary cities and states will cooperate with ICE, if the feds compensate them 
for doing so?  are you certain about that?  do you have an article or link which states that?  i was unaware of that.
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 I've never seen a serious study indicate they are a huge drain, in fact it's just the opposite.
 
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		 President told McAleenan, since named the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, that he "would pardon him if he ever went to jail for denying US entry to migrants," as one of the officials  
 
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				the left wants to convince their base that i’m a racist.  i’m aware that popular vote isn’t a guarantee, but if you’re implying that both sides don’t aspire to get as 
many bites as possible, you are wrong.   
 
so, sanctuary cities and states will cooperate with ICE, if the feds compensate them 
for doing so?  are you certain about that?  do you have an article or link which states that?  i was unaware of that. 
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 Yes cost is just  one of the many reasons they choose not to assist ice  the other reasons are easily outlined in those cities
 
The right sees , sanctuary cities as homeomegrown equivalent of the myth of “no-go zones” in Europe 
 
 the idea that Democratic local officials are attempting to undermine “real” America by sheltering masses of unauthorized immigrants and allowing them to terrorize Americans. 
That's what Trumps selling
 
Here's some good reading  https://www.google.com/search?q=cost...obile&ie=UTF-8
What  is the cost to state and local law enforcement agencies?
 
o The total cost of immigration detainers in the United States is unknown because they vary  
considerably across jurisdiction. However, the cost of compliance can be quite high. The  
state of California, for example, spends approximately $65 million tax dollars each year  
detaining individuals for ICE. 
• Does the federal government reimburse state and local governments for the cost  
of holding someone under an ICE detainer? 
o No, ICE does not reimburse the cost of holding individuals under a detainer. (Renting jail  
space to ICE is not the same as detaining someone on an ICE detainer.) Additionally, ICE  
is not liable and will not indemnify localities for any liability incurred while housing  
these detainees. Several counties have faced legal action as a result of rights violations  
that occurred while detaining individuals for ICE. The Sheriff’s Office in Jefferson  
County, Colorado recently paid a $40,000 settlement to a man who was wrongfully  
imprisoned due to an ICE detainer. 
• Are state and local law enforcement agencies required to participate? 
o No, ICE detainers are not criminal warrants; they are merely voluntary requests. Law  
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				What  is the cost to state and local law enforcement agencies? 
 
o The total cost of immigration detainers in the United States is unknown because they vary  
considerably across jurisdiction. However, the cost of compliance can be quite high. The  
state of California, for example, spends approximately $65 million tax dollars each year  
detaining individuals for ICE. 
• Does the federal government reimburse state and local governments for the cost  
of holding someone under an ICE detainer? 
o No, ICE does not reimburse the cost of holding individuals under a detainer. (Renting jail  
space to ICE is not the same as detaining someone on an ICE detainer.) Additionally, ICE  
is not liable and will not indemnify localities for any liability incurred while housing  
these detainees. Several counties have faced legal action as a result of rights violations  
that occurred while detaining individuals for ICE. The Sheriff’s Office in Jefferson  
County, Colorado recently paid a $40,000 settlement to a man who was wrongfully  
imprisoned due to an ICE detainer. 
• Are state and local law enforcement agencies required to participate? 
o No, ICE detainers are not criminal warrants; they are merely voluntary requests. Law  
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 It's a way of cost sharing for a common goal.   If the Federal Government did not share the cost, even most of it, of catching and deporting illegal aliens, the states would have to take on the full cost.  If some states are not willing to share the cost, and if they were not willing to take on any cost at all, then it could be assumed that they are not concerned about illegal aliens, even large numbers of them, in their community.  I assume creating  a sanctuary city is a statement of exactly that.  So those states should not  be averse to accepting large numbers of aliens since they're not willing to participate in catching, holding, and deporting illegal aliens.  States which are willing to cooperate and share the cost with the Federal government, or take on the full job and cost on their own, deserve not to have a bunch of illegals dumped into their community, especially when the lack of cooperation by the others helps to create a draw for aliens to illegally cross the border.  
		
		
		
		
		
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				It's a way of cost sharing for a common goal.   If the Federal Government did not share the cost, even most of it, of catching and deporting illegal aliens, the states would have to take on the full cost.  If some states are not willing to share the cost, and if they were not willing to take on any cost at all, then it could be assumed that they are not concerned about illegal aliens, even large numbers of them, in their community.  I assume creating  a sanctuary city is a statement of exactly that.  So those states should not  be averse to accepting large numbers of aliens since they're not willing to participate in catching, holding, and deporting illegal aliens.  States which are willing to cooperate and share the cost with the Federal government, or take on the full job and cost on their own, deserve not to have a bunch of illegals dumped into their community, especially when the lack of cooperation by the others helps to create a draw for aliens to illegally cross the border. 
			
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 lack of cooperation by the others helps to create a draw for aliens to illegally cross the border.   (another bedtime story )   how do you explain why them came before there were things called sanctuary cities ?
 
Trump  "Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, 
 
haven't seen any suggestions from the Potus on this topic 
 
Funny theory  l send those we dont want to sanctuary cities  I'll show them 
 
These people just walked some  2,269 mi  what Makes Trump or you think they'll stay in the sanctuary cities   and not just walk to their friend or family live or where there is work..
 
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		 Shhh dont let Trumps base know   
 
The Trump administration has agreed to settle a lawsuit with a dozen Central American families who challenged the government's cancellation of a program that was designed to reunite children in that region with their parents living in the U.S. 
		
		
		
		
		
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