I don't know.....the border towns, that are actually flooded by migrants and have been for decades, figure it out and I suspect they aren't using a lot hotels because the towns often aren't the type that would have lots of hotels in the first place.
Find a better place to send them, tell them there's no space here (NYC) and they will be transported to a better option.
These are more the people you need to talk to and those like them.
My understanding is that it is ILLEGAL to do that.
Terrible decision made because Trump has to blame someone for his previous failures
Hmm. Can you think of a difference between rural Texas and New York City? Anything that might make it harder for one of them to find space than the other?
Of course you support the decision. At least you’ve dropped the bosider bullshit and come out of the closet as full blown MAGA.
Being able to see both sides on many topics doesn't mean I don't sometimes take a side on specific topics.Of course you support the decision. At least you’ve dropped the bosider bullshit and come out of the closet as full blown MAGA.
We’ve always had a “largely open border.” The border is the exact same as it has always been under every single presidential administration. There are patrolled ports of entry and there are thousands upon thousands of miles of unpatrolled land where people who are desperate enough to cross over rivers or other rough terrain often gain illegal entry in the United States. Short of literally building some sort of mythical impenetrable fortress wall along 100% of the border, we’re never going to be able to stop 100% of illegal immigration. What we *can* do, and what I support wholeheartedly, is robust reinforcement of our border security through beefed up border patrol personnel, beefed up technological infrastructure, strict policies on apprehension and expulsion- you know, exactly like the bipartisan border bill created by Republican Senator Jim Lankford. That bill was a fantastic start. I’m more than happy to spend whatever money we need, and allocate whatever resources and personnel we need, to secure the border as best we can. I’m happy to spend whatever money we need and allocate whatever resources and personnel we need, to detain and expel migrants who commit crimes here in the U.S. I think we should allocate whatever money and whatever resources we need to make our system of legal immigration more efficient. But we’ve always had a “largely open border” and we will always have a “largely open border” unless you think that spending tons of taxpayer money and tons of military manpower to literally secure thousands of miles of empty border land is a good use of resources.
I'm not really taking a strong position on border wall versus other solutions, nor am I claiming to want a 100% secure border. I do wonder if the short-term cost of a border wall are less than the long-term cost of additional manpower, but that is a separate topic.
I agree that it's absurd for anyone to reflexively label someone 'racist' for wanting to have a more secure border or border enforcement policies. I also think that it's equally absurd to pretend that the Republican Party has any desire to secure the southern border. If they did, it would be done. They had majorities in both houses of Congress for the first part of Trump 1.0, and have majorities in both here in the first part of Trump 2.0. If they wanted there to be a border solution, there would be a border solution. Texas, in particular, is not an impoverished state. Arizona is not an impoverished state. You can say that blocking the Republican-generated bipartisan border bill- one that was the stuff of Republican wet dreams and was a total surrender by the Democratic Party- was smart election year politicking (if not incredibly cynical). But then why, with majorities in both houses of Congress and a Republican in the executive branch who will rubber stamp any bill that passes the Republican Congress, is there nothing being done (and nothing going to be done) except performative border outrage theater?
I think that there are a lot of Republican voters, and some Republican politicians, who want a more secure border.
I don't think being a border state is automatically synonymous with being impoverished. Arizona, given how fast they are growing, probably benefits from it's population of illegal immigrants. They provide a much needed labor force.
Right, that’s my point, I definitely believe there are a lot of Republican voters and some Republican politicians who want a more secure border. I’m not a Republican voter nor am I a Republican politician and I want a more secure border. But I’m saying that actual bonafide beefed up border security is not a legislative priority of the Republican Party, because if it was, they would have done something about it when they had all levers of power in 2017-2019, and they would do something about it when they have all levers of power right now (maybe now that they’ve won the election we can dust off Jim Lankford’s bill!).
This characterization of Northern Democrats versus Southern Conservatives is so doltishly stupid. It's really pretty sad that anyone would think like that and say it out loud.