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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Nov 1, 2018, 07:40 PM Nov 2018

Trump announces plan to block some migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

President Trump said Thursday he intends to take executive action next week to end the “abuse” of the U.S. asylum system, a plan that could include “massive tent cities” at the southern border aimed at holding migrants indefinitely and making it more difficult for them to remain in the country.

But Trump offered few other details during remarks at the White House where he reiterated unsubstantiated claims he has made in recent weeks that a caravan of migrants from Central America, traveling north through Mexico by foot, represents a national security threat. He painted the group, which includes many families with children, as dangerous and akin to an “invasion.”

The president’s remarks, carried live on cable news, came just days before Tuesday’s midterm elections, the latest bid by Trump to make immigration the top campaign issue.

Trump said the emergency steps he plans to take would protect the United States against what he characterized as rampant fraud that threatens to overwhelm the nation’s immigration system.

The president offered no legal rationale for his plan, and he brushed off questions about the legality of some of the methods he suggested could be employed, such as detaining families indefinitely or refusing migrants an immigration court hearing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-announces-plan-to-block-some-migrants-from-seeking-asylum-at-the-us-mexico-border-offers-few-details/ar-BBPesTQ?li=BBnb7Kz

Face it. He doesn't know what the fuck he's doing other than he's scared shitless of brown people.

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Trump announces plan to block some migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2018 OP
He really is a full out... yuiyoshida Nov 2018 #1
Wonder what the southern states have to say about having tent cities in their states. Kajun Gal Nov 2018 #2
You know some days I expect Trump to come out to one of his rallies, sabbat hunter Nov 2018 #3

sabbat hunter

(6,825 posts)
3. You know some days I expect Trump to come out to one of his rallies,
Thu Nov 1, 2018, 07:51 PM
Nov 2018

wearing a cloak with a hood over his face, starting his speech as follows:
"My battle with the Demorats have left me scarred and deformed"
And ending with
"Henceforth the United States will be reorganized into the First United Empire, for a safe and secure country."

and his followers responding with thunderous applause.

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