Trump is keeping the government shut down over an immigration crisis that doesn't exist
By SCOTT MARTELLE
Trump is keeping the government shut down over an immigration crisis that doesn't exist
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ol-2-enter-the-fray-trump-again-tries-to-blame-democrats-for-1545948677-htmlstory.html
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“The president has made clear that any bill to fund the government must adequately fund border security to stop the flow of illegal drugs, criminals, MS-13 gang members, child smugglers and human traffickers into our communities — and protect the American people,” the White House said, adding: “The administration understands this crisis and made a reasonable, common-sense solution to Democrats five days ago — we've not received a single response.”
But the administration clearly doesn’t understand “this crisis,” because it doesn’t exist.
Illegal immigration is at its lowest level in a decade. Young families are arriving at the border in larger numbers — while still constituting a sliver of the overall flow of migrants — but a wall built at some point in the future won’t do anything to fix that. (To its credit, the administration has made small yet positive steps to invest more in Central American governments and economies.)
The vast majority of drugs and other contraband smuggled into the country come through ports of entry, or via tunnels dug under existing walls and fences. Covering more border with a wall — or making it 30 feet tall, as the president wants — doesn’t address either of those smuggling routes.
The reality of the situation — which Trump eschews with reckless abandon — is that most people living in the U.S. without legal status enter the country with permission, and then don’t leave. Not much role for a wall there, either. Do some walk across? Certainly — and then often give themselves up to border agents and seek asylum.
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and MSM rarely lays it out as lie after lie after lie. Using Mexicans and Central Americans as scapegoats for his sick propaganda. The Trump Crime Family is on the ropes and he's trying everything he can to keep the focus on Latinos.
