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#1523140 --- 01/23/19 01:48 AM
Re: QAnon
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#1523168 --- 01/23/19 03:05 PM
Re: QAnon
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https://www.curbed.com/2017/3/8/14844026/trump-mexico-wall-cost-design-planThe construction of the wall presents immense logistical and financial challenges. And once it’s built, this physical structure will not only alter the nature of our border, but may prove itself a barrier to solving the problems it was designed to resolve.
The wall as Trump has described it seems to ignore the current state of bilateral relations and border traffic. Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trading partner, with $500 billion in goods crossing the border every year.
A study compiling data from U.S. Customs and various state tourism agencies found that 6 million U.S. jobs depend on trade with Mexico. Our southern neighbor has also proven itself to be pretty cooperative: U.S.-Mexican counternarcotics programs date back to the 1930s, and the two nations have signed 53 treaties that deal with law enforcement alone.It’s true that the South Rio Grande Valley has become a very popular drug-smuggling route, but that’s because smugglers associated with cartels have numerous nearby ports of entry to choose—they're far more likely to use official crossings than to find their own. According to testimony by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske from last March, “The majority of any heroin that we seize is not between the ports of entry, it’s smuggled through the ports of entry.”
Forget El Chapo tunnels or drug catapults: Most drugs are hidden in passenger vehicles or shipments of legal goods and sent through official border crossings, Kerlikowske went on to say. An expensive new wall, in effect, just blocks off areas smugglers are least likely to use.
How about illegal immigration? The population of people who have entered the country illegally peaked at 12.2 million in 2007, just before the economy crashed, and has decreased since then, in large part due to the recession and its outsized impact on the construction industry.
As border enforcement has become increasingly stringent since the mid-1980s, according to an article in the Atlantic, male Mexican migrants have had a harder time crossing back and forth, turning what was once a seasonal flow of laborers into more permanent residents, who, faced with the growing difficulty of getting home, increasingly bring their families along.
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#1523170 --- 01/23/19 03:28 PM
Re: QAnon
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John Lundin 🌊 and 3 others liked Steven Beschloss ‏@StevenBeschloss 42m42 minutes ago More Steven Beschloss Retweeted Natasha Bertrand We have every reason to assume this disruption to justice is exactly what Trump wants. This is beyond incompetence, beyond petulance and ignorance. This is willful destruction to undermine govt operations & consolidate power through destruction.Steven Beschloss added, Natasha Bertrand Verified account @NatashaBertrand New: The wheels of justice are grinding to a halt. FBI agents say the shutdown is costing them irreplaceable sources, postponing indictments, & slow-rolling investigations. The fed judiciary and US Attorneys’ offices are running out of money. It’s day 33. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...hutdown/581014/ … 26 replies 112 retweets 300 likes Reply 26 Retweet 112 Liked 300 Direct message
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