There is a bipartisan bill heading to his desk… why does he feel he knows more about border needs than congress or CBP? Trump is getting increased border security… he just throwing a tantrum because he is a terrible negotiator and didn’t get what HE wanted.
Nah, they would never take executive action on climate change unless Trump does this.
from http://columbiaclimatelaw.com/resources/climate-deregulation-tracker/database/executive-orders/
Obama Administration:
- Executive Order 13514: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance (2009)
- Executive Order 13547: Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes (2010)
- Presidential Memorandum Requiring Federal Government to Switch to Alternative Fuel Vehicles by 2015 (2011)
- Executive Order 13605: Supporting Safe and Responsible Development of Unconventional Domestic Natural Gas Resources (2012)
- President’s Climate Action Plan (2013) [Update 3-28-17]
- EO 13653: Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change (2013) [Update 3-28-17]
- Executive Order 13677: Climate-Resilient International Development (2014)
- Executive Order 13690: Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input (2015) [Update 8-15-17]
- Executive Order 13693: Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade (2015) [Update 5-17-18]
- Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Alaska from Leasing Disposition (2015)
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They have been detailed in multiple places. Knock yourself out.
You are making stuff up and putting words in my mouth.
So rather than continuing to respond to you regarding this specific argument, I will move on.
Congress knows nothing about border security, they simply hate Trump.
Trump has been spending time with the Border Patrol leadership. They have detailed what they need. Congressional DEMs refuse to listen to the experts, because they simply hate Trump. Thus what the border patrol has to say is irrelevant.
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What shit. You know absolutely nothing aboutt the bill.
A few highlights:
The bill expands Catch and Release by reducing the number of border beds from 49,060 to 40,520.
There is no funding for added enforcement and removal field personnel. There will be no more ICE agents.
It expands the Alternatives to Detention program from 82,000 to 100,000. They will not be housed at the border, but rather in the interior where they will stay without border agents.
There is $40 million for more ICE staffing dedicated to ATD case management, especially for the fake asylum seekers. The money will only go to helping illegals settle in non-detention centers in the country.
Border ‘WALL’ construction is only allowed in the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security cannot establish, collect or impose any new border fees on either border.
Then, of course, there is the sponsorship rule which allows any sponsor or potential sponsor of a minor and their other charges to escape detention and all detention proceedings at any time.
Finally, as we have reported, local officials in border towns who are often chummy with cartels get to nix the barriers. Also, there are five trafficked areas off-bounds. The President won in court against those restrictions but here they are anyway.
MONEY FOR EVERYONE ELSE
The Smithsonian gets a billion dollars, almost as much as the President got for the wall. There is another 3.4 billion for refugee assistance, representing a $74 million increase, and $4.4 billion for international disaster relief, which is a 100 million more than last year.
Foundations Trump wanted to get rid of will remain, including The Asia Foundation, US African Development Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, and US Trade and Development Agency.
Israel, Jordan, and Ukraine get $5.3 billion.
There is more than $3.1 billion allotted for foreign health services in the bill. That is a lot more than the President got to protect the nation.
The census bureau gets more money to fight the President and keep him from putting a citizenship question on the census. Illegal aliens count toward the census and towards representation in the House. The Democrats’ first bill in Congress, HR1 mandates that illegal aliens be included in all future redistricting.
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Hahahahaha.
I quoted your exact words and IM putting words in your mouth. You clearly aren’t here for a discussion. Carry on.
So Trump spent time with CBP and not congress? Ok. Go with that.
BTW you keep saying DEMS hate Trump. In this instance it is both DEMS and REPUBLICANS who agreed to this bill.
And yet Trump will sign it. What case are you making?
Also you sprinkled in a few increases in border security.
DEMs hate Trump. Republicans simply caved.
Are here just to piss people off?
Seems you have nothing. A sprinkling of shit is not border security. Still you refuse to answer the questions:
And the massive increase in arrests crossing the border isn’t a national emergency when we do not have facilities to house them?
They end up with court dates years in the future and disappear into this country never intending to make a court appearance isn’t a national emergency?
Illegals killing American citizens isn’t a national emergency?
How many Americans would be alive today that were murdered by illegals is they had not been allowed to invade this country?
Why is it you discount the lives of American citizens in favor of illegals who bring nothing but debt to this nation???
Answer the questions or shut up.
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The poison pills, the left conveniently ignores. 
The left and the right. You keep making this error. It’s disingenuous.
Cut me a break…… 
Here is what constitutes an immigration emergency under the Immigration and Nationality Act
from Donald Trump may declare emergency to get border wall. Would it work?
The president can declare an “immigration emergency” under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
An immigration emergency is defined as an “influx of aliens which either is of such magnitude or exhibits such other characteristics that effective administration of the immigration laws of the United States is beyond the existing capabilities” of immigration authorities “in the affected area or areas.”
Other factors that determine if an immigration emergency exists include “the likelihood of continued growth in the magnitude of the influx,” an "apparent connection between the influx and increases in criminal activity, high “demands on law enforcement agencies” and “other circumstances” that are defined by the attorney general.
Anyone who can read that definition and say it isn’t met is a joke.
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There are line items in this bill that should help with every single thing you listed. They are increasing security in many areas.
Only thing Trump didn’t get in this bill is 5.7 billion for 200 or so miles of wall. Are you suggesting that all of the issues you listed would be solved with 5.7 billion in wall funding?
From the same article
“An Immigration Emergency Fund exists for that purpose, but the law only approves $20 million annually for the fund, far short of the $5.6 billion Trump is seeking“
The article also outlines several other places the money could be found. Once a national emergency is declared that activates certain powers that can be used to obtain the funding such as
from Donald Trump may declare emergency to get border wall. Would it work?
The law also permits the Army’s civil works program to build structures necessary for the national defense after the president declares an emergency. The secretary of defense may also reprogram money that had been set aside for military construction projects.
There is a reason all democrats can say is, maybe the courts can block it, because they are full of shit. They’ll need a joint resolution of congress to second guess a Presidential declared emergency, the court isn’t going to get into the business of making that call. Note how the only way they can pretend to back it up is to point back to the 1952 court reversal in Youngstown Sheet and Tube case, what they don’t mention is, that happened before congress granted Presidents broad emergency powers in 1976 with Presidential Emergency Act.
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Sounds like he’ll sign the National Emergency now as cover for signing the shitty funding bill later tonight when it actually gets to the WH. Sad.