Seal off the border

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dem jihoodlums is comin' at us acrost the border...

DHS Arrested 1,191 Illegals in 2014 From Countries With Terrorism Problems
January 6, 2015 – The Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection reports that in fiscal year 2014 (Oct. 1 through Sept. 30) agents apprehended 1,191 individuals from 12 of the 14 countries that DHS and the State Department have considered as countries that have problems with terrorism.

In December, CBP released its apprehension statistics for 2014, which show that of the 486,651 apprehensions, 257,473 were from countries “other than Mexico.” Of those apprehended from countries “other than Mexico,” CBP provided CNSNews.com the countries of origin of those taken into custody. Of those from countries “other than Mexico,” 1,191 were from 12 countries – Iran, Sudan, Cuba and Syria (state sponsors of terror), and Afghanistan, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen (“countries of interest") – designated by the federal government to have terrorist links. The breakdown of the apprehension of individuals from 12 countries designated as “countries of interest” is as follows, according to CBP: Afghanistan (4); Algeria (3); Cuba (1,061); Iran (4); Iraq (7); Lebanon (10); Nigeria (29); Pakistan (31); Saudi Arabia (16); Somalia (6); Syria (14); and Yemen (6).

Illegal migrants wait in holding facilities to be returned to Mexico

As CNSNews.com reported in 2010, following the failed attempt to bring down Northwest Flight 253 on Dec. 25, the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) announced enhanced airport screening for people traveling through or from 14 “countries of interest.” TSA did not specify which nations it considered “countries of interest.” “TSA is mandating that every individual flying into the U.S. from anywhere in the world who holds a passport issued by or is traveling from or through nations that are state sponsors of terrorism or other countries of interest will be required to go through enhanced screening,” the TSA said. “TSA directed the increased use of enhanced screening technologies and mandates threat-based and random screening for majority passengers on U.S. bound international flights,” it added.

But a Jan. 4, 2010 New York Times report, citing Obama administration officials, identified them as Afghanistan, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen. The other four – Iran, Sudan, Syria and Cuba – were identified as state sponsors of terrorism by the State Department. A Jan. 4, 2010 report in USA Today, citing the TSA as the source, described the full list of nations whose citizens would be targeted for enhanced security checks as “14 countries with terrorism problems.”

DHS Arrested 1 191 Illegals in 2014 From Countries With Terrorism Problems CNS News

 

[Claudette]

Of course they should seal the border they should have sealed in decades ago but don't hold your breath for that to happen.

Both parties are looking for the Hispanic vote and to hell with the taxpayers of America.

Make it easier to issue work permits. Allow those Mexican illegals intot he country to work and then send them home.

 

[Kosh]

They have been trying to seal the borders for decades, but the far left has been the biggest problem in dealing with it. Like getting the ACLU to file endless lawsuits that do nothing but waste tax payer money..

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

They have been trying to seal the borders for decades, but the far left has been the biggest problem in dealing with it. Like getting the ACLU to file endless lawsuits that do nothing but waste tax payer money..

Not sure where you've been,but both sides have been screwing the American people when it comes to illegal immigration. And they have been for decades.

 

[DriftingSand]

For some reason ... I'm not able to read the first two posts in this thread. ?????????????

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

For some reason ... I'm not able to read the first two posts in this thread. ?????????????

 

[DriftingSand]

Anyway ... as for sealing the border. It's not going to happen. America is being ushered into a New, Global World. Sovereignty and Nationality is passé - a soon-to-be thing of the past. America will be the center and capitol of the New World Order since she is home to the United Nations; World Bank; International Monetary Fund (IMF); and other Internationalist agencies. Like the Borg says ... "resistance is futile." We're being (and have been) sucked into the vortex and may as well put our seat buckles on and try to enjoy the ride. We're going to have to learn to make lemonade out of the lemons headed our way.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

For some reason ... I'm not able to read the first two posts in this thread. ?????????????

 

[waltky]

Family, kid arrests at border up 52 percent...

Border Patrol: Family, kid arrests at border soar 52 percent
21 Sept.`15 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Border Patrol arrested nearly 10,000 unaccompanied immigrant children and families caught illegally crossing the border with Mexico in August, a 52 percent jump from August 2014, according to statistics published by the agency Monday afternoon.

Since the start of the fiscal year in October, border agents have arrested more than 35,000 children traveling alone and more than 34,500 people traveling as families, mostly mothers and children. The total number of arrests for the year is down nearly 50 percent compared with a year ago, but border agents have reported a jump in arrests since July. The Border Patrol reported arresting 6,424 unaccompanied immigrant children and families in August 2014, compared to 9,790 this year. The August increase comes a year after a surge of more than 68,000 unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Many were trying to escape violence in Honduras, El Salvador or Guatemala.

For much of the year, the number of illegal border crossings by families and children has been far lower than last year, before increasing in July and August. It's unclear exactly what has led to the overall decrease in border arrests of families and children, but Mexico has stepped up enforcement along its southern border. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the August numbers were a "surprising uptick" and a "concern" for the administration. Earnest did not provide a reason for the increase, but noted that it's at odds with the typical decline in border crossings in August.

Adam Isacson, a border expert and senior analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America, said the 4,632 unaccompanied children caught at the border last month is the highest number his agency has recorded for August since 2009. Isacson said historically, crossings start to slow after springtime highs. But July saw an uptick, and now the number of unaccompanied children crossing in August has begun to rival numbers from the beginning and the end of last year's surge. Isacson said that this could indicate the beginning of another surge, noting that the number of people caught traveling as families also ticked upward last month. "It could be a flash in the pan," he said, "But we are going up the trend line."

The administration was caught off guard by the sudden surge of children and families in 2014 and made several efforts to curb the flow of people crossing the border illegally, including media campaigns to discourage people from making the dangerous trip across Mexico. The administration also opened family detention centers that could house thousands of people while they awaited deportation hearings. The detention centers were established in part because about 70 percent of families released at the border and ordered to report back to immigration authorities failed to return to face deportation hearings.

A federal judge in California ruled last month that the Homeland Security Department's detention of families violated a longstanding legal agreement requiring that immigrant children not be held in secure facilities that aren't licensed to care for children. The government filed an appeal in that case on Friday and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the detention centers were being converted into processing centers for interviews and screenings. Earnest said the U.S. will continue to warn people considering crossing the border or helping their children do so about the dangers associated with the trip.

Border Patrol: Family, kid arrests at border soar 52 percent

 

[waltky]

The jihadi threat from the south...

Adm. Stavridis: 'Great Risk' That Drug-Smugglers at Southern Border Could Also Move Terrorists
December 10, 2015 | Should Americans worry that drug-smuggling networks operating at the southern border may be used to bring terrorists into the country? Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) asked retired Navy Admiral James Stavridis on Thursday.

"Absolutely, it's something we should be worried about, Senator," he replied. "And I have called this before 'convergence.' And it is the convergence of these drug routes, which are extremely efficient, with the possibility of using them to move terrorists -- or at the really dark end of the spectrum, weapons of mass destruction -- along with the narcotics. "So when those drug routes and those higher level threats converge, I think we are at great risk."

Stavridis told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the United States needs to "create a network to combat a network." "This is a very sophisticated, private-public, if you will, collaboration with international abilities ranging from moving submarines with ten tons of cocaine to aircraft, etc. etc. So you need to bring the inter-agency to bear, you need to bring Special Operations to bear, and I think this also argues for merging Northcom (Northern Command) and Southcom (Southern Command), because it creates one sphere through which these routes are coming at us. So there's a quick basket of ideas."

Earlier in the hearing, Stavridis urged the merger of Northcom and Southcom; and the merger of the African and European Commands. He said it's a way to begin reducing the "bloat" in the operational combat and command staffs. (Stavridis is the former commader of EUCOM.) He also argued that the U.S. military needs to establish a Cyber Command -- "because our vulerabilities in the cyber domain, in my view, are extraordinary and we are ill-prepared for them."

Adm. Stavridis: 'Great Risk' That Drug-Smugglers at Southern Border Could Also Move Terrorists

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"Seal off the border"

This is just as idiotic and wrong now as it was last January.

 

[OKTexas]

For some reason ... I'm not able to read the first two posts in this thread. ?????????????

Check your ignore list.

 

[OKTexas]

"Seal off the border"

This is just as idiotic and wrong now as it was last January.

Of course ignorant regressives such as yourself have been programed to repeat the lie. It's as much of a national security issue as it is an economic issue. A nation without borders isn't a nation, it's just another piece of ground.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - Trump border policy workin'...

DHS Secretary: Number of Illegals Crossing Southern Border Down by Almost 70%
April 17, 2017 | Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has “dropped off precipitously” by almost 70%.

“The very, very, very good news is, for a lot of different reasons, the number of illegal aliens that are moving up from the south has dropped off precipitously. I mean we're down 65%, 70% in the last two months. These are the months that we should see a steep incline in illegal movement. It's down, as I say, by almost 70%,” Kelly said. “Do you think some of that's been the president's rhetoric in the campaign and basically saying, ‘Well, he won and it's going to be tougher to get across the border?’” NBC’s Chuck Todd asked. “Well, certainly,” Kelly responded.

“Do you think that sort of contributed?” Todd asked. “Absolutely,” Kelly said, “and some of the other things we've done on the border. I mean just my going down to the border on several occasions. You know that Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, was just down there. “The attention being paid to the border certainly has injected into those people-- and the vast majority of them are good people from Central America, but it's injected enough confusion in their minds, I think, and they're just waiting to see what actually does happen,” Kelly added.

He said marijuana is not a factor in the drug war. “It's three things: methamphetamine, almost all produced in Mexico; heroin, virtually all produced in Mexico, and cocaine that comes up from further south,” Kelly said. “Those three drugs result in the death of I think in '15, I think, of 52,000 people to include opiates. It's a massive problem - 52,000 Americans dead. “You can't put a price on human misery. The cost to the United States is over $250 billion a year.

Kelly said the solution to the drug war “is not arresting a lot of users.” “The solution is a comprehensive drug demand reduction program in the United States that involves every man and woman of goodwill,” he said.

DHS Secretary: Number of Illegals Crossing Southern Border Down by Almost 70%

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - dey know we could end NAFTA an' kick dey's butt...

Mexico says it's reviewing ties with US amid tensions with Trump
4/09/18 - Mexico says it will review its collaborative efforts with the United States on border security, trade and more in the wake of President Trump’s increasingly combative comments.

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto met with his cabinet on Sunday and ordered them to review all aspects of his country’s relationship with the U.S., Reuters reported on Monday. The review will last “a few weeks,” and then Peña Nieto will make a decision on how to proceed, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said. “The key thing here is that it’s not just words. This stance needs to have practical consequences,” he said.

The formal review comes after Trump spent much of the last week ratcheting up his rhetoric about immigrants entering the U.S. via the southern border. He repeatedly called on Mexico to stop “caravans” of immigrants, and urged the U.S. Congress to pass stricter immigration laws. He then ordered National Guard troops to be sent to the border to patrol the area until a wall can be constructed. The comments echoed some of his early campaign rhetoric in which he claimed Mexico was sending "rapists" and criminals across the border.

Peña Nieto last week responded to Trump's latest comments, telling him to take out his frustrations on U.S. lawmakers, not Mexicans. "If your recent statements come from frustration with internal political affairs, with your laws, or with your Congress, talk about them, not about Mexicans," said Peña Nieto, addressing Trump in a video. "We won't allow negative rhetoric to define our actions," he added.

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Trump Credits Mexico’s Willingness to Avoid ‘A Giant Scene at Our Border’
April 5, 2018 | President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Mexico’s “strong immigration laws” some of the credit for disrupting the “caravan” of mostly Central Americans heading to the U.S. border.

Trump tweeted: “The Caravan is largely broken up thanks to the strong immigration laws of Mexico and their willingness to use them so as not to cause a giant scene at our Border. Because of the Trump Administrations actions, Border crossings are at a still UNACCEPTABLE 46 year low. Stop drugs!” The Mexican Foreign Ministry said it considers the “caravan” a public demonstration intended to call attention to immigration issues.

In a news release, the Ministry said it is sending some of the demonstrators home; accepting others as refugees; and allowing some of caravan remnants to continue on their way to the United States. “It is not the responsibility of the Mexican government to make immigration decisions for the United States or any other nation; the appropriate U.S. authorities will decide, if necessary, whether or not to authorize entrance into their territory at the authorized ports of entry and exit for any members of the caravan that request it,” the Foreign Ministry’s news release said.

Deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley on Thursday could not say exactly how many National Guard troops will be sent to the Southwest border. "As many as it takes," he told Fox News on Thursday. "I can't give you an idea because we don't know exactly how many are going to participate, how many we need to solve this problem. We do know the problem is a crisis. It’s urgent. “When people are coming across the border at a 200 percent increase from last year, that's a problem and the American people deserve protection in this country. This president will do it. And for whatever reason, Congress has decided not to act. If Congress won't, this president will,” Gidley said.

Trump Credits Mexico’s Willingness to Avoid ‘A Giant Scene at Our Border’

 

[Cassandro]

Of course they should seal the border they should have sealed in decades ago but don't hold your breath for that to happen.

Both parties are looking for the Hispanic vote and to hell with the taxpayers of America.

I have a feeling that the Hispanic vote is starting to fracture, especially with the Democrats dithering over DACA. Hispanic citizens and legal residents would like to see less tension between the U.S. and Mexico, but they also appreciate the difference between the two countries. A secure border is an increasingly obvious resolution.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

We had less of a problem when Americans were taking care of business on our own. There would be plenty of volunteers protecting the border if our nation wasn't so silly in prosecuting them. But, there are methods that can be used. I would not be surprised if it was being done now.

 

[longknife]

Fill the gaps temporarily with good old concertina wire.