Today, President Trump is set to meet with congressional leaders in order to hash out a deal to end the government shutdown.
Today’s high stakes meeting to end shutdown
The main point of contention remains the same: Trump’s demand for $5 billion in border wall funding. In order to get the funding, any government funding bill needs to receive 60 votes in the Senate – which is nine more than Republicans currently have.
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So far, Democrats have been intransigent in their resistance to funding the border wall. They’ve dug in their heels, leaving the government shuttered.
Before the meeting starts this morning, Trump let fly over Twitter how Mexico will pay for the wall ultimately, in a more roundabout way:
Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal. Much of the Wall has already been fully renovated or built. We have done a lot of work. $5.6 Billion Dollars that House has approved is very little in comparison to the benefits of National Security. Quick payback!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2019
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The Situation Room gambit
It’ll be interesting to see if Trump uses this reasoning as he negotiates a deal with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, the Democrat leaders of both congressional chambers. But, for now, we have an inkling of what Trump’s deal-making plan may be before the meeting begins. Axios has the scoop:
On Day 12 of the shutdown, President Trump plans to hold today’s meeting with congressional leaders in the Situation Room as a way of dramatizing security concerns at the border, according to Hill sources in both parties.
The big picture: Top House and Senate leaders from both parties RSVP’d “yes” to yesterday’s invitation and will attend, I’m told. Talks were on ice over the holidays, lending drama to face-to-face negotiations despite widespread skepticism about a breakthrough.
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this is a very sad thing to have to say but hopefully one day soon someone very close to the democratric senators obstructing our nations security will suffer a devastating loss at the hands of an illegal immigrant. if it were nancy pelosi’s daughter that was murdered do you think she would be screaming for open borders? hell no she would be on the war path about building a wall. untill the wealthy elitists in the democratic party suffer at the hands of illegal immigrants they will never know how serious the problems normal every day hard working americans are. the party of wealthy elitists and millennials who dont have to fight for jobs because they are to stoned and lazy to work is so out of touch with the people of this nation that it is pathetic
God help us. Satan is alive and well in the Democratic party. You can see him in Pelosi’s eyes and Schumer’s smirk. They have lost their minds! I cannot believe any true US citizen supports their beliefs and wants this country to become a third world country, as it will under Nancy’s directives. Keep in mind, folks, if anything happens to Trump and Pence, SHE will be the next President! Again, God help us.
Deport any and all illegal aliens. No amnesty ever. No chain migration. No DACA, no dreamers, no anchor babies, no illegal aliens period. E-Verify all potential employees for American jobs! Charge criminally and jail all employers who hire illegal aliens! We are a sovereign nation of laws and Illegal means illegal. No illegal acts should ever be rewarded. American benefits should be for American citizens only! Send ICE to their address and deport any and all illegal aliens found now! Bring back “Operation Wetba_k”. It worked in the 1950s and it would work today if properly implemented. Build the wall now!
Five billion is nothing compared to the cost of many unnecessary programs we could easily do without, and no one would even know they were gone except the staff. This loggerhead is pure politics, and the fault lies with the Democrats. They know that if the wall is built there will be no stopping Trump in 2020.
I think (1) you should give a nationally televised speech to explain the border situation and (2) you should ask Schumer & Pelosi what their position on a fence, wall, barrier, or whatever they call it is, i.e., are they for open borders, or not? Include asking them, are they for anchor babies and other ridiculous laws they have passed. Direct the question to each so you have both their answers.
President Trump should kick the Demonrats out immediately after they have sat down….
Mr. President, do not give in, keep up the good fight. We need that wall to go up. We are for you.
Patricia, Amen to that. I, like you believe that the wall needs to go up ASAP.
The Situation Room is an excellent choice. The Border is our first defense of the security of our country and problems there are Absolutely a threat against our national security which the President is charged with Protecting.
Agree
No santuary cities.
I agree-
Close the border until these things are done–
Deport any and all illegal aliens. No amnesty ever. No chain migration. No DACA, no dreamers, no anchor babies, no illegal aliens period. E-Verify all potential employees for American jobs! Charge criminally and jail all employers who hire illegal aliens! We are a sovereign nation of laws and Illegal means illegal. No illegal acts should ever be rewarded. American benefits should be for American citizens only! Send ICE to their address and deport any and all illegal aliens found now! Bring back “Operation Wetba_k”. It worked in the 1950s and it would work today if properly implemented. Build the wall now!
Agree on every point!
Remove ALL Taxpayer funded guards, barriers, door locks, gates and fences from all Congressional facilities and homes. If WE don’t get security THEY don’t get security.
The “DOJ” should have ended the sanctuary crap on day one. File the first criminal AND civil lawsuits, freeze the assets of of the “sanctuarians” and the rest would change their tune. Forfeit ALL of Gov. Jerry Brown’s assets to pay damages to the family of that murdered woman ….and jail him as an ACCESSORY.
Yes, “sanctuary implementors” DO OWE DAMAGES for any harm their law breaking leads to. By the way, why is a clerk jailed for refusing to do her duty and register homosexual marriages,but these politicians and police are not jailed for allowing sanctuary cities and refusing to do THEIR duty? SUE them for all their possessions.
Every politician blocking that wall is an ACCOMPLICE and ACCESSORY to the heroin epidemic.
Under Federal Law called the Harboring statute,those who Harbor and or conceal an illegal alien that murders an American,that person is eligible for the death penalty at Terre Haute!
Cannot say it often enough, these politicians took an oath to uphold the CONSTITUTION of the United States and therefore cannot whine that they do not have to enforce Federal Law. Every judge or politician blocking that wall is providing material aid and support to Narco Terrorists. Anyone who provides “sanctuary” to an illegal is harboring criminals, PERIOD. And if that illegal commits a crime the sanctuary providers is a ACTIVE ACCOMPLICE to the crime and is PERSONALLY Financially Liable for FULL restitution and gets to serve time for the crime…….. Make them pay a price for their evil ……. If the “Appointed Defenders” of Our HOUSE refuse to do their duty, they are accomplices and personally responsible for the results. “Public Officials” That refuse to enforce the immigration laws and provide “sanctuary” to ILLEGALS automatically assume personal financial responsibility for ANY crimes and any damages created by said ILLEGALS. They also are accessories to any crimes committed by their ILLEGALS and should be JAILED as Accomplices. Same applies to any priest/church that provides “sanctuary” Take all their assets for reparations and jail them as accomplices to the crimes .
Now is the time that the American citizens will see just who fancy nancy and schumer really represents, the question is do the progressive socialist democrats represent the American citizens or illegal aliens who invade our country.
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But the greater question is just why have those who support building the wall never engaged in a debate over building the wall and the so called technology to secure the border. The open borders talk about drones, camera, etc. but there is never an in depth discussion on just how that would work.
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We have about 9500 border agents to protect 2000 miles of border 24 hours a day, do the math we would have to have many more border agents in order to secure the border without the wall.
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So here goes, a wall vs. technology>
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We know how a wall would work you walk up to it and can’t go any further if the correct kind of wall is in front of you.
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Think how the technology wall would work, a drone flies up and down the border and the operator sitting 30 or 40 miles away radios to the border agents that there is a group of illegal aliens approaching the border and the border agents are dispatched to the area. perhaps 10 miles away in rugged terrain and what happens, by the time the border agents get on cite the illegal aliens are already on U.S. soil and claim asylum or refugee status. A lot of good that drone and camera did and very expensive to operate with no results to show for it, unless you believe giving the illegal alien invaders a free ride back to headquarters is a result we should be looking for.
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A wall is necessary and then the drones and cameras can be the supplement not a substitute for the wall.
*
Let’s here and see the debate on the two issues at hand, let’s not allow fancy nancy to have here meeting behind closed doors like she wanted last month.
this is a very sad thing to have to say but hopefully one day soon someone very close to the democratric senators obstructing our nations security will suffer a devastating loss at the hands of an illegal immigrant. if it were nancy pelosi’s daughter that was murdered do you think she would be screaming for open borders? hell no she would be on the war path about building a wall. untill the wealthy elitists in the democratic party suffer at the hands of illegal immigrants they will never know how serious the problems normal every day hard working americans are. the party of wealthy elitists and millennials who dont have to fight for jobs because they are to stoned and lazy to work is so out of touch with the people of this nation that it is pathetic
God help us. Satan is alive and well in the Democratic party. You can see him in Pelosi’s eyes and Schumer’s smirk. They have lost their minds! I cannot believe any true US citizen supports their beliefs and wants this country to become a third world country, as it will under Nancy’s directives. Keep in mind, folks, if anything happens to Trump and Pence, SHE will be the next President! Again, God help us.
Deport any and all illegal aliens. No amnesty ever. No chain migration. No DACA, no dreamers, no anchor babies, no illegal aliens period. E-Verify all potential employees for American jobs! Charge criminally and jail all employers who hire illegal aliens! We are a sovereign nation of laws and Illegal means illegal. No illegal acts should ever be rewarded. American benefits should be for American citizens only! Send ICE to their address and deport any and all illegal aliens found now! Bring back “Operation Wetba_k”. It worked in the 1950s and it would work today if properly implemented. Build the wall now!
Five billion is nothing compared to the cost of many unnecessary programs we could easily do without, and no one would even know they were gone except the staff. This loggerhead is pure politics, and the fault lies with the Democrats. They know that if the wall is built there will be no stopping Trump in 2020.
I think (1) you should give a nationally televised speech to explain the border situation and (2) you should ask Schumer & Pelosi what their position on a fence, wall, barrier, or whatever they call it is, i.e., are they for open borders, or not? Include asking them, are they for anchor babies and other ridiculous laws they have passed. Direct the question to each so you have both their answers.
President Trump should kick the Demonrats out immediately after they have sat down….
Mr. President, do not give in, keep up the good fight. We need that wall to go up. We are for you.
The Situation Room is an excellent choice. The Border is our first defense of the security of our country and problems there are Absolutely a threat against our national security which the President is charged with Protecting.
Patricia, Amen to that. I, like you believe that the wall needs to go up ASAP.
Remove ALL Taxpayer funded guards, barriers, door locks, gates and fences from all Congressional facilities and homes. If WE don’t get security THEY don’t get security.
The “DOJ” should have ended the sanctuary crap on day one. File the first criminal AND civil lawsuits, freeze the assets of of the “sanctuarians” and the rest would change their tune. Forfeit ALL of Gov. Jerry Brown’s assets to pay damages to the family of that murdered woman ….and jail him as an ACCESSORY.
Yes, “sanctuary implementors” DO OWE DAMAGES for any harm their law breaking leads to. By the way, why is a clerk jailed for refusing to do her duty and register homosexual marriages,but these politicians and police are not jailed for allowing sanctuary cities and refusing to do THEIR duty? SUE them for all their possessions.
Every politician blocking that wall is an ACCOMPLICE and ACCESSORY to the heroin epidemic.
Under Federal Law called the Harboring statute,those who Harbor and or conceal an illegal alien that murders an American,that person is eligible for the death penalty at Terre Haute!
Cannot say it often enough, these politicians took an oath to uphold the CONSTITUTION of the United States and therefore cannot whine that they do not have to enforce Federal Law. Every judge or politician blocking that wall is providing material aid and support to Narco Terrorists. Anyone who provides “sanctuary” to an illegal is harboring criminals, PERIOD. And if that illegal commits a crime the sanctuary providers is a ACTIVE ACCOMPLICE to the crime and is PERSONALLY Financially Liable for FULL restitution and gets to serve time for the crime…….. Make them pay a price for their evil ……. If the “Appointed Defenders” of Our HOUSE refuse to do their duty, they are accomplices and personally responsible for the results. “Public Officials” That refuse to enforce the immigration laws and provide “sanctuary” to ILLEGALS automatically assume personal financial responsibility for ANY crimes and any damages created by said ILLEGALS. They also are accessories to any crimes committed by their ILLEGALS and should be JAILED as Accomplices. Same applies to any priest/church that provides “sanctuary” Take all their assets for reparations and jail them as accomplices to the crimes .
Agree on every point!
Agree
No santuary cities.
I agree-
Close the border until these things are done–
Deport any and all illegal aliens. No amnesty ever. No chain migration. No DACA, no dreamers, no anchor babies, no illegal aliens period. E-Verify all potential employees for American jobs! Charge criminally and jail all employers who hire illegal aliens! We are a sovereign nation of laws and Illegal means illegal. No illegal acts should ever be rewarded. American benefits should be for American citizens only! Send ICE to their address and deport any and all illegal aliens found now! Bring back “Operation Wetba_k”. It worked in the 1950s and it would work today if properly implemented. Build the wall now!
Now is the time that the American citizens will see just who fancy nancy and schumer really represents, the question is do the progressive socialist democrats represent the American citizens or illegal aliens who invade our country.
*
But the greater question is just why have those who support building the wall never engaged in a debate over building the wall and the so called technology to secure the border. The open borders talk about drones, camera, etc. but there is never an in depth discussion on just how that would work.
*
We have about 9500 border agents to protect 2000 miles of border 24 hours a day, do the math we would have to have many more border agents in order to secure the border without the wall.
*
So here goes, a wall vs. technology>
*
We know how a wall would work you walk up to it and can’t go any further if the correct kind of wall is in front of you.
*
Think how the technology wall would work, a drone flies up and down the border and the operator sitting 30 or 40 miles away radios to the border agents that there is a group of illegal aliens approaching the border and the border agents are dispatched to the area. perhaps 10 miles away in rugged terrain and what happens, by the time the border agents get on cite the illegal aliens are already on U.S. soil and claim asylum or refugee status. A lot of good that drone and camera did and very expensive to operate with no results to show for it, unless you believe giving the illegal alien invaders a free ride back to headquarters is a result we should be looking for.
*
A wall is necessary and then the drones and cameras can be the supplement not a substitute for the wall.
*
Let’s here and see the debate on the two issues at hand, let’s not allow fancy nancy to have here meeting behind closed doors like she wanted last month.