Subject: Re: Trump: I Would Encourage Russia...
Why is it insane? Unless you're seeing numbers that exceed your capacity to process the asylee requests, there's no need to stop taking asylum requests.

Sooo...New York City gets a fraction of what the border towns get, and they can't handle it. We do not have the capacity to absorb more at this time. We just don't. How many services do you want to cut to fund this?

And you couldn't take "yes" for an answer.
Because all that good stuff was bundled with the trigger provisions. When I asked - repeatedly - everyone on this board if they would accept a bill with a trigger level of zero the answer was a resounding NO.

In other words, the democrats want to claim the mantle of Bestest Buddy Negotiators but wouldn't budge on that one simple point.

So who *really* wouldn't take yes for an answer?

That's what will put the Democrats in a much, much better position on this issue. Not that Trump will be perceived as "soft" on the border issues, but that he'll fail to solve the problems.

No it won't. Because after literally decades of pandering to the 'demogrpahics is destiny' crowd they have zero credibility when it comes to securing the border. This is heading to be the #1 issue going into November and the dems are 180 degrees away from it.

Sure - but to win the pot (or win money in general), you have to play your hands. You have to be willing to actually win money when you can. The GOP had a chance to win a huge pot here. The largest we've seen on immigration for decades. And they folded instead.

Did we, now.
https://www.nationalreview.com...

As a victim-services advocate in Chicago, Zerlina Smith-Members struggles every day to obtain scarce resources and shelter space for victims of violence in the city.

As a black mother and activist on Chicago’s West Side, she can’t help but notice the poor-performing schools, the bad health outcomes, the food deserts, the homelessness, the high taxes, the gangs, and the illegal guns that plague her community.

“It’s just a lot, and it’s overwhelming,” Smith-Members said of the challenges.

That is why Smith-Members, an independent Democrat, is frustrated by the response of her party’s far-left leaders to the influx of migrants who have flooded the city over the last year and a half.

As they say, all politics is local.
Now, your rebuttal is going to be along the lines of "Dope, come on. There's no way she votes Republican". And you're right 100% on that.

But guess what she absolutely won't support? More sanctuary city stuff. And if local community leaders like her won't support it, neither will the democrat party machines that nominate the people who get to run for Congress.

And that means my notion of "fewer democrats" becomes "fewer progressive democrats who support open borders". I'm okay with that, because democrats like Smith-Members are potentially capital-D Democrats you can do business with.