That bill gave us nothing. We've talked about this. We wanted border security; that bill was all about letting even more people in.

This is where you seem to not understand even if Albaby explains it to you. IT GAVE YOU THE MONEY to increase the throughput of deportees. IT STREAMLINED THE PROCESS and allowed the use of trained administrators instead of judges. IT ALLOWED THE PRESIDENT TO SHUT DOWN THE BORDER IN EMERGENCIES.

I can't decide if you are deliberately not understanding just to argue or if you actually don't understand. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt and saying you are arguing this just to argue because the idea that you can't understand it is unsettling.

Now, Trump declares emergencies on a whim, so it would be no problem for him to pretend the criteria for shutting down the border was met, and to have another emergency or two as backup on other code sections/law, test that in the courts and delay, delay, delay - in the meantime the border is shut down. And you would have less of this disappearing people, disobeying judges orders, and Trump could find a way to get into trouble in other ways.

With many laws, you pass the imperfect and then go back and see if you can get the changes you like. Trump just wanted the issue to get into office, which was the right call, but now the eternal question - Where's the money?