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Smackdown2019

(1,327 posts)
Tue Dec 19, 2023, 12:32 AM Dec 2023

Borders

So the GOP and the Nazi party is wanting to close off the border to immigrants.

Which border?

Our Nation is vast and connects to THREE oceans; Atlantic, Pacific and Artic Ocean. Including international borders we share with direct or indirectly with. Directly, Mexico, Canada, and Cuba. Indirectly with a body of water less than 20 miles, Russia, Great Britain Territory, and Hayti.

If we close the border totally like North Korea does with their Borders, imagine the cost and impractical means? If and i say If this was to be the case to actually be pulled off, it be the first since our borders expanded since 1780s. In other words, its just a high price talk point to get votes.

So who will we close the border to?

Granted, there is a fine line to advert those that fail to go about legal means and those who are legitimately running for safety.

If the GOP and Nazi talk point is just shut down the border, HOW?

I have the solution, simple!

Main reason that immigrants are crossing into the US is for saftey. Economy is another factor.

So, drug lords are the evil force of immigration, we declared war with them in the 80s, lets do that again and root them off the face of the earth!

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RussellCattle

(1,928 posts)
1. I, for one, do not see a problem with your plan. Couple this with a crackdown on American businesses that....
Tue Dec 19, 2023, 12:38 AM
Dec 2023

…..hire ‘illegals” that includes stringent reporting and hefty fines and we’ll solve this problem

Walleye

(43,516 posts)
2. They say close the border, no one ever asks them to explain. It's one of their slogans
Tue Dec 19, 2023, 06:22 AM
Dec 2023

I guess one of the things they love about right wing politics is, it is so simplistic. To the magas the United States is a piece of real estate not an idea. That’s why they love a real estate scam artist, simplistic like their minds

Emile

(39,819 posts)
3. The border is just another wedge issue Republicans bring up
Tue Dec 19, 2023, 06:42 AM
Dec 2023

to get the ignorant to vote against their best interest. They had years and years to sit down and hash out a new immigration policy, but that would take away their wedge issue. Now they are using it to stop funding of the Ukraine war with Russia. They are not going to do a damn thing except make noise and point their fingers.

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