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elleng

(141,926 posts) Thu Oct 25, 2018, 09:59 PM Oct 2018

Trump Considers Closing Southern Border to Migrants. [View all]

Source: NYT

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to send troops to help secure the border with Mexico. Weeks before the midterm elections, a large caravan of migrants has become the latest immigration issue.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/politics/trump-army-border-mexico.html

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Trump Considers Closing Southern Border to Migrants. [View all] elleng Oct 2018 OP

Red meat for the deplorables groundloop Oct 2018 #1

Bingo!!! cstanleytech Oct 2018 #3

We should have closed Ellis Island back in the early 1900s.... George II Oct 2018 #2

He wants to hijack the cable news conversation to be about immigrants the week prior to the election RockRaven Oct 2018 #4

If he can already do that, he does not need his wall. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #5

Trump is so determined to make a drama over this Ohioboy Oct 2018 #6

one would think this would motivate latinx to turn out and vote. maybe nt msongs Oct 2018 #7

Agree iluvtennis Oct 2018 #8

Unfortunately BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #12

Uh huh atreides1 Oct 2018 #15

The issue here is that those who are called "Hispanics" BumRushDaShow Oct 2018 #17

Evil bastard. Doing all of this to steal the news cycle with the midterms coming. I DESPISE him iluvtennis Oct 2018 #9

The man is an embarrassment. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #10

This just in: Trump to sign executive order forbidding illegal aliens to enter the U.S. Girard442 Oct 2018 #11

The pipe bomb thing kinda upstaged the Immigrant thing titaniumsalute Oct 2018 #13

And if Mexico reacts and closes it to Americans? Thousands won't be sinkingfeeling Oct 2018 #14

Because of how bad he's making it here, the main problem will be emigration, not immigration. lagomorph777 Oct 2018 #16