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cstanleytech

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12. Agreed but they need to push back in more intelligent ways such as offering up
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 12:41 PM
Nov 2018

some things simply for better common sense border security nationwide.
For example things like improvements at airports for security as well as improve the speed of it make sense plus funding for a number of (unarmed) drones equipped with both night vision and infrared cameras to improve border security.
After that I think they should offer up shifting a significant amount of the DOD funding to the coast guard to both improve protection of our borders that are along the ocean as well as providing better assistance in the case of emergencies at sea.
All of those things make more sense than a bloated phallic symbol of a wall that Trump wants (probably as a monument to his self imagined greatness) to supposedly combat illegal immigrants because if that was what he really wanted to do he would be asking for laws to hold the ones that knowingly hire them more responsible with things like stiffer mandatory prison time.

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Democrats better not give one red penny for that stupid fucking wall The Liberal Lion Nov 2018 #1
Agreed but they need to push back in more intelligent ways such as offering up cstanleytech Nov 2018 #12
Great ideas and I agree wholeheartedly The Liberal Lion Nov 2018 #14
Yes, give him the wall dalton99a Nov 2018 #2
What? Scarsdale Nov 2018 #5
Just say NO Racerdog1 Nov 2018 #3
The freshly "bipartisan" cheetolini sounds exactly like the same old cheetolini to me, bigly. marble falls Nov 2018 #4
Democrats and Republicans should come together on wall funding louis c Nov 2018 #6
They really should TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #8
I'm sure he meant to send that to the Mexican congress, since they'll be paying for it. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 #7
Yes! He promised Mexico would pay for it! LuckyLib Nov 2018 #19
Trump's idea of "coming together" is that everyone gets to agree with him. - n/t Jim__ Nov 2018 #9
The wall is frankly one of the dumbest ideas I have heard in my 71 years. watoos Nov 2018 #10
When the show military on the border does anything other than put u fences and drill. LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #11
Ok... what's he trying to divert attention from this time? Talitha Nov 2018 #13
No on the wall and no on the reform bill pecosbob Nov 2018 #15
Dream on, Pussy Grabber. . . . BigDemVoter Nov 2018 #16
OFFS - Give it up already. Marie Marie Nov 2018 #17
Trump's plan is "The Wall or Government Shut Down." Nitram Nov 2018 #18
Hiring a troupe of mimes to stand on the Mexican side and pretend there's an invisible wall tclambert Nov 2018 #20
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