Well, obviously, the NY Times won’t actually say that Trump was right and Biden was wrong, or that Democrats were full of bat guano when they said the only way to secure the border was the terrible “bipartisan” bill
On Mexico’s Once-Packed Border, Few Migrants Remain
On the eve of President Trump’s deadline to impose tariffs on Mexico, one thing is hard to miss on the Mexican side of the border: The migrants are gone.
In what were once some of the busiest sections along the border — Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana, Matamoros — shelters that used to overflow now hold just a few families. The parks, hotels and vacant buildings that once teemed with people from all over the world stand empty.
And on the border itself, where migrants once slept in camps within feet of the 30-foot wall, only dust-caked clothes and shoes, rolled-up toothpaste tubes and water bottles remain.
“All that is over,” said the Rev. William Morton, a missionary at a Ciudad Juárez cathedral that serves migrants free meals. “Nobody can cross.”
Last week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary, Kristi Noem, announced that Customs and Border Protection had apprehended only 200 people at the southern border the Saturday before — the lowest single-day number in over 15 years.
Mr. Trump has credited his crackdown on illegal immigration for the plunging numbers, even as he has also announced he will send thousands more combat forces to the border to stop what he calls an invasion.
Why couldn’t Biden have done all this?
But according to analysts, Mexico’s own moves to restrict migration in the last year — not just at the border but throughout the country — have yielded undeniable results. In February, the Trump administration said it would pause for a month the imposition of 25-percent tariffs on Mexican exports, challenging the government to further reduce migration and the flow of fentanyl across the border.
Yes, and they did this because of Trump’s policies. Obviously, the Times wants to give Mexico credit. And to Biden, after he implemented measures in order to look tough and that he was Doing Something as election season was hitting. It’s a long, long piece, and they work hard to not give Trump credit and call him mean, all while
What does this show me?
That the Biden administration WANTED illegal border crossings.
They basically invited gangs and criminals here.
They could have stopped it if they wanted. But they didn’t. pic.twitter.com/EQwqDxmc6P
— A. Muñoz ???????? (@MAGASailor) March 3, 2025
I mentioned this a week or so ago, and, now we have the final numbers. Can you imagine how bad 2024 would have been if Biden hadn’t played some games?
How many times have I pointed out that President Trump was able to greatly reduce illegal immigration during his first term under the existing law, and that the Democrats’ attempt to allow a reduced number of illegals in the country through a ‘bipartisan’ bill was wholly unnecessary? Now, once again under the existing law, the law in place before January 20, 2017, Mr Trump has once again managed to reduce the flow of illegals.
Translation: once again, conservatives were right, and liberals were wrong!
We do need immigrants, but what we need are fully vetted, responsible, family and Christian oriented immigrants, the kinds of people we want in our country, people who will obey the laws, and be good, productive contributors to the country and their communities. We do not need people who will suck at the welfare teat, not assimilate into our culture, or commit crimes. We do not need single males of prime crime committing ages. If we can set up that kind of system, and allow in only those who can prove themselves to be probable contributors to our country, things will be just fine.
Is it Constitutional to only permit christian immigrants?
Our greatest federal expenditures are Defense/Veterans, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Interest on the debt (mostly war spending, but also support for the Great Recession and Trump Plague). That is not to ignore the state, local and federal housing and support in US cities.
Mr Dana is correct that the US needs comprehensive immigration reform which would also include monitoring the state of our southern neighbors where most of our immigrants originate (ignoring the 30-40% visa overstays for now). But our dysfunctional legislators are not capable of such grand things, worrying more about pronouns and their next campaign.
Unfortunately, the leader of the MAGAt Movement has avoided prison by demonizing brown people and frightening his worshippers.
Well your boy Brandon didn’t do shit in 4 years so your argument, like you, is worthless.
MAGA47 Motherfucker!
The distinguished Mr Dowd asked:
From Amnesty International:
The ban remained in force until President Biden reversed it in 2021.
The United States was clearly able to ban entry by people from Muslim majority countries. That’s not exactly the same thing as restricting immigration to Christians, but it’s similar.
How did Trump know? Just a lucky guess I suppose. No one could have made the connection between incentives, enforcement, and human behavior.