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Donald Trump Vetoes Attempt to Block his Declaration of a National Emergency

posted by martyb on Sunday March 17 2019, @07:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/15/donald-trump-vetoes-attempt-to-block-national-emergency

President Donald Trump vetoed a bill designed to block his emergency declaration at the Southern Border on Friday, in a ceremony at the White House.

“Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump said. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it. And I’m very proud to veto it.”

Also at CBS News, CNBC, and USA Today.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday March 17 2019, @09:42PM (2 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday March 17 2019, @09:42PM (#816113) Journal

    It doesn't require that there be a credible legal way to immigrate. It absolutely does not.

    Yes, it does. Because otherwise it's just an empty threat and would-be illegal immigrants have no incentive to stay out.

    It is especially bad to accept any immigrant who would enlarge a significant non-English ghetto. This means that all Spanish-speaking people, without regard for country of origin, are really bad.

    We had the same drama with Europeans (Poles, Germans, Scandinavians, etc). It sorted out fine.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 17 2019, @11:55PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 17 2019, @11:55PM (#816162)

    We catch them. We flay them. Who will sign up for that? Obviously we don't just set them back on the other side of the border to try again.

    Prison works too, as long as we take it seriously. We can outsource the prisons to El Salvador, Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, North Korea, or any other place that would make prisons be an actual punishment.

    The drama with Europeans was less severe except possibly for the Germans. It took a couple centuries to fully clear that up. We actually needed a world war against Germany to make speaking German be fully unacceptable in public. So... is your solution to have a world war against a Spanish-speaking country? IMHO that would really suck.

    I don't want to wait 2 centuries to get my country unified again. I won't live that long. I'd suffer all my life, and my great-grandchildren would too.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday March 18 2019, @12:49AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 18 2019, @12:49AM (#816184) Journal

      We catch them. We flay them.

      Eighth amendment precludes us from inflicting cruel and unusual punishments, such as flaying, for minor crimes like illegal immigration.

      We actually needed a world war against Germany to make speaking German be fully unacceptable in public.

      It never was a problem, much less one requiring a world war.

      I don't want to wait 2 centuries to get my country unified again. I won't live that long. I'd suffer all my life, and my great-grandchildren would too.

      When was the last time it was "unified" in the way you claim? I think ignorance of history is biting you here.