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on Sunday March 17 2019, @07:12AM
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.
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.”
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Donald Trump Vetoes Attempt to Block his Declaration of a National Emergency
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday March 18 2019, @07:40AM
I need to make a point for "the other side" here.
Yes, a simple wall, or even a simple fence, will deter the lowest common denominator to which you refer. But, the LCD doesn't even come to the border. The LCD's of the various populations to our south, stay home, and live their lives. You would have a hard time forcing them to walk a thousand miles or more, just to make a death defying walk across the desert, to climb over some Normandy Beach type barricades.
Those people who have made that thousand mile trek are pretty determined. If they know beforehand that they need a twelve foot ladder, then there will be a twelve foot ladder with the group - probably two of them, so that they don't have to jump down from the top of the wall.
You're right, we cut down on the number of people willing to make the trek, simply because they know there is a wall there. But, no wall is enough. We MUST patrol the wall, more effectively than we already do. We MUST install surveillance that is far more effective than we already have. We should know well in advance any time a group of five or more starts moving toward the wall. We have satellites that can scan in infrared, ultraviolet, visible light, and various forms of radar. We have all of that, and more that can be mounted on the fence. We can wire the fence for sound, to the point we can hear owls and bats gliding over the fence at night.
And, we have PEOPLE. I insist that there should be (at least) an army division regularly patrolling the badlands. We already have the army. We already have more than enough people in the army. All we need do, is decide to task a division with patrolling and securing that border. Unfortunately, we lack the determination to do so.
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