BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Dems offer Trump money — with strings attached. House Democrats are drafting a letter to President Donald Trump offering roughly $5 billion for border security – if the president agrees to reopen the government. The catch: The money can’t be used for any ‘new structures’ (read: a wall) along the southern border. […]
Category: Border
1/23/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The federal government has been partially shut down for more than a month because of an impasse between Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the president’s demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the southern border. Democrats have remained adamant in their opposition to such a barrier. However, on Wednesday, […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said late Wednesday [1-23-19] that he would deliver his State of the Union address once the federal government reopens, capping a day of brinkmanship with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who told the president that he was not welcome to deliver the speech in the House chamber while the government is […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As new polls released on Wednesday [1-23-19] showed that a majority of Americans had cooled to the idea of a protracted government shutdown over his long-promised border wall, President Trump woke up with the same two options facing him as the past 33 days: He could fight back or concede. Or maybe […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Great unity in the Republican Party. Want to, once and for all, put an end to stoppable crime and drugs! Border Security and Wall. No doubt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 23, 2019 7:48 am […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At sunrise, there it was: a red-tailed hawk, its gyre widening over the United States Capitol building in the Creamsicle-colored light, like the world’s least subtle literary reference. It was still there by midafternoon, drifting on the thermals over the mostly depopulated National Mall, wheeling occasionally past the window in […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Senate will take two key votes on Thursday [1-22-19] on competing proposals aimed at ending the ongoing government shutdown — one backed by Republicans and the other backed by Democrats and both likely to fail. One of the votes will be on a proposal backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As of Tuesday [1-22-19], the government shutdown entered its second month. The principals in the dispute, President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, have dug their heels into their rigid positions to the extent that any compromise on either side will be costly in terms of both ego and political […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/CRIME/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Never seen @senatemajldr and Republicans so united on an issue as they are on the Humanitarian Crisis & Security on our Southern Border. If we create a Wall or Barrier which prevents Criminals and Drugs from flowing into our Country, Crime will go down by record numbers!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 22, […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOVERNMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The U.S. Senate shifted slightly closer on Tuesday [1-22-19] to resolving a month-long partial government shutdown, but there was no sign of relief anytime soon for 800,000 federal workers who are furloughed or working without pay. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laid the groundwork for a vote on Thursday [1-24-19] on […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Without a Wall our Country can never have Border or National Security. With a powerful Wall or Steel Barrier, Crime Rates (and Drugs) will go substantially down all over the U.S. The Dems know this but want to play political games. Must finally be done correctly. No Cave!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/22/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The Democrats are playing politics with Border Security.’ @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 22, 2019 7:35 am […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To all of the great people who are working so hard for your Country and not getting paid I say, THANK YOU – YOU ARE GREAT PATRIOTS! We must now work together, after decades of abuse, to finally fix the Humanitarian, Criminal & Drug Crisis at our Border. WE WILL WIN BIG!” […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SenJohnHoeven: The president outlined a compromise proposal to strengthen border security & end the partial government shutdown. Read m…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 7:35 pm […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SenThomTillis: My statement on the President’s proposal to end the partial government #shutdown through a compromise on border security…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 6:42 pm […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @marcorubio: @POTUS offers to support 2 bills sponsored by Dems (TPS & DACA extensions)in exchange for Border Security (something Democr…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 6:42 pm […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @sendavidperdue: President Trump again spoke directly to the American people about the national security crisis at our southern border.…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 3:31 pm […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @VP: Today @POTUS proposed a common sense plan to secure our border, reopen our government, and KEEP AMERICANS SAFE. Now it’s time for C…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 3:31 pm […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOP: ‘I commend the President for his leadership in proposing this bold solution to reopen the government, secure the border, and take…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 3:21 pm […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/IMMIGRATION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans plan to include $12.7 billion in disaster aid and government funding through the end of the fiscal year in their bill to advance President Donald Trump’s immigration proposal. The president’s plan will test Democrats’ solidarity, pitting border security funding against protections for young immigrants and refugees. Now, it will also […]
1/20/2019
BORDER/LATINOS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Wow, just heard that my poll numbers with Hispanics has gone up 19%, to 50%. That is because they know the Border issue better than anyone, and they want Security, which can only be gotten with a Wall.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 20, 2019 9:03 am […]
1/19/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico is doing NOTHING to stop the Caravan which is now fully formed and heading to the United States. We stopped the last two – many are still in Mexico but can’t get through our Wall, but it takes a lot of Border Agents if there is no Wall. Not easy!” –Donald […]
1/19/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A year ago, President Donald Trump was spending a holiday weekend in the South Florida sun, making morning excursions to his golf course and passing warm evenings on the patio of his estate as the sound of a piano wafted in the breeze. There’s no warmth now. The President is again sequestered […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump plans to offer Democrats another proposal to end the shutdown when he addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday [1-19-19] afternoon — what officials are describing as his third offer to end the shutdown, according to a senior administration official. The official told CNN that Trump’s idea […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House panel sent a letter Friday [1-18-19] to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting he turn over documents related to the administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy that led to the separation of families apprehended along the southern border. The letter from the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be making a major announcement concerning the Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border, and the Shutdown, tomorrow afternoon at 3 P.M., live from the @WhiteHouse.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 18, 2019 5:51 pm […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Donald Trump’s campaign is raising money to send bricks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over the ongoing dispute to fund a wall along the southern border that led to the partial government shutdown…The border wall is at the heart of what led […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/GOP/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Never seen the Republican Party so unified. No ‘Cave’ on the issue of Border and National Security. A beautiful thing to see, especially when you hear the new rhetoric spewing from the mouths of the Democrats who talk Open Border, High Taxes and Crime. Stop Criminals & Drugs now!” -Donald Trump, […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/MEXICO/MUSLIMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump revived an old and still unproved rumor that hints that Islamic migrants were entering the United States through Mexico and could pose a terrorism threat. This lacks evidence. Starting as early as 2005, politicians have claimed to have discovered discarded prayer rugs — and perhaps even Qurans or ‘a lot […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Democrats have added more than $1 billion in border-related spending to a package of funding bills that would reopen most of the government, even as President Trump said he would have a ‘major announcement’ on Saturday [1-19-19] about the border and the shutdown stalemate. Both sides’ actions were the first […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/DEMS/DREAMERS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump, facing a growing public backlash over the partial government shutdown, shifted course on Saturday [1-19-19] and offered Democrats a deal: temporary protections for roughly 700,000 young undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for a wall along the southern border. But the proposal, which Mr. Trump unveiled in […]
1/18/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Border rancher: ‘We’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal.’ Washington Examiner People coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 18, 2019 8:22 am […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nearly 400 migrants burrowed under a fence on the US-Mexico border earlier this week and crossed into the United States, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN. US Border Patrol officers stationed in the Yuma, Arizona, sector took about 375 migrants into custody on Monday after they had made it into […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’In 2018 alone, 20,000 illegal aliens with criminal records were apprehended trying to cross the Border, and there was a 122% increase in fentanyl being smuggled between ports of entry. Last month alone, more than 20,000 minors were smuggled into the U.S.’ @seanhannity” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 17, 2019 9:42 pm […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: For decades, politicians promised to secure the border, fix our trade deals, bring back our factories, get tough on Ch…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 17, 2019 8:18 pm […]
1/17/2019
AGRICULTURE/BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Facing people who have felt the full force of the partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump told a farmers convention Monday [1-14-19] that he is insisting on a border wall because of a ‘humanitarian crisis’ at the border…Telling the farmers ‘we’re going to have a wall, we’re going to have a barrier,’ […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration separated thousands more migrant kids at the border than it previously acknowledged, and the separations began months before the policy was announced, according to a federal audit released Thursday morning…HHS officials involved in caring for the separated children and reunifying families estimated ‘thousands’ of additional children are separated at […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico, which sprawls across four states and nine House districts, a single seat is held by a Republican: Representative Will Hurd of Texas. And Mr. Hurd, a former undercover C.I.A. officer who barely won re-election in Texas’ 23rd District, the largest of the nine, […]
1/17/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration was drafting policy to separate families apprehended at the US-Mexico border as early as December 2017, according to a draft memo released Thursday [1-17-19] night, despite later claims that no such policy existed. Sen. Jeff Merkley released a 2017 memo drafted by senior officials in the Department of Homeland […]
1/16/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “In their ongoing push for $5.7 billion to expand the border wall, Trump administration officials have repeatedly pointed to the flow of drugs across the southern border as proof that such a wall is needed. President Donald Trump has used that line. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has, too. But an […]
1/16/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday [1-16-19] that he could turn the ongoing government shutdown into a political issue in next year’s presidential election, labeling ‘Radical Democrats’ as a ‘party of open borders and crime.’ Trump’s White House is in the midst of stalled efforts to reopen portions of the federal government that […]
1/16/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is becoming more and more obvious that the Radical Democrats are a Party of open borders and crime. They want nothing to do with the major Humanitarian Crisis on our Southern Border. #2020!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 16, 2019 7:49 am […]
1/16/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There are now 77 major or significant Walls built around the world, with 45 countries planning or building Walls. Over 800 miles of Walls have been built in Europe since only 2015. They have all been recognized as close to 100% successful. Stop the crime at our Southern Border!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/15/2019
BORDER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @TomFitton: For the first time in a generation, we have a president who is beginning to tell the truth about the crisis on the border. @…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 15, 2019 8:17 am […]
1/15/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @PARISDENNARD: I trust a rancher on the Southern border more than a liberal politician from Northern California https://t.co/mo4oWe1SnI“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 15, 2019 8:01 am […]
1/15/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Polls are now showing that people are beginning to understand the Humanitarian Crisis and Crime at the Border. Numbers are going up fast, over 50%. Democrats will soon be known as the Party of Crime. Ridiculous that they don’t want Border Security!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 15, 2019 7:49 am […]
1/15/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A big new Caravan is heading up to our Southern Border from Honduras. Tell Nancy and Chuck that a drone flying around will not stop them. Only a Wall will work. Only a Wall, or Steel Barrier, will keep our Country safe! Stop playing political games and end the Shutdown!” […]
1/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve been waiting all weekend. Democrats must get to work now. Border must be secured!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:23 am […]
1/14/2019
BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Smugglers are flooding our communities with drugs. *300 Americans die each week from heroin, 90% of it comes from south…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 14, 2019 7:19 am […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Border is eventually going to be militarized and defended or the United States, as we have known it, is going to cease to exist…And Americans will not go gentle into that good night. Patrick Buchanan. The great people of our Country demand proper Border Security NOW!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/CRIME/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump portrait of an unsustainable Border Crisis is dead on. ‘In the last two years, ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with Criminal Records, including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes & 4000 violent killings.’ America’s Southern…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:12 pm […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of illegal aliens who have committed sexual crimes against children are right now in Texas prisons. Most came through our Southern Border. We can end this easily – We need a Steel Barrier or Wall. Walls Work! John Jones, Texas Department of Public Safety. @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The damage done to our Country from a badly broken Border – Drugs, Crime and so much that is bad – is far greater than a Shutdown, which the Dems can easily fix as soon as they come back to Washington!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:36 am […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 10:00 am […]
1/13/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The building of the Wall on the Southern Border will bring down the crime rate throughout the entire Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 13, 2019 9:58 am […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have a massive Humanitarian Crisis at our Southern Border. We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their ‘vacations’ and get back to work. I am in the White House ready to sign!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 11:14 am […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I do have a plan on the Shutdown. But to understand that plan you would have to understand the fact that I won the election, and I promised safety and security for the American people. Part of that promise was a Wall at the Southern Border. Elections have consequences!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/CRIME/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “23% of Federal inmates are illegal immigrants. Border arrests are up 240%. In the Great State of Texas, between 2011 & 2018, there were a total of 292,000 crimes by illegal aliens, 539 murders, 32,000 assaults, 3,426 sexual assaults and 3000 weapons charges. Democrats come back!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats should come back to Washington and work to end the Shutdown, while at the same time ending the horrible humanitarian crisis at our Southern Border. I am in the White House waiting for you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 12, 2019 9:28 am […]
1/12/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Washington used to know how to have a serious debate about border security. Republicans demanded more money for Border Patrol agents and necessary fences. Democrats argued for better surveillance technology and more resources at the ports of entry. The two parties squabbled over how much to spend, how to pay for it […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Lately, both President Trump and his political opponents have wreaked collateral damage on an undeserving soft target in their discussions of a border wall: the Middle Ages. Donald Trump’s obsession with the wall makes sense for his infomercial of a presidency. Like the Snuggie or the Hawaii Chair, the wall would be […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/NATURAL DISASTER/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Sen. Rick Scott was just sworn into office on Tuesday -1-8-19], but by Thursday [1-10-19] he was on the phone with President Donald Trump lobbying him not to use Florida disaster money for a border wall. A concerned Scott, who delayed his start in Washington to serve the final […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: This is common sense. Congress must pass a bill that ends the crisis at our border. https://t.co/wD0PPKfpNM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 11, 2019 5:11 pm […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Friday [1-11-19] played down the prospects of an imminent emergency declaration to free up funding for his proposed border wall, saying in a reversal that he wasn’t ‘going to do it so fast.’ Locked in an impasse with Democrats over the wall, Trump has said repeatedly in recent […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Friday [1-11-19] he is still open to declaring a national emergency over immigration at the southern border, but made clear he would ‘rather not,’ calling it an ‘easy way out’…One of the reasons Trump is reluctant to declare a national emergency: He believes his administration will be sued […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Humanitarian Crisis at our Southern Border. I just got back and it is a far worse situation than almost anyone would understand, an invasion! I have been there numerous times – The Democrats, Cryin’ Chuck and Nancy don’t know how bad and dangerous it is for our ENTIRE COUNTRY….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The government shutdown and partisan wrangling over a wall at the southern border have produced high political drama in Washington, where President Trump has sought to portray the impasse as a national emergency. And as the shutdown reached a record 22nd day on Saturday, Americans following local and national media coverage would […]
1/11/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump has stepped back from declaring a national emergency to pay for a border wall, under pressure from congressional Republicans, his own lawyers and advisers, who say using it as a way out of the government shutdown does not justify the precedent it would set and the legal questions it could […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 9:42 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Something has changed. President Donald Trump’s headline-hungry governing style has never lacked for drama, but there’s a new sense of aimlessness lately in Trump’s frenetic search for a crisis, his efforts to control the headlines, distract from other events, and keep his base satisfied that he is the muscular fighter who will […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be interviewed at the Border by @seanhannity on @FoxNews tonight at 9:00. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:45 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump claimed during his visit to the U.S. southern border on Thursday [1-10-19] that wheels predated the creation of the wall — launching almost immediate reaction on social media. But was he correct? The president, during his comments in a roundtable event with lawmakers and Border Patrol officials, made the argument […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham issued a statement Thursday [1-10-19] calling for President Donald Trump to invoke national emergency powers to fund his border wall…The statement from the key Trump ally came shortly after Graham said efforts to forge a deal with congressional Democrats had fallen flat. GOP senators gathered […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “House Democrats are weighing a lawsuit if President Donald Trump pulls the trigger on a national emergency declaration to build his border wall, with party leaders eager to stop the president from doing an end run around Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi declined to lay out exactly how House Democrats would […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “People and businesses across this border city reflected the national debate raging over President Donald Trump’s border wall during his visit Thursday [1-10-19]. Protesters favoring the wall and those opposed to new barriers took to the streets as residents insisted there was no crisis. Across the street from U.S. Customs and Border […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “From the Southern Border…. https://t.co/Vgsf5nEZUH“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 5:41 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “During a trip to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday [1-10-19], President Donald Trump twice claimed that more people are being caught illegally crossing the southern border than ever before. ‘We’re apprehending more people than ever apprehended before,’ Trump told a group of law enforcement officials and local leaders during a round-table discussion […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump did walk out of a negotiation session on Wednesday [1-19-19], but he said he didn’t slam any tables. Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] denied suggestions from congressional Democratic leaders that he had a ‘temper tantrum’ and hand-slammed the table on his way out the door…The New York Democrat had made his […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, citing the ‘safety of our nation’ as he continues to push for border wall funding that has ignited a partial government shutdown…The president remains at odds with Congressional Democrats over appropriations for his long-promised wall […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SenateGOP: Why do we need border security? This is why. These are the facts. #SecureOurBorder https://t.co/dMpYb3p4Wy“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 1:17 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Because of the Democrats intransigence on Border Security and the great importance of Safety for our Nation, I am respectfully cancelling my very important trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum. My warmest regards and apologies to the @WEF!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 1:14 pm […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHINA/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “As the partial government shutdown enters Day 20 with no compromise in sight, President Donald Trump said on Thursday [1-10-19] that dealing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is more frustrating that negotiating with China — a country Trump has described as America’s economic adversary…Trump made the […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-10-19] disputed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s account of their contentious meeting a day earlier, insisting that he had not slammed his fists on the table after hearing Democrats would not support funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Referring to Schumer (D-N.Y.) in a […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Nearly every lawmaker who represents a district or state along the U.S.-Mexico border — including two Republicans — either opposes outright or more quietly declines to support President Donald Trump’s $5.7 billion request for a border wall, according to a survey conducted by POLITICO. That poses an awkward reality for the president […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/FEMA/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local): 7:15 p.m. The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says what’s happening on the U.S. southern border is no emergency. W. Craig Fugate, who ran the national disaster agency for nearly eight years under President Barack […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DHS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump arrived in this border town Thursday [1-10-19] on a trip that he did not want to take to discuss a crisis that Democrats say does not exist, repeating his request for a long-promised border wall that has led to a bitter political impasse and a 20-day government shutdown. Flanked by […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When a president comes to town there are two realities, the one the White House hopes to create and the one that actually exists. President Trump arrived in this city on the Mexican border on Thursday [1-10-19] to dramatize his desire for a border wall, a hardened position that has caused the […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “‘Great support for Border Security and the Wall.’ @foxandfriends Even greater than anyone would know! ‘Presidents supporters do not want him to cave.’ @SteveDoocy I won’t!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 10, 2019 8:41 am […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is GREAT unity with the Republicans in the House and Senate, despite the Fake News Media working in overdrive to make the story look otherwise. The Opposition Party & the Dems know we must have Strong Border Security, but don’t want to give ‘Trump’ another one of many wins!” […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cryin Chuck told his favorite lie when he used his standard sound bite that I ‘slammed the table & walked out of the room. He had a temper tantrum.’ Because I knew he would say that, and after Nancy said no to proper Border Security, I politely said bye-bye and […]
1/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said he is nearing a decision to declare a national emergency on the southern border, which he visited in person Thursday [1-10-19] despite earlier reservations about taking the trip. The President warned as he departed the White House he would take the step — which would be subject to […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dbongino: New Poll: Vast Majority of Voters Believe There is ‘Crisis’ or ‘Problem’ at U.S. Border https://t.co/bzFimBid26“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 11:11 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CRIME/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @charliekirk11: Did you know: At our Southern Border, in 2018: 1.7 MILLION pounds of narcotics were seized 17,000 criminals were arre…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 9, 2019 10:56 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California Sen. Kamala Harris called the shutdown of the federal government a ‘crisis of the President’s own making’ in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday [1-9-19]. Harris, who published a new memoir this week ahead of likely 2020 presidential run, demurred on whether she will challenge President Donald Trump for […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “US taxpayers will foot the bill for a border wall, White House strategic communications director Mercedes Schlapp acknowledged in an interview on Wednesday [1-9-19]…The White House has previously acknowledged that the construction of a border wall will need to be funded by government dollars, but have insisted — as Schlapp did […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CENTRAL AMERICA/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s efforts to halt migrant caravans and limit asylum have not deterred Central American minors and members of their families from rushing toward the USA, according to data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday [1-9-19]. Border Patrol agents apprehended 27,518 members of family units in December, […]
1/2/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…I remain ready and willing to work with Democrats to pass a bill that secures our borders, supports the agents and officers on the ground, and keeps America Safe. Let’s get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 2, 2019 7:07 pm […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DONALD JR/IMMIGRATION/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Donald Trump Jr. likened his father’s proposed border wall with Mexico to a zoo fence Tuesday [1-8-19] evening, sparking a sharp backlash on social media from users who thought he was comparing immigrants to zoo animals. ‘You know why you can enjoy a day at the zoo?’ the son of President […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump has run into a wall. It’s the new Democratic House. In the first Oval Office address of his presidency, Trump argued Tuesday [1-8-19] night that a dire security and humanitarian crisis at the Mexican border has made it imperative for Congress to approve his immigration proposal, including […]
1/9/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump stormed out of a shutdown meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday [1-9-19], threatening to declare a national emergency at the border after Democrats refused him money for a border wall. Trump later called the meeting ‘a total waste of time.’ Meanwhile, the partial shutdown droned on for 800,000 federal workers, […]