Having the US Military
on the Mexican Border without a full wall is more expensive, more dangerous and
less effective. It is not sustainable over time. We have 20,000 Border Agents
on the Border with a cost of $42 billion per year and would continue to need US
Military costing another $1billion per year.
A border wall would pay for itself within a few years
Trump is a
businessman. Democrats think government is a jobs program. 66% of US voters
think we need a border wall. I think the DOD should build the wall and pay for
it out of their budget. Building the wall is a legitimate “defense” expenditure
we’ve made since 1848. Defending the US Border is the highest military priority
we currently have. It is far more important than defending other countries’
borders.
The cost of deploying
the National Guard to the Mexican Border was $1.35 billion for 40 months
between 2006 and 2011.
In what he dubbed "Operation Jump Start," Bush authorized the deployment of
6,000 National Guard troops to California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. They
stayed there for around two years, from June 2006 to July 2008. The cost was
$1.2 billion, according
to congressional testimony from
Major General John Nichols, who's in charge of the Texas National Guard. That
comes out to roughly $100,000 per troop each year.
The Homeland Security budget is another
legitimate source of funding the construction of the Border Wall.
The FY 2019 Budget reflects
the administration's priorities,
including ensuring the safety and security of the American people.
The budget requests
$47.5 billion in discretionary budget authority
for the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), a
$3.5 billion or 7.8 percent increase from the FY 2018 President's Budget.
Congress is useless. See article below:
Trump Cannot Lose Border Wall Fight — But America Could, by Conservative Zone,
12/16/18.
After the
recent attack on U.S. Border Patrol officers by the migrant caravan mob and
attempts to extort American taxpayers to the tune of $50,000, Pres. Donald J.
Trump occupies a no-lose situation in the border wall fight
His
insistence that Congress immediately provide $5 billion in border security that includes
approximately 215 miles of wall funding has the full support of the American people. A
recent poll indicates that two-thirds of supporters back Pres. Trump shutting
down the government until Congress provides the funding to secure the southern border.
In a
recent dust-up with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and expected incoming
House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the pair of Democrats refused to provide
additional funding to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
“The last
time, Chuck, you shut it down,” Pres. Trump said. “If we don’t get what we want
… I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck.”
Among the
groups polled, 47 percent of the president’s base supporters feel strongly that
he should in no way, shape or form compromise on border security. A majority of
working-class Americans and those living in rural areas say that the president
should not just insist on the short-term $5 billion, but the entire $25 billion
required to complete a comprehensive border security initiative. All told, a
reported 67 percent of those who voted to put the Republican in the White House
identify border security and the proposed wall as an immediate and necessary
priority.
“In
February of this year 44 Democrats including Schumer, voted for a bill that had
$25 billion for a wall. In 2013 Schumer helped create a bill that I was part of that had $8
billion for a wall — $42 billion for securing the border in other ways,” South
Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said. “So, they’re just — they want Trump to lose
more than they want the country to win.”
But based
on voting poll statistics, Pres. Trump is in the driver’s seat regarding
political clout. Regardless of whether he shuts down the government and breaks
Democrats’ political will or secures immediate funding, the voting base that
elected the Washington outsider will likely return to the 2020 election booths
in spades.
Unlike
Democrats, the president will be relatively unaffected by the biased mainstream
media who have grossly overplayed their hand. More than 90 percent of the
liberal media reporting is negative against Pres. Trump, and declining ratings
at outlets such as CNN show Americans are tuning out and don’t believe the
propaganda when they hear it. Simply put, Pres. Trump enjoys a no-lose
political position. However, the same cannot be said for the country.
While
Republicans control both houses until the end of the year, a bill that includes
the requested $5 billion has been floated in the House. However, liberal donors
that exploit illegal immigrants for cheap labor have tasked Democrats with
attaching some unsavory add-ons should.
Corporate
liberal backers pushing for open borders have managed to get the following
tacked on:
·
A form of amnesty for DACA illegals
·
Renewed Obama-era catch and release mandates
·
Automatic refugee status for migrants
·
200,000 green cards for India citizens
·
The tripling of H-2B visas for foreign workers
The bill
would not offer additional funding for the Border Patrol to detain illegal
migrants or hire the additional 1,000 ICE agents requested by the Department of
Homeland Security — despite the increase of illegal immigrants penetrating the
country’s southern border.
“I think
the president and people like me need to make the case to the American people
that they’re denying this president money that makes sense. The difference
between $1.6 billion and $5 billion is what we’re talking about,” Sen. Graham
added. “He’s in a good spot, dig in, make the case that this money is necessary
and challenge the Democrats to work with you on DACA, plus the wall. And if
they say no to that, that means they really do hate Trump more than they care about the country
and that will blow up in their face.”
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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