Nancy Pelosi: ‘We Have Never Not Said There Was a Crisis’ at U.S.-Mexico Border

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Nancy Pelosi: ‘We Have Never Not Said There Was a Crisis’ at U.S.-Mexico Border

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JOSHUA CAPLAN 17 May 2019

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) falsely claimed Wednesday that Democrats have “never” denied that there is a “crisis” on the U.S.-Mexico border — a statement directly contradicted by the words of multiple party leaders just months ago.

“Well, let me just say this. We have never not said that there was a crisis — there is a humanitarian crisis at the border, and some of it provoked by the actions taken by the administration,” Pelosi stated during her weekly press conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday.
“What is happening at the border is tragic and we hope to address some of that in the disaster supplemental,” the California Democrat added. “And we understand our responsibility to secure our border.”

Pelosi’s remarks bear a stark contrast to what the House Speaker and other Democrats have previously said about the situation at the border, referring to it as a “manufactured crisis” by President Donald Trump.

During a joint press conference in January, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused the president of using the “backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear, and divert attention.”

Further, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said of the situation at the Southern border after a visit to El Paso, Texas: “The first, most dramatic thing we found was there is no crisis.”

President Trump signed a congressional bill to avert a second partial government shutdown and declared a national emergency to build a wall along the border after Democrats used to back the funding required for its construction. The president also declared a national emergency at the southern border and used his executive authority to go around Congress to obtain more money to build the security barrier. “The current situation at the southern border presents a border security and humanitarian crisis that threatens core national security interests and constitutes a national emergency,” he said at the time.

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security said earlier this month that illegal border crossing surged to a decade-high in April with nearly 100,000 crossers arrested.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...mexico-border/

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She's a witch.

Trump may be the one going t--- up, I'm afraid. Pelosi and Co. will finagle some broad sweeping amnesty in exchange for merely nominal border control.

It's a real tragedy for our country that "Pelosi and Co." are in charge of the US Congress because they won control of the US House of Representatives in 2018, but that's what the American voters by a vast margin of 9 million votes wanted in an election where the top 2 issues were healthcare and immigration, and that's the DemoQuack views of those 2 issues that won the election, not ours. Republicans are the minority in the United States electorate and not all Republicans even agree with all of our positions. So, when we didn't work our asses off to maintain control of the US House of Representatives and pick up 9 more seats in the US Senate so we could pass the bills we want and need to fix the problem, we defeated ourselves seems to me.

I don't think enough people in our cause understood the epic importance of the 2018 Midterms or the obvious and predictable outcomes if Republicans lost them, as we did and did so for absolutely no rational reason whatsoever.

It's very sad, actually, the emotion of all great tragedies.

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It's a real tragedy for our country that "Pelosi and Co." are in charge of the US Congress because they won control of the US House of Representatives in 2018, but that's what the American voters by a vast margin of 9 million votes wanted in an election where the top 2 issues were healthcare and immigration, and that's the DemoQuack views of those 2 issues that won the election, not ours. Republicans are the minority in the United States electorate and not all Republicans even agree with all of our positions. So, when we didn't work our asses off to maintain control of the US House of Representatives and pick up 9 more seats in the US Senate so we could pass the bills we want and need to fix the problem, we defeated ourselves seems to me.

I don't think enough people in our cause understood the epic importance of the 2018 Midterms or the obvious and predictable outcomes if Republicans lost them, as we did and did so for absolutely no rational reason whatsoever.

It's very sad, actually, the emotion of all great tragedies.

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You keep harping on this like an old broken record player. Trump, McConnell and Paul Ryan didn't exactly instill confidence in the American people with their flighty (fickle & irresponsible) and inconsistent immigration messages. Trump's many lies also probably had something to do with his failure to excite the necessary American voters.

Time to quit whining about the past and time to hold Trump and the U.S. Congress to task!

Oh sure, please hold him and them to "task". That seems to be working really well for Democrats and Illegal Aliens. In my opinion, he's milked Executive Power on this issue dry as a bone. He still has diplomatic and international powers, maybe something will come of that. He won the 9th Circuit appeal on Remain in Mexico, and AG Barr was down in Central America laying down the law, so maybe something positive will come from that.

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l and AG Barr was down in Central America laying down the law, so maybe something positive will come from that.

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Laying down the law----like this?

AG Barr promises continued support to Northern Triangle

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that funding under his authority for policing in Central America's Northern Triangle is not at risk under the Trump administration's promise to cut off those countries not doing enough to control migration.

Barr spoke after meeting in San Salvador with his counterparts from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Barr said he met with President Donald Trump before the trip. "He supported my coming down here, making clear that we remain committed to this effort and we remain committed to the funding that has been supporting these law enforcement efforts," the attorney general said.

Barr said he and his counterparts discussed expanding efforts against the region's violent gangs such as MS-13, as well as increasing the attention to corruption, financial crimes and human trafficking.

Unlike Trump, who has been critical of Central American governments, Barr said he was so impressed with their cooperation against transnational criminal organizations that he decided to make the region his first foreign visit.

Yeah, sounds good. "expanding efforts against" ...... MS-13 as well as .... human trafficking. I like that. They can and should stop this in their countries.

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Yeah, sounds good. "expanding efforts against" ...... MS-13 as well as .... human trafficking. I like that. They can and should stop this in their countries.

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U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that funding under his authority for policing in Central America's Northern Triangle is not at risk

Funding Judy-----remember the few hundred post you have made about Judy's Plan B
but now you are all for it because Trump

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That's ... Judy's Plan B!!

Judy's Plan B:

Tell all these countries if your citizens don't stop entering our country illegally, then your country will have no aid from or trade with the United States.

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Care to tell us how Barr laid down the law?

Yeah, Judy's Plan B was exactly what we needed. Sad, you didn't understand that.

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Yeah, Judy's Plan B was exactly what we needed. Sad, you didn't understand that.

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and you just proved how FAKE your pushing your Plan B was

Plan B until Trump does the opposite and then crickets from Judy except to try to crawl and wiggle away from that fact.

How so?!! In the article you posted, Barr said these 3 countries were doing the best job of all the countries with their law enforcement funding from the United States. If they're doing a good job with those funds for those purposes that meet our goals, why would we cut that??!! Judy's Plan B doesn't call for cutting THAT, Judy's Plan B doesn't call for being stupid. These Justice Department funds are the monies that chase drug dealers, gangs, cartels, human smugglers, narco-terrorists and other transnational criminal enterprises in those countries that haul illegal aliens and illegal contraband into the United States.

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Yeah, Judy's Plan B was exactly what we needed. Sad, you didn't understand that.

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You're not even making sense. Judy's Plan B called for cutting ALL aid!

Stoptheinvader's has your number on this one. :lol:

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How so?!! In the article you posted, Barr said these 3 countries were doing the best job of all the countries with their law enforcement funding from the United States. If they're doing a good job with those funds for those purposes that meet our goals, why would we cut that??!! Judy's Plan B doesn't call for cutting THAT, Judy's Plan B doesn't call for being stupid. These Justice Department funds are the monies that chase drug dealers, gangs, cartels, human smugglers, narco-terrorists and other transnational criminal enterprises in those countries that haul illegal aliens and illegal contraband into the United States.

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That's ... Judy's Plan B!!

Judy's Plan B:

Tell all these countries if your citizens don't stop entering our country illegally, then your country will have no aid from or trade with the United States.
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No aid means NO aid to most of us, but not to Judy

Barr said these 3 countries were doing the best job of all the countries with their law enforcement funding from the United States.

Then why are they still pouring over the border claiming they are running from gang violence?

Laughable but Judy believes it and quotes it.

Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Third Ministerial of the Northern Triangle Attorneys General

San Salvador
El Salvador
~ Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thank you, Attorney General Melara, for those kind words — and thank you for hosting us for this third meeting of the Attorneys General of the Northern Triangle and the United States.

I am honored to be here with all of you. In our meeting today, we have renewed our commitment to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the fight against MS-13, the 18th Street Gang, and other transnational criminal groups that threaten the citizens of all our countries.

Together, through Operation Regional Shield, we have struck at these criminal organizations at their origins.

And, as a result, we have seen the indictment of more than 7,000 MS-13 and 18th Street gang members in the Northern Triangle — gang members who otherwise might have reached the U.S.

The citizens of the United States are safer as the result of the courage of you and your law enforcement agencies — and we are grateful.

I am pleased to announce today that this close cooperation will continue; and President Trump has approved continued funding of our law enforcement efforts; through the ongoing work of our OPDAT Resident Legal Advisors in each of your countries, through the FBI’s Transnational Anti-Gang teams, through the DEA’s Sensitive Investigative Units, and through HSI’s work to counter human smuggling and trafficking.

Visiting El Salvador has given me a chance to see first-hand how important this on-the-ground cooperation is in fighting transnational criminal groups.

And being with all of you — my fellow Attorneys General — has reaffirmed my belief that the safety of our citizens is interdependent — and that, together, we will not only confront, but will defeat, these criminal gangs.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/a...thern-triangle

These grants fund country law enforcement to assist our own law enforcement operations we have in those countries. I highlughted the specific US agencies down there in the statement Barr posted on DOJ website.

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That's ... Judy's Plan B!!

Judy's Plan B:

Tell all these countries if your citizens don't stop entering our country illegally, then your country will have no aid from or trade with the United States.
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No aid means NO aid to most of us, but not to Judy

Barr said these 3 countries were doing the best job of all the countries with their law enforcement funding from the United States.

Then why are they still pouring over the border claiming they are running from gang violence?

Laughable but Judy believes it and quotes it.

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Because the illegal aliens are con artists and scammers. Why would you or anyone else believe anything out of the mouth of an illegal alien trying to con their way into the United States?

Geez.

I am fascinated though with your raising my Judy's Plan B back to life.

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Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Third Ministerial of the Northern Triangle Attorneys General


These grants fund country law enforcement to assist our own law enforcement operations we have in those countries. I highlughted the specific US agencies down there in the statement Barr posted on DOJ website.

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Why are we funding law enforcement operations in those countries, when we don't have enough ICE to round up and deport from our own, enough BP since the invaders are now having to wait in line for the UBER Welcome Wagon.

Oh and BTW it is still sending AID, just so you know...

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Because the illegal aliens are con artists and scammers. Why would you or anyone else believe anything out of the mouth of an illegal alien trying to con their way into the United States?

Geez.

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I don't believe, but apparently their friend Trump the Master Con Artist does, his BP even goes around the fence to help the invaders in, while Trump gets his followers all pumped about building a wall.

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Why are we funding law enforcement operations in those countries, when we don't have enough ICE to round up and deport from our own, enough BP since the invaders are now having to wait in line for the UBER Welcome Wagon.

Oh and BTW it is still sending AID, just so you know...

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If you want to call it aid, that's fine. It's a type of funding I have no problem with so far, and you've provided no reason to oppose it. I don't know why we have all these FBI, DEA and HSI operations in these foreign countries, but they've been there a long time.

If they implemented Judy's Plan B, they probably wouldn't need any of it and could phase it out.

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I don't believe, but apparently their friend Trump the Master Con Artist does, his BP even goes around the fence to help the invaders in, while Trump gets his followers all pumped about building a wall.

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I was never a fan of a wall, but I do like the new tall fence design with the spikes on top.

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If you want to call it aid, that's fine. It's a type of funding I have no problem with so far, and you've provided no reason to oppose it. I don't know why we have all these FBI, DEA and HSI operations in these foreign countries, but they've been there a long time.

If they implemented Judy's Plan B, they probably wouldn't need any of it and could phase it out.

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I provided reason in post and you even quoted my reason, if you would only read

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Why are we funding law enforcement operations in those countries, when we don't have enough ICE to round up and deport from our own, enough BP since the invaders are now having to wait in line for the UBER Welcome Wagon.

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I'll make it real simple, the US is 22 trillion in debt, too broke to fund our own country.

Then go attack the FBI, DEA and HSI. They're the ones who have sold the Congresscritters on the programs.

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I was never a fan of a wall, but I do like the new tall fence design with the spikes on top.

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Figures that you would like a slated fence where the drug cartels can pass their product, money and payoffs right through. Furthermore, I question the efficiency of those points at the top of his fence. We're trying to stop people, not elephants and dragons! Seems to me some folks could squeeze right between the slates where the points are or maybe throw a heavy blanket, bucket or cup right over the so-called spikes because I doubt they will be honed to a needle point. Personally, I think Trump has been watching too many medieval movies.

Trump campaigned on and promised us a 30-ft rebar reinforced concrete wall. Instead we end up with practically the same thing that was already on portions of the border.

Trump wants border wall painted black, with sharp spikes on top

By Amanda Woods and Nikki Schwab

May 17, 2019 | 12:05pm | Updated

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President Donald Trump has a very specific vision for his proposed border wall with Mexico — paint it black, and put sharp spikes on the top, according to a new report.

The “wall” will in fact be a steel bollard fence and not a concrete barrier as Trump had promised since his campaign days — and although he’s OK with that, he’s been quite bold in laying out his guidelines, the Washington Post reported Thursday.

The bollards — which the president refers to as “slats” — should be painted “flat black” so they would absorb heat in the summer, rendering them too hot for anyone attempting to climb the fence, Trump recently told White House aides, Homeland Security officials and military engineers, according to the report.

A White House insider confirmed to The Post that Trump believes a “flat black” wall would deter border crossing.

Trump is unwavering on that front — despite warnings that painting the barrier would escalate construction costs and maintenance budgets.

“Once you paint it, you always have to paint it,” an administration official told the paper.

The president has also rejected a design that depicted the fence topped by a rounded-barrel-like metal cylinder to prevent climbing, a former official told the outlet. He’s approved designs that include a flat-panel anti-climbing surface that has been field-tested, but he’s not entirely happy with those either, according to the report.

He prefers a barrier with sharp spikes, that would appear more intimidating.

The metal spikes would cut through the hands of climbers and do a better job of deterring them, Trump told a group of aides, according to the report.

He’s also been known to change his mind about the height of the fence, insisting that it be as tall as possible — though engineers have raised concerns about the expense, and the structural integrity, officials told the outlet.

Specifically, his request that the wall be a staggering 30 feet — much taller than the 15- to 18-foot range Customs and Border Protection officials previously agreed to — led to a significant alteration in the design.

He’s also demanded that the structure not only be intimidating for climbers, but pleasing to the eye.

“He thinks it’s ugly,” another administration official familiar with Trump’s opinions told the paper.

Trump sees himself as a builder, but his level of building knowledge can only go so far, former Homeland Security official David Lapan told the paper.

“But building high-rises in New York City is not the same as putting up a barrier at the border,” said Lapan, who now serves as the vice president of communications at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “You’re not looking for aesthetics; you’re looking for functionality.”

https://nypost.com/2019/05/17/trump-...spikes-on-top/

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Figures that you would like a slated fence where the drug cartels can pass their product, money and payoffs right through. Furthermore, I question the efficiency of those points at the top of his fence. We're trying to stop people, not elephants and dragons! Seems to me some folks could squeeze right between the slates where the points are or maybe throw a heavy blanket, bucket or cup right over the so-called spikes because I doubt they will be honed to a needle point. Personally, I think Trump has been watching too many medieval movies.

Trump campaigned on and promised us a 30-ft rebar reinforced concrete wall. Instead we end up with practically the same thing that was already on portions of the border.

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Yeah, me and Border Patrol, we like the slated fences so you can see through them.

Yes, painting the fences black would look really nice.

GREASE UP THOSE BARS WITH RED BEARING GREASE!

PLANT CACTUS ON OUR SIDE FOR THE "ENVIRONMENT"!