so hiring more border agents is not a fix. 1500. Deploying and using technology is not a fix.
Trump needed a win and did not want the Dems to succeed so he could just campaign. If he wants to fix it then fix it. Use the European way of border control. It seems to work, but it would step on some Constitutional but would fulfill them as well. Some immigrants are going to come into this country and be allowed but not like we have now.
yall are dancing around the meat of what was in there and bringing up secondary items as if they were the only problem.
it doesn't matter how many border guards, or what technology you have if everyone is going to be let in regardless.
There was a "cap" set on the border, it was only AFTER this "cap" was hit that the border was shut down. and that "cap" only counted INTERACTIONS between the border guards and an illegal. so an illegal who avoided the BP wasn't counted. and the only interactions that counted towards the "cap" were those from bordering nations...aka Mexico or Canada. Someone from Guatemala wouldn't count, someone from China wouldn't count. and none of them would have been stopped unless they hit the "cap" on Mexicans that day, and then they would stop the non-bordering immigrants.
now about the "cap" and why I put it in quotations. It was a cap that raised every year. but not based on some metric or with some justification, it just went up. secondly the president could ignore the cap a set number of times a year. thirdly, that number of ignores also went up every year. that's hardly a cap.
you have a flooding issue in your house with standing water in the basement and its rising. the kitchen faucet is broken, one of the toilets is overflowing, the neighbors water main is broken and flooding your yard and house, its raining, and the stream nearby is overflowing and also contributing water. and there is also someone from across town shipping their water in a tanker truck to your house and also contributing to the water issues. the plumber/waterproofing guy you hire only show up after 3 weeks of this ongoing issue. Plumber said the only problem is the neighbors water line, and install a valve that allows the neighbor selectively flood your yard and house to be able to use their own water. the water proofer also puts out a few sandbags around the house. not in a way to stop any of the floods, or in a continuous manner to stop the flooding in one area. oh yeah in the mean time, they won't do any of that work unless you pay for the work they did for someone across town and its about 5x what your work is.
and you guys think that was a fix. as I said, regardless of Trump it should have been stopped, and it wouldn't have fixed anything. it was political window dressing by the Dems.
like that to encourage his students to go look for answers themselves…. I’m not saying Trump used the dogs and cats comments this way, but it’s worked out as if he did
