Immigration catastrophe

Trump's inexorable transition into Drumpf

Last post, I told you to spit out that black bill: the Trump administration, through a variety of regulatory changes at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, is building an "invisible wall" of policies and mechanisms that make it harder to immigrate. This is, of course, good news for those of us who seek to curb the million-strong horde of foreign nationals who are permitted to settle in the US every year.

Well, that was the good news. There's bad news too... and it's really bad.

The flood of depressing immigration-related commentary this week is pretty overwhelming, so I will just post a small sample:

"New, awful data shows that the border invasion is worse than ever"

If Trump had not signed the disastrous budget bill several weeks ago and we were still operating on a short-term CR with immigration remaining the top issue, today’s news could have strengthened Trump’s leverage. According to CBP’s preliminary figures obtained by the Washington Post, 76,325 illegal aliens were apprehended at the border in February, more than any other month in over a decade since the decline of migration from Mexico. A record 40,325 family units arrived, blowing out the previous records by almost 10,000. Sadly, Trump already signed away his leverage to force a national dialogue over this issue.

As a nation, we are left debating presidential power from an obscure statute that enables the president to obtain a mere $2.5 billion for partial fencing to deal with a policy-driven invasion. The joke is that even if Trump had full unity behind this approach, it would do little to stop this invasion, which is strategically directed toward soft parts of our border. Unless we force a national discussion over the courts and the illegal immigration magnets that are bringing immigrants in, this entire debate is a non-sequitur. Unfortunately, without a budget deadline for another seven months, no matter how bad things get at our border, there is no mechanism through which to pressure Democrats into submission. [...]

It’s gotten so bad that illegal aliens have successfully taken us past our breaking point, creating a self-fulfilling cycle of catch-and-release. We are so overrun with migrants and detention facilities are so full that now, even those not eligible for catch-and-release are being released. We will never hear from them again, but will have to pay for their public charge and crimes committed.

Money chart:

Judge Sabraw, in case you were wondering, is the US District Judge (a Dubya appointee and son of a Japanese immigrant) who ordered the reunification of children separated from their parents or "parents" at the Mexican border, as a direct result of which, apprehensions of "family units" at the border exploded.

Notice a trend? #MAGA drives illegal immigration down. Judges and the absence of #MAGA drive it back up.

The God-Emperor Trump could put a stop to this treasonous judicial usurpation of power by simply ignoring these totally unconstitutional and ridiculous rulings. But he'd rather whine and bluster, apparently:

"Catch and Release, Birthright Citizenship, Sanctuary Cities Continue Unaltered Despite Trump Opposition"

During his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump denounced the Catch and Release program where illegal aliens and border crossers are routinely released into the interior of the U.S. after being apprehended by Border Patrol. [...]

The Catch and Release program, though, was expanded by Trump last month when he signed a spending bill approved by Republicans and Democrats in Congress and strongly supported by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, insiders have told Breitbart News.

The bipartisan spending package Trump signed greatly expands the Catch and Release of border crossers and illegal aliens, codifying into law that border crossers be bused into the interior of the U.S. where they are released with the promise that they are monitored.

DRUMPF denounces his own policies, rages impotently at problems that he refuses to solve! His appointee, DHS head Kirstjen Nielsen, all but rolls out the welcome mat for illegal aliens:

"Beltway Class Praises DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen While She Oversees Illegal Immigration Surge"

The Washington, D.C. political establishment and beltway class are praising their close ally, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, as she oversees a surge in illegal immigration and implements an expansion of the Catch and Release program.

In a glowing piece by Politico, Nielsen received repeated praise for “standing strong” and circumventing President Trump’s criticism of her role as DHS secretary, where she has overseen a continued surge in illegal immigration while focusing her agency’s attention on cybersecurity issues and terrorism prevention. [...]

By all measures of border crossing data and Catch and Release levels, Nielsen’s record at DHS has been dismal. For example, when January 2018 illegal border crossings are compared to January 2019 numbers, the level of illegal immigration year-to-year has nearly doubled.

Most recently, for February, illegal immigration at the southern border hit the highest level for the month in 12 years, surpassing every month of February under former President Obama. Now, experts predict there to be up to half a million illegal aliens who successfully cross into the country this year, alone.

Likewise, Nielsen has consistently privately advocated for spending bills that have provided little-to-no funds for Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall to stop illegal immigration.

Daniel Horowitz of the Conservative Review is nearly apoplectic:



But he has a good idea:

https://twitter.com/RMConservative/status/1103003714581917It's time to use Article II, 212f, and 215A to categorically shut down all cross border migration

Great! Any takers? Anyone?

Drumpf?...