Some perspectives from the California/Mexico border. It isn’t surprising that of nine congressional districts that include the US/Mexico border, there isn’t a single representative that supports Trump’s notion of a wall. For people in these districts, a wall is not … Continue reading →
Numbers USA is a group whose statement of values is focused on limiting the level of immigration, particularly illegal immigration. If you go to their website, you’ll find a list of “Ten Steps to Fix the Broken Immigration Enforcement System”. … Continue reading →
As the deadlock over the border wall continues, President Trump has suggested building the wall from steel instead of concrete as a “compromise”. It is unclear that this particularly alters the politics or necessarily the engineering parameters so from a … Continue reading →
One of the unintended side effects of the government shutdown is that the immigration courts are not funded. This delays immigration hearings which will be rescheduled after the government reopens. As the article below explains, the average backlog for a … Continue reading →
Trump told us that only criminals want a border wall. Is that true?
Continue reading →As the 2019 starts, the government is deadlocked over the idea of building a border wall. A bill supporting border wall funding just passed the old house but seems unlikely to pass the new house. So why didn’t the GOP … Continue reading →