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Amen to the wall!

I'm sick of waiting for that thing. Turkey's almost done building a wall around their whole country and we can't get off first base. Congress is an embarrassment.




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Tancredo: You Think Russia Tries to Influence American Politics? Think Mexico First
By: Beldin
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Wed, 26 Jul 17 9:21 AM
Msg. 29866 of 47202

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/25/tancredo-think-russia-tries-influence-american-politics-think-mexico-first/

In 2002, I had an illuminating conversation in Mexico City with Juan Hernandez, a Texas-born dual citizen who served as head of the "Office of Mexicans Abroad" in the administration of Mexican President Vincente Fox. Hernandez bragged about Mexico's policy for financing and distributing 200,000 "survival kits" for Mexican migrants seeking to enter the United States illegally. Years later the Texas Observer highlighted the episode as a key part of the Juan Hernandez legacy, along with his important role in John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

Hernandez explained that the policy of supporting illegal entry was only part of his efforts to greatly increase the number of Mexican nationals residing in the U.S. He was amazingly candid about the reasons. He said that first of all, the movement of millions of young, unemployed Mexicans across the southern border reduced the pressure they would otherwise be placing on the Mexican economy. Secondly, these folks would send home remittances and those dollars accounted for the second largest source of foreign income for the country. In 2016 Mexico received a record $26.8 billion in cash remittances.

These remittances were so important to Mexico that Hernandez spent most of his time in the U.S. "working with the community" to maintain the migrants' cultural ties to Mexico. The Mexican government recognized that if these migrants assimilated into the U.S. culture, the remittances would go down commensurately. And finally, he told me that the other advantage Mexico gained by massive export of their population into the U.S. was the positive impact such a large population of Mexicans living here would have on our foreign policy towards Mexico. He could have added that that same population would put pressure on American politicians to relax efforts to secure the southern border or increase internal enforcement of immigration laws like the banning of sanctuary cities.

Following that statement by Hernandez, I asked him, "Aren't you embarrassed to admit such a thing, that your government is openly violating U.S. Sovereignty?" His reply opened my eyes to the scope of Mexican ambitions and their total disregard for U.S. law and international borders. Hernandez replied, "Really, congressman, we are talking here about a region, not two countries." ...

BUILD THE EFFING WALL!!! 


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