The Quote Below: More Misinformation from the Media
“[0]ne of Trump’s signature issues has been his misconceived dream of drastically replacing and extending existing walls and fences along the southern border. . . . When Congress refused to provide the funds Trump wanted, he declared a national emergency and ordered the Pentagon to reallocate cash Congress had budgeted for other purposes to boost total wall funding this year to more than $10 billion. . . .
“The administration has also effectively sealed off the United States as a haven for the stateless and the persecuted by reducing the number of refugees accepted for resettlement from 110,000 during the last year of the Obama administration to 18,000 in the current year. . . . Trump further destabilized the program with an executive order giving local and state governments effective veto power over where refugees are resettled, an unsettling abdication of federal responsibility. . . . And he has severely restricted asylum applications by limiting who may apply and forced tens of thousands of people to await decisions on the Mexican side of the border. . . .
“Just last week, the president’s new “public charge” rules went into effect, which will in essence slash the number of lower-income and working-class immigrants coming into the U.S. in favor of the wealthy and higher educated, a demographic shift that rights activists says will mean a smaller, richer and whiter pool of immigrants than in recent decades. . . .
“And on it goes here in Trumptopia. The president’s core anti-immigrant supporters clearly are getting much of what they wanted from this president. The question is, given the nation’s historic reliance on immigrants for economic growth and innovation, how much worse off are we as a nation because of these policies?” – Trump’s War against Immigration Is Grinding on—with Unfortunate Success, The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times, 3/1/20 [Link]
Fact Check of Quote Above: As commander-in-chief, President Trump has a legitimate right to set the priorities of national defense. If we do not protect our border, and we allow anyone and everyone to enter, these uninvited foreigners will be in a position to influence our future. Eleven million or more illegal aliens now live here, and traitorous politicians are constantly trying to increase their clout. This presence, to some degree, amounts to a foreign occupation force. Thus it is a military necessity to reduce this force and prevent it from being reinforced. Money spent on a border wall is a much better investment in national security than the senseless and endless U.S. military interventions around the globe.
President Trump very wisely cut refugee admissions. One reason is that many of these “refugees” are not genuinely persecuted. Another is that refugee resettlement in this country has become a racket. So-called “charities” get wealthy from infusions of taxpayers’ money as they resettle the refugees in communities around the country. But when the bill comes due for their public benefits, the communities have to pick up the tab, and the “charities” are nowhere to be seen. It’s quite appropriate that the president has allowed states to opt out of this scam.
President Trump was also correct to restrict asylum applications. Before he did so we were in danger of completely losing control of the border as illegal aliens learned the trick of making bogus asylum claims. The numbers of them doing this threatened to overwhelm the ability of our authorities to process them. Trump’s solution of having them processed in Mexico slowed down the flood of applicants and allowed us to quell the growing chaos on the border.
Immigration enthusiasts, such as the writers of this editorial, think it is outrageous that we should select immigrants on the basis of their ability to contribute to our society. To the contrary, it is simple common sense. And now with tens of millions of Americans out of work and our welfare system stretched to the limit, it makes more sense than ever. Immigrants become “public charges.” They are a liability we cannot afford.
Finally, contrary to this editorial, we do not need mass immigration for economic prosperity and innovation. Between 1924 and 1965 when we limited immigration, we fabulously prospered and innovated. We haven’t done so well since then. The editorialists lament that President Trump is winning the war against mass immigration. This should cheer all sensible and patriotic Americans.