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Originally Posted by Rochard
I never said that.
Illegal immigration was properly handled under Obama and other past Presidents. Those who came here illegally were arrested and deported, but there was also a path for people to come here legally and become a citizen.
Trump removed this, and then threatened to lock down the border which lead to a rush of people coming here illegally, and then combined with utter mismanagement at all levels has completely overwhelmed the immigration system.
This happened under Trump, was caused by Trump, and is getting worse because of Trump.
The Trump administration - meaning mostly Kushner - put together a immigration plan that had nothing to do with reality. Their plan basically wanted to allow a small percentage of "college graduates" from other countries in, but failed to address ANY of the other issues of immigration, legal status, asylum, people already here, people with green cards.... It was stunning that there that after two years of working on this their solution only address one minor point. It's like saying "We have a huge problem with automobiles in our country" and then saying "The only law for cars is that only people with college degrees will be able to buy new cars" which completely ignores ALL of the other laws about cars and ALL of the hundreds of millions of cars on the road.
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So why is he being stopped from building the wall? Those who entered the US illegally were not always arrested, some were arrested, shouldn't the President and Congress be fighting to stop illegal immigration? As for tightening up the rules on who can come legally, that's good and saying it's bad is wrong.
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Obama did better than most. Under Trump, arrests are down, deportations are down, and the people entering the country has spiked. Trump has done the direct opposite of everything he needed to do.
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As Trump doesn't personally deport people, how much of this is down to other people?
Walls are harder to climb than fences, so replace the fences with walls. Really crack down on people employing and renting to illegal immigrants. Remove children of immigrants from schools, take away the rights of illegals to free medical healthcare. This might get the message through to them that they are not welcome and need to get out.