I don't get this repeated story of "Trump stopped the border bill".
First - when it was being voted on - sorry, but Trump had ZERO POLITICAL POWER. In Congress, you can lean on a stubborn Representative or Senator - but a man outside of politics really can't do it at all, unless he's somehow bankrolling of their campaigns.
But second - what they were PROPOSING was about the worst load of dreck that's ever crossed the room.
Bear in mind, the Dems have a completely different idea of what Border Control is and is supposed to do. They want more agents - SO THEY CAN PROCESS MORE migrants. They aren't "guards" to them. THAT is what they wanted in that stupid ass bill. They wanted to INCREASE the levels of illegal arrivals to be allowed in to levels unseen before. They wanted wide latitude for bringing them in by other means.
It wasn't a border CONTROL bill - it was a "hey let's make the gates WIDER and have MORE ways to let them in" bill. At the VERY BEST, the Dem's proposals have been - maybe we could do more VETTING - before we let them in.
They do not - ever - ever - intend to curtail the flow of illegal entry. They want it MORE. Spending money on a border bill is giving them carte blanche to let in MORE. Period.
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Lastly - and this sickens me - they want to lay the blame for poor vetting on the backs of Republicans for refusing to pass the bill. Because the EXISTING SYSTEM doesn't have to let them in AT ALL. If you can't vet someone properly - they DO NOT COME IN. That is ON THEM.
Can you imagine the FDA saying - well, we didn't have enough funds to approve these drugs - so - if a lotta people DIED BECAUSE WE APPROVED ONE, it's those damned Republicans who didn't give us more money! NO dammit, if you don't have data, you don't approve. Period.
Oh sorry boss we didn't have the guy's credit score, so we approved the loan ANYWAY. Stupid. Sorry. Not an excuse.