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Thursday, June 6, 2024

Biden Imposes Sweeping Asylum Ban at US-Mexico Border

"Socalj" for Borderland Beat

From a Reuters Article By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg


U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday instituted a broad asylum ban on migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, a major enforcement move in the run-up to November elections that will decide control of the White House.

Migrants caught crossing illegally could be quickly deported or turned back to Mexico under the measure, which will take effect just after midnight. There will be exceptions for unaccompanied children, people who face serious medical or safety threats and victims of trafficking, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.


Biden, a Democrat, has toughened his approach to border security as immigration has emerged as a top issue for Americans in the run-up to Nov. 5 elections where he will face Republican Donald Trump, who made a hardline stance on immigration a centerpiece of his administration and vowed a wide-ranging crackdown if reelected.

Biden took office in 2021 vowing to reverse some of Trump's restrictive immigration policies but grappled with record levels of migrants caught crossing illegally, a trend that has strained U.S. border authorities and cities receiving new arrivals.

During a White House press conference explaining the proclamation, Biden said asylum access would remain available to migrants who registered for an appointment using an app known as CBP One or used other legal pathways instead of crossing illegally.

"This action will help us gain control of our border and restore order into the process," Biden said. "This ban will remain in place until the number of people trying to enter illegally is reduced to a level that our system can effectively manage."

Even as Biden rolled out new restrictions, he criticized Trump's most controversial policies, including separating migrant families at the border and comments that immigrants in the U.S. illegally were "poisoning the blood of our country."

"I will never demonize immigrants," Biden said.

When it comes to immigration policy, registered voters prefer Trump over Biden by a 17% margin, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in mid-May.

Executive Proclaimation

  • Section 1. Suspension and Limitation on Entry. The entry of any noncitizen into the United States across the southern border is hereby suspended and limited, subject to section 3 of this proclamation. This suspension and limitation on entry shall be effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 5, 2024. The suspension and limitation directed in this proclamation shall be discontinued pursuant to subsection 2(a) of this proclamation, subject to subsection 2(b) of this proclamation.

 

  • Sec. 2. Applicability of Suspension and Limitation on Entry. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall monitor the number of daily encounters and, subject to subsection (b) of this section, the suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation shall be discontinued at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on the date that is 14 calendar days after the Secretary makes a factual determination that there has been a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of less than 1,500 encounters, not including encounters described in subsection 4(a)(iii) of this proclamation 
  • (b) Notwithstanding a factual determination made under subsection (a) of this section, the suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation shall apply at 12:01 a.m. eastern time on the calendar day immediately after the Secretary has made a factual determination that there has been a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of 2,500 encounters or more, not including encounters described in subsection 4(a)(iii) of this proclamation, until such suspension and limitation on entry is discontinued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
  • (c) For purposes of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of this section, unaccompanied children (as defined in section 279(g)(2) of title 6, United States Code) from non-contiguous countries shall not be included in calculating the number of encounters.

 

  • Sec. 3. Scope and Implementation of Suspension and Limitation on Entry. (a) The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation shall apply across the southern border to noncitizens, other than those described in subsection (b) of this section, during such times that the suspension and limitation on entry is in effect. 
  • (b) The suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
  • (i) any noncitizen national of the United States;
  • (ii) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
  • (iii) any unaccompanied child as defined in section 279(g)(2) of title 6, United States Code;
  • (iv) any noncitizen who is determined to be a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 7102(16) of title 22, United States Code;
  • (v) any noncitizen who has a valid visa or other lawful permission to seek entry or admission into the United States, or presents at a port of entry pursuant to a pre-scheduled time and place, including:
  • (A) members of the United States Armed Forces and associated personnel, United States Government employees or contractors on orders abroad, or their accompanying family members who are on their orders or are members of their household;
  • (B) noncitizens who hold a valid visa or who have all necessary documents required for admission consistent with the requirements of section 1182(a)(7) of title 8, United States Code, upon arrival at a port of entry;
  • (C) noncitizens traveling pursuant to the visa waiver program as described in section 1187 of title 8, United States Code; and
  • (D) noncitizens who arrive in the United States at a southwest land border port of entry pursuant to a process the Secretary of Homeland Security determines is appropriate to allow for the safe and orderly entry of noncitizens into the United States;
  • (vi) any noncitizen who is permitted to enter by the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through a CBP immigration officer, based on the totality of the circumstances, including consideration of significant law enforcement, officer and public safety, urgent humanitarian, and public health interests at the time of the entry or encounter that warranted permitting the noncitizen to enter; and
  • (vii) any noncitizen who is permitted to enter by the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through a CBP immigration officer, due to operational considerations at the time of the entry or encounter that warranted permitting the noncitizen to enter.
  • (c) An exception under subsection (b) of this section from the suspension and limitation on entry pursuant to section 1 of this proclamation does not affect a noncitizen’s inadmissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act for a reason other than the applicability of this proclamation.
  • (d) The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General are authorized to issue any instructions, orders, or regulations as may be necessary to implement this proclamation, including the determination of the exceptions in subsection (b) of this section, and shall promptly consider issuing any instructions, orders, or regulations as may be necessary to address the circumstances at the southern border, including any additional limitations and conditions on asylum eligibility that they determine are warranted, subject to any exceptions that they determine are warranted.
  • (e) Nothing in this proclamation shall limit the statutory processes afforded to unaccompanied children upon entering the United States under section 279 of title 6, United States Code, and section 1232 of title 8, United States Code.

 

  • Sec. 4. Definitions. (a) The term “encounter” refers to a noncitizen who:
  • (i) is physically apprehended by CBP immigration officers within 100 miles of the United States southwest land border during the 14-day period immediately after entry between ports of entry;
  • (ii) is physically apprehended by DHS personnel at the southern coastal borders during the 14-day period immediately after entry between ports of entry; or
  • (iii) is determined to be inadmissible at a southwest land border port of entry.
  • (b) The term “southern coastal borders” means all maritime borders in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida; all maritime borders proximate to the southwest land border, the Gulf of Mexico, and the southern Pacific coast in California; and all maritime borders of the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
  • (c) The term “southwest land border” means the entirety of the United States land border with Mexico.
  • (d) The term “southern border” means the southwest land border and the southern coastal borders.

 

  • Sec. 5. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the interests of the United States. Accordingly, if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this proclamation and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

 

  • Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
  • (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
  • (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
  • (b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
  • (c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

 


Questions Remain

The new asylum ban becomes active when the daily average of border arrests tops 2,500 over a week, and figures are currently higher than that, officials said on a call with reporters, requesting anonymity as a condition of the call.

U.S. border arrests averaged 4,300 per day in April, according to the most recent government statistics available.

The ban will be paused when arrests drop below an average of 1,500 per day for 3 weeks. The last time crossings fell to that level was in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020 when global travel was at historic lows.

Key operational questions about the measure's implementation remained unclear, including how the administration would quickly deport migrants from far-away and uncooperative countries and how many non-Mexican migrants Mexico would accept under the new enforcement regime.

The new restrictions resemble similar policies implemented by Trump and use a legal statute known as 212(f) that served as the underpinning for Trump's travel bans blocking people from several majority-Muslim nations and other countries.

The Biden ban was attacked by critics on both sides of the political spectrum on Tuesday.

Lee Gelernt, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, said they intended to sue over the new restrictions. The group and other immigrant advocacy organizations have criticized Biden for adopting Trump-like policies and backtracking on U.S. legal obligations to asylum seekers.

In advance of the announcement, Trump's campaign issued a statement criticizing Biden for high levels of illegal immigration and said the move to exempt unaccompanied minors would encourage child trafficking.

Republicans also slammed Biden's moves as politically motivated and insufficient.


Inaction in Congress

Biden has pushed unsuccessfully for months to pass a Senate bill crafted by a bipartisan group that would toughen border security but Republicans rejected it after Trump came out in opposition.
In addition to the latest measure, the Biden administration has taken a number of steps over the past year to toughen the asylum process, including issuing a regulation in May 2023 that heightened the standard for an initial asylum claim.

The number of migrants caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally dropped in recent months, a trend U.S. officials partly attribute to increased Mexican enforcement.

Claudia Sheinbaum was elected as Mexico's first female president in a landslide victory on Sunday and will take office on Oct. 1. Biden's border restrictions could put pressure on Sheinbaum, the successor to current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, to keep illegal border crossings down.

Biden thanked Lopez Obrador on a phone call Tuesday for his continued cooperation on immigration and Lopez Obrador at his daily press conference said the two countries "have been making good progress" on the issue.

Enrique Lucero, the director of migrant affairs in Tijuana, Mexico warned the new measures could overwhelm migrant shelters as more people will be stuck waiting or returned. He said he thought desperate people would continue to find ways to cross the border illegally.

"The question is where are all those people going to go?" Lucero said. "Many will end up on the streets or prey to traffickers."

Across the border from Tijuana in San Diego, California, a 31-year-old Colombian man who identified himself as John said he spent eight days and 20 million Colombian pesos ($5,200) to cross into the U.S. and seek asylum. He said his immigration court hearing is scheduled for April 25.

"It would have been very painful to have to start over, in debt," John said. "People give up everything they have."

89 comments:

  1. Overall, a good measure and SHOULD shut up the nationalists and far right wingers. But y’all already know that since Biden passed it, they won’t be happy with it….. clowns fr.

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    1. He's doing it just for the election. He had 3 years to fix it.

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    2. This won't make a difference. People will still try to cross the boarder. These laws always have loopholes also. Bidens law states that "exceptions for people who face serious medical or safety threats". It is very easy to pay off a Mexican doctor to write up a fake medical diagnosis. It is also very easy to say that your life is in danger. You can have a friend send you text messages from unknown number saying they work for cartel and they want to kill you. Very easy to bypass this law. The only way to stop people from crossing is to create good paying jobs with medical insurance in Mexico. Mexico also needs to give out Snap food benefits to people. Nuff Said!!!

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    3. Overall good ? He opened the border for 3 years. Do you realize how much debt America has and how much money he gave away in addition no Security screening . I moved to America Legally from Sonora . This is like a slap to my face . It’s like working your whole life for retirement and then some street bomb gets a check and never have to work again. It’s quite insulting.

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    4. yeah he must think people have a memory as poor as his.

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    5. 10:50 hummm bug🤔
      Same goes for ALMO he had 6 years to help lower the homicides happening in Mexico he let a cartel grow in many states of Mexico. It is the bribes that motivate curupt to officials to do less for its citizens.

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    6. He opened the border? you mean the border Trump wasn't able to close? Or the wall Mexico was supposed to pay for it?

      TRUMP LIED TO YOU AND EVERY OTHER RACIST, and the sad part is you still think he can fix everything?

      The Biden Admin had a bill ready to really put a stop on undocumented immigrants coming in, the BP/ICE/DHS and many other agencies praised the bill because it was one of the best bill ever!

      BUT GUESS WHO PUT A STOP ON THE BILL BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE MADE HIM LOOK STUPID? YES... TRUMP HIMSELF...

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    7. As someone who already posted said, he had three years to do something about it and now it’s election time so he does something to pretend to care about the border.

      And I’m glad Trump put a stop to it because if you believe Democrats would actually enforce any immigration laws they pass, then I have a bridge to sell you.

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    8. Obama had a more secure border than Biden ever did! If Obama could do it then why didn't old Joe follow in his boy's foot steps? Its because for 50 years Joe always does what his owners paid him to do! When you're for sale to the highest bidder you become a Biden! No rocket science its just pure 1000% corruption! The DNC is more open to bribes than any other party. In fact I wonder why the DNC does not run for office in Mexico too?

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    9. 01:55 okay Big Nuts Truther. Nuff Said you can stop hiding

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    10. Mexicans are way more racist than most people, no shame.

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  2. Good, best thing this moron president has done over his term.

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  3. People just want a better life man.

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    1. Oooh really open the doors to your house and donate all your paychecks to them invite them into your house and give them a room or two and then tell me if you think the same? Don’t be stupid and be smart they are not all bad but it takes one bad apple from the tree and it’s over.

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    2. Ok do it legally. Whats so hard about?

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    3. So illegal migrants are more important than American taxpayers?

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    4. There's room for more folks, but not room enough to let everybody in.
      Got to weed out the bad element, rapists, bad hombres, etc.
      Immigrants can't stay in their ethnic bubble, assimilation the key.
      Unless newcomers aspire to become American, they're gonna get the cold shoulder from people who grew up in the states, y ya.

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    5. I get it. Most want to work and have the chance to do better. Yet when they come, they do break the law. If we let people come like that it doesn’t show the rule of law or control. I love my Latin people but this is not the way. Many children and families are left behind to be victimized by organized crime. Just for crossing NL Tamaulipas 12 k and they retain people in houses like come on it not helping. Also, many come from Central America which put them at high risk of being displaced inside Mexico.

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    6. Yeah all that talk soo easy cause yall idiots ain't in their shoes. Fools.

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    7. @ 4:45 I want more money and a better life. Is America responsible for giving me free money and just providing you with a better life or do I need to get off my ass and do it myself?

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    8. Look at Germany, Italy & Sweden and look at how their culture has been forever destroyed by people coming and not assimilating. Europe is not what it used to be. It is so sad. If you’re a guest in another place, you should assimilate it’s not the responsibility of the host country to assimilate to you

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    9. 10:58 who the fuck is this dumb ass u feel sorry for them Orale give them your house or housing put your money where your mouth is pendejo what u don’t realize is that when they break in to your house or steal from you then it hits or they try to rape your kids I’m not just talking about Mexicanos dumbass look at how many different kind off breeds of people cross the border stupid. Not many Mexicans cross it was more down south central pa abajo and middle eastern and africanos and chicken chow meins. I Los Que faltan. But people don’t realize ounce the sleepers wake up and terrorize America ayi si les Va a doler.

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    10. It's a victim business, and in the end it involves abandoning one's own country and entering another, repeating robbery and other crimes.
      It's foolish to think that all immigrants are weak, because the bad guys will play the weak and won't hesitate to commit crimes. Look at France.

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    11. @4:45

      People USED to want a better life and to assimilate. Now, immigrants want to come over and survive (selling fruits or trinkets on a sidewalk) while craming 37 people into one bedroom, clog the streets, and demand everything be in Spanish without any effort to learn the operational language (English) and assimilate.

      The days of the hard working immigrants who came to work into the system (find a legal way to work, pay taxes, buy a home, learn the language, or at least lease an apartment with 2 to 3 in it etcetera) are long gone.

      There's a BIG difference between coming over for a better life or coming over just to survive and screw everything else.

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    12. @05:24 as a German I wholeheartedly agree. Achtung!

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  4. President Biden,
    You should educate your citizens on dangers of cristal, fent and wet (dips) and quit the 40 year pay day for American arms dealers, C130s y contractor spray and intel.
    I was drug interdiction AFSOC from 1992 till 9/11/2001
    and I’ve seen our US supplies in enemy hands in Peru, Columbia, Somalia, Guinea Bissau, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and most recently Syria.

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    1. Yes papito same goes for Obrador who is senile.

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    2. Yes papito same goes for Obrador who is senile.

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    3. 804
      "I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers"
      .. Jimmy Two Times

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  5. In other news Coyote business boomin

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    1. The migrants are ALL victims of trafficking, so this won't discourage anything. More money for the cartels for their seal of approval.

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  6. Victims of trafficking will increase 1000 percent

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  7. México is going to become "Estados Unidos Mexicanos y de Latino América" with all the different nationalities that will be removed from the USA and will remain in México. Le va salir el tiro por la culata a esos liberales. Ya hasta los va mandar una fuereña

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    1. Es hora de que los estados Aridoamericanos se independice y crear Río Bravo 2.0.

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    2. 7:09 eso es son tontos y no lo ven. Texas 2.1

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    3. Igual que perdieron Texas por dejar que vinieran gentes de otro lado a poblar y después ya no se quisieron ir y se indepensaron

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  8. There goes some of the Cartels profits.

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  9. Why no mention of the border bill passed by the House months ago that Chuck Schumer refuses to bring to a Senate vote?

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    1. Stop it, you KNOW that republicans torpedoed that bill..
      Get out of your Fox News bubble and accept reality

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  10. Love is the answer, and you know that for sure
    .. John Lennon

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    1. Thats why he is dead!

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    2. with a name like Lennon, you know where it was really going. "owning nothing, eating bugs in pie.."

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  11. Michoacán currently home to most wanted Mexico’s drug dealers from many cartels best hiding spot in the country

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    1. Yeah a lot of mountains and greenery to hide around.

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    2. 816 pm that's a negative chief

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    3. Hide in the mango Huertas 🥭

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    4. 8:16 you will get gutted out by the savages in Tierra caliente

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    5. 10:00 that ain't no lie, after dark it's like The Purge. Cops go home unless they work for the local cartel.

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  12. He’s only doing this because election is months away. And he’s still gonna lose to a convicted felon. That should show people how bad a president he is.

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    1. I sure don't want a convicted felon that might also have to register as a sex offender.

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    2. @ 8:02 TOO BAD.

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    3. Everybody will lose. Politics and big media is all just acting out a show that is scripted to make the super-rich more powerful, the poor killing themselves, and the middle-class disappear.

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  13. China does not take back people being deported so they are released to be free in the U.S because they can't be held indefinitely.

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  14. China does not take back their own when they are deported so they are released to be free in the U.S. because they can't be held indefinitely.

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  15. I can’t believe they have this demented man running again.

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    1. 9:06 That's why they are doing it, to demoralize everyone.

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  16. Quieren norte ,a chingarle se ha dicho. Pónganse pilas y no estén pidiendo guelfer y esa madre de ebt .

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    1. Se me antoja una caguame con mi brazo alrededor de una gordita bonita.

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    2. Esos Venezolanos vagos a eso vienen a USA a vivir del EBT .

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    3. 10 :35 asi es

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    4. Los migrantes del sur son lacras

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  17. Any Guanacos that travel back and forth to El Salvador on BB?
    How do you currently see your country with Presidente Bukele in power?
    Is the country better now that the Mareros have been jailed and the civilian population can go about their lives with more security?
    Has the security led to a better economy?
    Are less, the same as before or more people leaving the country in search of better economic opportunities?
    Appreciate any information and opinions provided.
    🍺

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    1. Yes 👍 alot better.

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    2. 1237
      Nobody ever answers questions in these comments, everyone only interested in posting their own mostly ungrammatical nonsense 😔😭😅

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  18. so he finally admits theres a problem...lmao. What a joke. My grandparents are immigrants. I was fortunate to be born in the US. but the border can not be an open door to whoever wants to cross. Its not sustainable

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    1. Straight up💯 Fools in the comments just want to argue for the sake of arguing. Everyone has common sense

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  19. America has plenty of darkies that are dragging her down, don't need more. Nuff said!

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    1. Spoken like a true below average penis sized person nuff.
      No wonder buffy cheating on ya

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    2. 10:47 that wasn't Nuffy that's an imposter. Pretending to be Nuffy.

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    3. Buffy the Family Slayer

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  20. The fact is that under Trump the border was the most secure in the past 30 years.....Biden came in and changed all of Trumps rules, basically opening the border for anyone....not just Mexicans.
    The result is that more Americans have died, been robbed, raped and murder due directly to Bidens lack of action on the border.
    Now are the election draws near, he knows this one issue could single handily cause him to lose the election......only a fool would fall for it.
    In addition more illegals have died under Bidens tenure trying to cross the border....you won't hear any liberal even addressing that.

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    1. Humm bug 🤔.......
      Your first paragraph lost all credibility, that weakens the rest of what you are trying to convey.
      1. The Border is not 💯 percent secure.
      2. Trump only served 4 years not 30
      years . 🤣😭🤗

      Your a good 👍 comedian.

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    2. 9:26 And Obama deported more illegals than Trump did. You don't hear any Trumpards mentioning that, do you?

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    3. @12:16 - where did he claim the border is/was "100% secure"? You're making shit up he never said. He also never said Trump served 30 years dummy, he said the border was the most secure in the last 30 years when Trump was President.

      Are you stupid or just really bad at reading comprehension?

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    4. 9:26 you don't know what you're talking about no wonder they making fun of you.🤗😭🤣🤣

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    5. @1216 you seriously lack reading comprehension. I feel sorry for the public education for producing someone as ignorant as yourself.

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    6. Liberals don't want to know. They know enough to just stick to the script and wait for CNN pole themselves to "victory". Anything else is unthinkable.

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  21. That Senate bill died in the Senate. Yes, Trump did encourage the Speaker of the House to kill the bill but it never even made it to the House.

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  22. 100% politics. Everyone knows Biden ran his campaign under a Pro immigration stance, which is a euphemism for Open Borders ever since the Democrat party's loudest voices became the radical leftists who controlled the party (still control the DEM party) before Biden was elected. it was obvious that Biden was following their orders to get elected, taking a knee wearing African garb and giving speeches in front of Black kids. the GOP is also controlled by radicals just to be fair, the difference is the GOP for the past 20 years hasn't been a pro immigration party

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  23. Latinos and Latrino América sucks.

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  24. First of all, all veterans that have been deported should be brought back to the US these veterans served our country just because they commit a crime. Doesn't mean they should be deported. They should be dealt with and helped FUCK MARBLE MOUTH JOE BIDEN!!!

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