The "gotaways" data is not telling the whole story. In 2020, Trump issued an executive order known as Title 42 which shut down the southern border for asylum seekers. People fleeing gang violence in Nicaragua who arrived at the US border to ask for asylum were turned away by US Border Patrol without any consideration of their request for asylum. That policy immediately shifted people who were coming to the southern border to seek asylum by presenting themselves to border patrol and a border crossing to doing the exact opposite and trying to cross the border by avoiding any interaction with border patrol. That caused the number of "gotaway" crossings to surge as people who had previously presented themselves at the border crossing were now swimming across the Rio Grande in remote parts of TX and AZ.
Also, "gotaways" are very subjective estimates of the number of people who crossed the border and did not get caught by border patrol. Border patrol can report a "gotaway" based on footprints seen by the border, motion sensors triggered near the border or video cameras at the border spotting groups of people. Those people counted as "gotaways" could be subsequently caught by border patron at a check point or further inside the border. The data has always carried a lot of suspicion as border patrol agents know that the data is a political football and higher numbers will mean more support for border funding and stronger measures against immigrants. Conversely, when Trump takes over, under reporting the data will help with political support for Trump's policies.
Of course, it is expected that immigration will drop as people fear Trump's border crackdown. But this is just a finger in the dike of immigration. People will figure out a way to get past Trump's border restrictions and the flow of immigrants will continue because the legal path to immigrate to the US is completely f---ed up with applications for visas taking 10-20 years.
l am not sure they CAN do better. Kamala Harris was the most radical left senator and she was their candidate for the presidency. Tim Walz is about as loony as they come and he was their VP pick. It is a lost party and they are only going deeper and deeper into the woods. If they had selected a more moderate Dem for their candidate they probably would have won. But their party has gone so far radically left that moderates are ostracized by the party.
What about Karen Bass? She seems like a rising star.
If I was fishing and I hooked Karen Bass on my line, I would, without hesitation, throw her back into the water. I ain't cooking any chud.
The "gotaways" data is not telling the whole story. In 2020, Trump issued an executive order known as Title 42 which shut down the southern border for asylum seekers. People fleeing gang violence in Nicaragua who arrived at the US border to ask for asylum were turned away by US Border Patrol without any consideration of their request for asylum. That policy immediately shifted people who were coming to the southern border to seek asylum by presenting themselves to border patrol and a border crossing to doing the exact opposite and trying to cross the border by avoiding any interaction with border patrol. That caused the number of "gotaway" crossings to surge as people who had previously presented themselves at the border crossing were now swimming across the Rio Grande in remote parts of TX and AZ.
Also, "gotaways" are very subjective estimates of the number of people who crossed the border and did not get caught by border patrol. Border patrol can report a "gotaway" based on footprints seen by the border, motion sensors triggered near the border or video cameras at the 2border spotting groups of people. Those people counted as "gotaways" could be subsequently caught by border patron at a check point or further inside the border. The data has always carried a lot of suspicion as border patrol agents know that the data is a political football and higher numbers will mean more support for border funding and stronger measures against immigrants. Conversely, when Trump takes over, under reporting the data will help with political support for Trump's policies.
Of course, it is expected that immigration will drop as people fear Trump's border crackdown. But this is just a finger in the dike of immigration. People will figure out a way to get past Trump's border restrictions and the flow of immigrants will continue because the legal path to immigrate to the US is completely f---ed up with applications for visas taking 10-20 years.
You are a liar. Visas don't take 10 to 20 years. What an embarrassment you are.
It takes from 3 to 5 weeks for a US visa application to get processed. However, the processing time depends on the type of visa that you are applying for. After the processing, the applicant can get a positive reply on their application, and the consulate will deliver the document. The delivery of the visa can take up to two other workdays.
“When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.”
“When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.”
A ton of those cases were law fare against him. I know a California commission targeted SpaceX because they didn't like Musk's views.
On Tuesday, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk filed a federal lawsuit against the California Coastal Commission. The past week has been a mix of successes
The "gotaways" data is not telling the whole story. In 2020, Trump issued an executive order known as Title 42 which shut down the southern border for asylum seekers. People fleeing gang violence in Nicaragua who arrived at the US border to ask for asylum were turned away by US Border Patrol without any consideration of their request for asylum. That policy immediately shifted people who were coming to the southern border to seek asylum by presenting themselves to border patrol and a border crossing to doing the exact opposite and trying to cross the border by avoiding any interaction with border patrol. That caused the number of "gotaway" crossings to surge as people who had previously presented themselves at the border crossing were now swimming across the Rio Grande in remote parts of TX and AZ.
Also, "gotaways" are very subjective estimates of the number of people who crossed the border and did not get caught by border patrol. Border patrol can report a "gotaway" based on footprints seen by the border, motion sensors triggered near the border or video cameras at the border spotting groups of people. Those people counted as "gotaways" could be subsequently caught by border patron at a check point or further inside the border. The data has always carried a lot of suspicion as border patrol agents know that the data is a political football and higher numbers will mean more support for border funding and stronger measures against immigrants. Conversely, when Trump takes over, under reporting the data will help with political support for Trump's policies.
Of course, it is expected that immigration will drop as people fear Trump's border crackdown. But this is just a finger in the dike of immigration. People will figure out a way to get past Trump's border restrictions and the flow of immigrants will continue because the legal path to immigrate to the US is completely f---ed up with applications for visas taking 10-20 years.
It is noteworthy to pay attention to the quality, logic and coherence of the post above and compare it side by side with the Trump enthusiast posts of late.
kill the press, kill the judiciary, kill checks and balances, kill the legislature, kill the constitution.
the Republican Party is doing it all. Textbook authoritarian takeover.
You absolute idiots.
Yeah, but there is waste and fraud in some government spending. That totally justifies the end of the republic. It also guarantees that we will end up in a much better place once Trump/Musk are finished.
Democrats are staring at a difficult path ahead of the 2026 Senate elections, as the first forecast from Cook Political Report shows Republicans with the edge to keep control and potentially flip two more Democratic seats whi...
Hegseth: "We must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective ... the US does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
Russia’s “girlfriend”. Tulsi will oversee all of our National intelligence agencies. Meaning our allies are done sharing anything with the USA
My theory that DOGE is going to be the propaganda microphone of the White House continues to look more real. Just like RU. They have released no reports, allowed no oversight or transparency. Nobody can fact check anything. You just have to accept it because Musk has all the data.
It seems to be an intelligent strategy even though it is corrupt, dishonest and will assist in destroying our government.
Here’s why:
Trump is a chronic liar that nobody believes. Even his supporters regularly say Trump is just lying to own the libs. So it is a good strategy to have a quasi agency run by a billionaire make whatever Trump narrative they need have legitimacy. People believe Mush but not Trump.
I think that's why jogger262 is convinced that Trump/Musk have the right idea.
Hegseth: "We must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective ... the US does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement."
Russia’s “girlfriend”. Tulsi will oversee all of our National intelligence agencies. Meaning our allies are done sharing anything with the USA
