Thursday, March 06, 2025

How? Illegal entry slows to a trickle

P President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress tonight won't technically be a State of the Union message, but it will be close enough. Every president since Reagan has delivered such a speech at the beginning of his term, laying out plans for the next four years. Trump no doubt will have plenty of things to say about his future agenda. But unlike his predecessors, he'll already be able to point to accomplishments. Chief among them: ending the worst migration crisis in American"or perhaps world"history in just a few weeks.

Posted by BellRinger at 11:01 AM | 36 COMMENTS | permalink

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All summer and fall I was lectured that the only way anything could be done at the border was to pass that stupid Senate border bill. Yet, without it passing, here we are. Curious to hear Lamplighter's alias's take on this.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-06 11:03 AM

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#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-06 11:25 AM

Whatever Trump says about illegal immigration is a self-serving lies.

Because he's a self-serving liar.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-03-06 11:31 AM


Curious to hear Lamplighter's alias's take on this.
#1 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I see CorkyDaBigot has nothing.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-06 11:45 AM

"the worst migration crisis in American"or perhaps world"history"

Oh, ffs. Pick up a history book. There is no "perhaps".

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-03-06 11:50 AM

#5. Yeah, I cringed at that too.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-06 12:25 PM

" I cringed at that too."

There are certain times I know I don't have to read further. (Fill in the blank) is THE WORST EVER is one, especially when even a cursory knowledge of history (or Google) proves the author wrong.

Megyn Kelly starting with claiming Dems are all about "transing children" is another.

Folks referring to Obama as a "community organizer" is a third.

#7 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-03-06 01:14 PM

A certain segment of the Democrat party IS about transing children. Didn't Newsome recently make it a crime for parents who don't affirm their children's chosen "identity"?

#8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-06 01:18 PM

A certain segment of the Democrat party IS about transing children. Didn't Newsome recently make it a crime for parents who don't affirm their children's chosen "identity"?

#8 | Posted by BellRinger

Do you look as dumb as you sound?

Serious question

#9 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-03-06 01:22 PM

, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law that prevents schools from requiring staff to disclose a student's gender identity to parents without the student's permission. The law, AB 1955, went into effect on January 1, 2025.

I don't blame him any either.

#10 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-03-06 01:23 PM

Curious to hear Lamplighter's alias's take on this.
#1 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I see CorkyDaBigot has nothing.

#4 | Posted by oneironaut

Want help? Here are the facts.

The White House is comparing only two 7 day periods.

In addition, a HUGE chunk of the numbers under Biden were from immigrants making appointments at ports of entry.

Trump got rid of those meetings. So Trump's numbers are from ONLY other encounters with people trying to enter illegally.

Illegal crossings may have actually gone UP. But the White House and Border Patrol won't show the numbers for obvious reasons.

#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-03-06 01:28 PM

#8 | Posted by BellRinger

Do you look as dumb as you sound?

Serious question

#9 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-03-06 01:22 PM | Reply | F

This isn't a dating site ------!

#12 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-03-06 01:36 PM

#11. Nice spin. You must be dizzy AF.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-06 01:56 PM

"prevents schools from requiring staff to disclose"

Republicans do not believe teachers should have freedom of speech.

Republicans believe teachers must be required to disclose children's gender to the parents.

Republicans believe teachers must be forbidden from discussing gender with those students.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-06 02:31 PM

"Megyn Kelly starting with claiming Dems are all about "transing children" is another."

The ones most likely to trans children are Trump abd RFK Jr., through ending the bans on pollutants and drugs that harm the brain, where gender resides.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-06 02:42 PM

Nice spin. You must be dizzy AF.
#13 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

What spin?

Should be easy for you to point it out.

Rather than shoving your fingers in your ears because the information you've been provided conflicts with your understanding of the situation.

#16 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-06 02:46 PM

My understanding of the situation is perfectly fine. Sycophant doesn't want to admit what has actually happened so he plucks spjn out of his rear.

#17 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-06 03:10 PM

My understanding of the situation is perfectly fine.

Considering you can't articulate what your understand is.

I'll have to assume your understanding is based upon what you've been told to believe by rightwing media.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-06 03:16 PM

"Sycophant doesn't want to admit what has actually happened"

Do you want to acknowledge it?

People -- regardless of their visa status -- don't want to come to the United States nearly as much as they used to.

That's going to devastate the tourism economy, would you like to acknowledge that?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-06 03:21 PM

#11. Nice spin. You must be dizzy AF.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger

#11 is Facts.

Explains why you can't refute them.

Cry some more.

#20 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-03-06 03:22 PM

Republicans do not believe teachers should have freedom of speech.

Teachers are government employees, so they don't have freedom of speech.

Republicans believe teachers must be required to disclose children's gender to the parents.

Even as a Democrat, I and Gavin Newsom also believe this.

Republicans believe teachers must be forbidden from discussing gender with those students.

IMO I have never had a discussion about gender in school.

Also until teachers have students that can read and write at their grade level, discussions about gender should be forbidden as a waste of time.

People -- regardless of their visa status -- don't want to come to the United States nearly as much as they used to.

Sure.

Define "nearly", and define "as much as they used too".
So serve it up ...

#21 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-03-06 03:35 PM

- Teachers are government employees, so they don't have freedom of speech.

Another Lie. Gov employees may have some restrictions if they are Officials, but being a Gov employee does not mean having no freedom of speech.

Perhaps he's thinking of back home in China where his software was produced. Pre-AI, obviously.

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-06 03:40 PM

#11 is spin you pulled out of your behind. Get over yourself.

#23 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-03-06 05:35 PM

@#11 ... Illegal crossings may have actually gone UP. But the White House and Border Patrol won't show the numbers for obvious reasons. ...

My guess is that your comment may be on to something. But that aspect aside ....

Border crossings plunge to lowest levels in decades: New data
www.axios.com

... The number of migrants illegally crossing the U.S. southern border plummeted in February to the lowest level seen in decades, according to internal data obtained by Axios.

The big picture: Crossings had been trending down for several months, driven by policies on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border, experts say. But the numbers have plunged since Trump began implementing -- and broadcasting -- his sweeping immigration crackdown. ...

Context: Illegal border crossings spiked at the end of 2023 but started to slope downward in 2024 after the Biden administration implemented new restrictions and Mexican officials ramped up enforcement.

- - - Mexico's actions were a "really key" reason for the downward trend "that often goes a bit under the radar," said Putzel-Kavanaugh.

- - - Former President Biden in June signed an executive order that took aggressive action to curtail border surges by implementing asylum restrictions in periods where border encounters were high.

- - - That triggered a "huge dip" in the number of migrants arriving irregularly between ports of entry, Putzel-Kavanaugh said.

The Trump administration's long-promised crackdown started on day one of his term. It sent shockwaves throughout the immigration system.

- - - Officials shut down an app that facilitated the legal entry of some migrants at the border, used military aircraft for deportations and loudly publicized a plan for mass deportations.

- - - The CBP One mobile application going dark left thousands stranded in Mexico, with their appointments for asylum screenings canceled.

- - - "The calculus was really starting to shift [prior to the app being shut down] where people were waiting in Mexico to get those appointments and be able to be processed that way, because there would still be access to humanitarian protection," Putzel-Kavanaugh said.

Zoom in: Migrants are likely in a "wait-and-see" moment today, Putzel-Kavanaugh said, as they make sense of how to navigate "many different layered policies" that make it "really hard to know if there's really access to humanitarian protection." ...



#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-06 07:42 PM

Related ...

Did President Obama remove more noncitizens from the U.S. than any other president in U.S history? (February 2025)
February 13, 2025

... Yes.

Former President Barack Obama formally removed 3 million noncitizens from the U.S. over two terms " more than any other president in American history, according to data from the Department of Homeland Security.

In comparison, President George Bush removed about 870,000 people; Bill Clinton, about 2 million; and Donald Trump about 1.2 million people during his first term.

The DHS defines a removal as a formal court order expelling a person from inside the U.S. Obama does not hold the record for returns, a separate statistic addressing individuals turned away at the border prior to entering the U.S. ...


#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-06 07:45 PM

@#25

So... how many people has Pres trump deported so far?

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-06 07:45 PM

Well, there's this ...

Trump is 'angry' that deportation numbers are not higher
www.nbcnews.com

... Arrests and deportations of undocumented people are lower than what President Donald Trump has promised, and that is "driving him nuts," one source told NBC News. ...


#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-06 07:47 PM

A certain segment of the Democrat party IS about transing children.
#8 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

You're ------- retarded.

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-06 07:53 PM

"A certain segment of the Democrat party IS about transing children."

How?

How do they do that, exactly?

And, now that we're here, tell us, is there a segment of the Democrat party that is straighting children too?

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-06 07:57 PM

Jeffy is right..... there could be as many a 3 or 4 people who are about that.

Considering that .05 percent of adults are Trans..... I mean, it's a Crisis of Biblical Proportions!

Much more important than Republicans like him supporting Traitor Trump. Obviously.

#30 | Posted by Corky at 2025-03-06 08:37 PM

If there is any party in this country that is overall concerned in the wrong way about children's health, it's not the Democrats.

And personally, Danforth, I don't see "community organizer" as any less worthy than a description of lawyer.

If you or anyone considers "community organizer" as denigrating or a lesser-than form of vocation, that's a shame. But the notion is prevalent.

When locally elected representatives aren't responsive, D or R, who you gonna call?

#31 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-03-06 09:21 PM

It's odd how transphobic BullBringer is, considering his wife took his balls.

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-03-06 09:23 PM

" I don't see "community organizer" as any less worthy than a description of lawyer."

I do, mainly because of the differing minimal requirements... but that wasn't my point.

My point was, even after being elected Senator, and then President, some would list Obama's resume as "community organizer". To me, that's the author admitting he/she can't deal with reality up front, so I dismiss them, and don't waste my time reading/watching their article/video.

That's all I meant. Nothing more, nothing less.

#33 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-03-07 02:57 AM

More from the article in #27 ...

... Meanwhile at ICE, Vitello told agents in January to aim to meet a daily quota of 1,200-1,400 arrests. According to numbers ICE has posted on X, the highest single day total since Trump was inaugurated was just 1,100, and the number has fallen since that day.

On Tuesday of this week, arrests of immigrants were over 800, according to a source familiar with the numbers.

But last weekend, there were only about 300 arrests, another source told NBC News.

In order to fulfill Trump's Inauguration Day promise of "millions and millions" of deportations, the Trump administration would have to be deporting over 2,700 immigrants every day to reach 1 million in a year.

And, as NBC News has reported, arrests do not always equal immediate detentions, much less deportations. Of the more than 8,000 immigrants arrested in the first two weeks of the Trump administration, 461 were released, according to the White House. ...


#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-07 03:10 AM

@#34

OK, let's say a thousand immigrants per week are being deported. That's 52,000 per year.

Dividing the 10,000,000 total goal by 52,000 per year results in 192 years.

So ....

At the current rate, it will take about 192 years to a achieve the goal of 10,000,000 immigrants deported.

Gee, it is no wonder why Pres Trump seems to be passing bricks into his diaper.



#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-03-07 03:20 AM

"Yet, without it passing, here we are."

Yes. Here we are. Wait what? Where are we?

So basically nothing has really changed to stop the borders from being overwhelmed again. No rules changed to reduce the backlog. Nothing done to help Dreamers. Nothing done to solve the problems. We are just in a brief and temporary pause in the action brought about by extreme political rhetoric.

At least until the Caravans of Doom return just before the next election cycle.

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