From Oneiron's own link that was conveniently left out of his diatribe.

The program started in fall 2022. Migrants must apply online, arrive at an airport and have a financial sponsor in the U.S. If approved, they can stay for two years and get a work permit.

Some states said the initiative has benefited them. One Nicaraguan migrant admitted into the country through that process filled a position at a farm in Washington state that was struggling to find workers.

Tipton questioned how Texas could be claiming financial losses if data showed that the parole program actually reduced the number of migrants coming into the U.S.

they are flying them in, upto 30,000 a month through the parole program.

You do realize that the US needs immigrant workers in the worst way, especially in agriculture, don't you?

And these are vetted asylum seekers who did what we asked, and that was to register in their own countries and not show up on our borders.

And 30,000 is far less than the numbers showing up monthly during the peak months over recent years.

FFS, the US implements a plan for orderly immigration and you xenophobes continue to complain. Just wait until you need some service and there is no one there to provide it to you because the job is unfilled due to lack of workers.

Harris had nothing to do with Panama closing it's borders.

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He wasn't allowed to own guns due to prior criminal acts, so that's why his charges are all gun related at present.

I don't see how he can be charged with attempted murder/assassination unless he confessed to it during interviews.

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These layered efforts to mitigate, manage, and order migration have, in recent months, led to fewer encounters between ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border than there were in 2019 during the comparable time period.

From 2014 to 2020, increases in irregular migration to the United States were driven primarily by displacement from the Northern Triangle countries; migration was again on the rise in early 2021 as countries came out of peak pandemic shutdowns. As a result, the Biden-Harris administration focused its initial efforts there. Saddled with deeply unreliable partner governments in all three countries, Vice President Harris chose to emphasize cooperation with civil society and the private sector through the creation of the Partnership for Central America (PCA).

Under the LA declaration, the Biden-Harris administration has secured unprecedented cooperation to curb irregular migration. Today, for example, Mexico is doing more to stem irregular migration to the United States than it has ever done before. The administration also created alternatives to irregular migration so that individuals fleeing Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela - the primary sources of instability in the hemisphere - could come to the United States in a sponsored, orderly fashion and be able to legally work shortly after arrival so as to contribute to U.S. prosperity and enhance stability in their home countries without delay.

Critically, the LA declaration built on successful migrant integration efforts in Latin America and spurred multiple countries to create new temporary legal status programs for migrants in order to stabilize these populations and to provide an alternative to migrating further. In May 2024, countries such as Ecuador, Colombia, and Costa Rica at the third ministerial meeting on the LA declaration announced regularization programs for various irregular migrant populations - building on the nearly 2 million Venezuelans who had already been provided status in Colombia alone. Today, more than 80 percent of those displaced in Latin America and the Caribbean have found a home in the region and have not proceeded to the U.S.-Mexico border.

What she was charged with doing has been an unquestioned success as the number of migrants showing up at our Southern border has slowed to numbers not seen since early in the Trump Administration, long before Covid accelerated migration. Here's the receipts and the direct evidence that the US has never had open borders and certainly doesn't have them now. There are no hoards of people trying to enter America at this moment, whether they be asylum seekers or simply people wanting to enter outside the system.

In fact, we're seeing the greatest multi-nation coordinated efforts to address migration comprehensively, even though the Republicans in Congress refuse to join the party in lieu of allowing Trump to demagogue that everyone thinks they know about illegal immigration that has already been successfully addressed due to the LA declarations.

Then, in July, Panama's new President Jose Raul Mulino took office and closed six of the seven border crossings from Colombia and increased patrols. ...

This is likely related to the work done by Kamala Harris when she was appointed by Biden to address the root causes of migration, NOT with securing our Southern border directly. That is the job of the Director of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas.

Now you are drawing unwanted attention to Ethiopian immigrant communities.

How do you know an Ethiopian is rich?

He's wearing a gold Rolex around his waist.

Did you hear about the Ethiopian who fell into an alligator pit?

He ate three of them before they could pull him back out.

Tip your waitress or bartender, I'll be here all week .... or not.

So my joke about why Haitian cats and dogs are the fastest in the world is not cool?

Naw, everyone knows that Ethiopian chickens are the fastest land animals on the planet.

And let's not forget on Fox News they're claiming more than 30,000 Haitians are infesting Springfield.

They've got Vernon's calculator(TM) working overtime I see.

Trump really exemplifies a snake oil salesman.

Without the oil....

That changes attention to what Trump wants and takes Harris and the entire Democratic party off message.

Negative ads and mailings are running non-stop in swing states paid for by PACS and super PACS that basically continue to drive the narrative that Kamala is an empty suit or that she let deranged criminals out on bail or probation that went on to kill someone in another state with zero explanation that prosecutors don't make the laws, they follow them, same as they follow whatever judges decide. Especially true since defendants do have attorneys advocating for them too.

Trump has stopped even trying to appeal to anyone not susceptible to the fearmongering and dog whistles he and Vance are blowing 24/7 because he knows his only chance is twofold - drive down Harris' popularity and keep stirring the pot for more low information voters that make up his largely white, non-college educated base.

As it regards national polling, every supposed expert I've seen have all said that Democrats need to be at least +4 nationally to win the EC, but most do focus on individual state polling since we already know where this election is likely to be won or lost.

But one poll released yesterday should buoy every Harris voter wherever they are. The gold standard poll in Iowa found Trump only up 47-43 when their last poll before Biden dropped out had Trump +18. Abortion is definitely driving the Harris surge and if Harris does win, it'll be because of mainly the overwhelming support of women who don't want anyone but for themselves to control their individual bodies.

In particular, the oft-quoted figure that 20,000 new residents from Haiti have settled in Springfield is not accurate. The real number is likely around half that amount. Here's how we know.

Springfield's population peaked at more than 80,000 in 1960 but then began a continuous decline, falling to under 60,000 in 2020. But that decline appears to be leveling off as the city experiences what the local newspaper called in 2022 a "resurgence."

Newcomers from Haiti have played a critical role in this transformation, and their actual number is likely more in line with official estimates in the low five figures. But even these assessments may be too large: New data from the Census Bureau shows only a tiny increase in Springfield's Haitian population, though it, too, has sources of error, and comes to us already a year out of date.

As Haitians in Springfield experience an outpouring of hatred fomented by the far right, it's reasonable to ask why we might be concerned with precise population counts. Accurate data, however, is at the heart of responsive democratic governance. Cities, counties, states, and the federal government all need detailed information about their inhabitants if they're to meet the needs of longtime residents and new arrivals alike.

If we take the county's current official estimates for all immigrants (around 12,000 to 15,000) and subtract the ACS estimate of the total foreign-born population prior to extensive Haitian immigration (approximately 2,000 in 2019, which is itself likely to be an undercount), that also suggests a total Haitian community of around 10,000.

Again, these numbers are for Clark County as a whole, so the figures for Springfield itself would be lower. They are also estimates, so the total we've arrived at could be somewhat greater or somewhat smaller.

Conversely, repression of the facts is a key page in the authoritarian's playbook. The absence of trustworthy data creates an information vacuum easily filled by propaganda. That gap is already being exploited. The Downballot's goal is to close it.

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Not remotely the same. Do you drink from the same idiot cup that Strawbringer does?

Palin's "target" was a gunsight target, not a dot with one circle or a multi-colored target only used for archery. Unless you want to imply Democrats want Robin Hoods to go after Republicans with bows and arrows.

A gunsight target is used solely for signifying that a gun or rifle is aiming at what is supposed to be shot. And do I need to list how many Republicans use actual firearms in their ads - often times shooting them in live fire examples ala MTG - and openly speak of targeting Democrats, liberals, their agendas and policies over and over again or protecting their 2nd Amendment rights to firearms which no national Democrat has ever threatened to try and take away?

Try again.

And Rep. Goldman's personal opinion is his own. You know, personal responsibility - something Republicans used to believe in before they got taken over by the cult of Trump who proudly declares that NOTHING is his responsibility when the ish hits the fan.

Before making this endorsement, we evaluated Harris's record as a U.S. senator and as vice president under Joe Biden, as well as policy proposals she's made as a presidential candidate. Her opponent, Donald Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, also has a record - a disastrous one.

At the top of the ballot, Harris does deserve our vote. She offers us a way forward lit by rationality and respect for all. Economically, the renewable-energy projects she supports will create new jobs in rural America. Her platform also increases tax deductions for new small businesses from $5,000 to $50,000, making it easier for them to turn a profit. Trump, a convicted felon who was also found liable of sexual abuse in a civil trial, offers a return to his dark fantasies and demagoguery, whether it's denying the reality of climate change or the election results of 2020 that were confirmed by more than 60 court cases, including some that were overseen by judges whom he appointed.

One of two futures will materialize according to our choices in this election. Only one is a vote for reality and integrity. We urge you to vote for Kamala Harris.

Who was responsible for the Giffords shooting? Sarah Palin and Republicans.

False. My quoted content makes that crystal clear if you could understand sentences that aren't lies and smears.

It's unclear whether Loughner even knew of Palin's map, but it probably would not have changed the outcome. His focus on Giffords began as early as 2007, long before the map was published.

You are incapable of even understanding the topic, much less what it entails.

165 stands as proof you're off the reservation without a clue.

161 scrubbed by Google.

Translation: I made it up or saw it from a disreputable rightwing smear site trafficking in lies, distortions and false propaganda.

If only Google would scrub Strawbringer the word would be a more rational place ....(sigh)

Democrats have used identical looking g congressional maps for decades.

Show one.

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One incident and an accusation issued by the person who was later shot in the head by a gunman cannot be ascribed to an entire party. Giffords was not, and never has been a political leader of the Democratic Party unlike Donald Trump's role and place in the GOP which he and his family controls.

This is why the research being done here is so vitally important.

When a young man took a shot at Donald Trump in July it was the first time political assassination, attempted or otherwise, had intruded into presidential politics in more than 40 years. Now it appears to have happened a second time in two months. What's going on here?

Republicans are now predictably demanding that Democrats in essence stop campaigning against Trump because they're inciting their supporters to try to assassinate Trump. That's absurd. Neither of these men is in any sense a supporter of Democrats or even of more marginal groups that could in any sense be identified with "the left."

But we shouldn't run too deep into the rabbit holes of Trump's supporters' logic. As his supporters like to put it, he likes to "stir the pot." And he does. Attention, in his vision, is the only real currency in business or politics or media. So he keeps upping the ante and pushing new limits to get it, like a heroin addict he has to keep upping the dose to get the same fix.

Trump's supporters ask rhetorically, if it's not Biden and Harris who are doing it, are you really saying that Trump is inciting people against himself? The answer is actually yes. He's now twice almost been consumed by the fires he himself is lighting.

Ah yes, last week's debate. In the firehose world of Trump newsmaking, 7 days ago now feels like an eternity. The time Kamala took over the head of the Democratic ticket around 50 days ago now feels like something that happened in the Spring or late Winter. But make no mistake, Trump will always do or say whatever he needs to to escape from whatever his latest controversy happens to be as he sprints right toward his next outrageous utterance or insinuation. It's always about him, and never about the American people.

Dems call for the assassination of Trump

Name names or be prepared for the consequences.

The Haitian refugees have jobs. The medical center and schools are not overwhelmed.

The biggest whopper: increasing housing costs? You think these low paid refugees are buying up all the homes?

The first sentence is indeed true, from all reporting not only do the Haitian adults have jobs, their employers say they're the hardest workers.

However, in regards to the other things mentioned, Springfield is having issues. Because new legal immigrants don't come here with any personal resources to speak of, they're very dependent upon our social safety net, including Medicaid. Springfield's existent providers are stressed and overwhelmed by the influx of the immigrants, but this is the fault of both the state and federal government to have not anticipated and reacted to the increased demand for services, including administrative services.

And yes, housing costs have skyrocketed in Springfield. The term housing costs isn't exclusive to home ownership, it simply refers to how much families pay for their domiciles be they leased, rented, or owned. And Springfield lacks sufficient rental units which has cause landlords to use dynamic pricing algorithms which have greatly increased the cost of rental property across the board for everyone and this in turn has caused housing property prices to rise as well.

But that is due to Americans believing in free markets without price controls. Those who own rental property are experiencing windfalls due to the increased demand without any rise in supply to lessen their ability to charge more. Again, it's up to the state and federal government to either fund apartment units or provide incentives for private individuals to build new units. The Haitians are not to blame because our capitalist system is being used to the detriment of those seeking housing in Springfield.

Wasn't this was when Tulsi was a Democrat?

And you think what she claimed to be matters why? Tulsi called Trump "an amazing person" and this was after 1/6/21.

That shows who Tulsi and her politics really are and they aren't anywhere close to those of any Democrat. Hell, Liz Cheney is more of a Democrat than Tulsi is and Liz isn't a Democrat.