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MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

You guys shot that down, because preventing Biden from having a win was more important.

Just parroting the line doesn’t make it true. The bill was shot down because it was fucking abysmal and wouldn’t actually accomplish anything. It was the bare minimum democrats had to do to try and shift the blame for problems they caused and refuse to fix. Not an actual solution.

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PizzaMane@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The bill was shot down because it was fucking abysmal and wouldn’t actually accomplish anything.

Right. Republicans were demanding it go through until the moment Trump said it was bad. But it was actually the result of it not accomplishing enough. /s

Quit fooling yourself.

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- jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Up until a week ago nobody knew what was in it, dems were only releasing bullet points. Once people read it they opposed it.
  
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  - PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You can read it for yourself and make your own decisions rather than relying on people who hate America to interpret it for you.
    
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    jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    You can read it for yourself and make your own decisions rather than relying on people who hate America to interpret it for you.
    
    Don’t worry I won’t rely on you to interpret it for me.
    
    The 4,000 number that triggers a border close doesn’t close it, it only gives the option to close it.
    
    (A) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVATION.—The Secretary may activate the border emergency authority if, during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 4,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day.
    
    Then there’s the 5000 trigger but naturally there are exceptions.
    
    © An unaccompanied alien child. (D) An alien who an immigration officer determines, with the approval of a supervisory immigration officer, should be excepted from the border emergency authority based on the totality of the circumstances … (F) An alien who has a valid visa or other lawful permission to enter the United States, including— … (iv) an alien who presents at a port of entry pursuant to a process approved by the Secretary to allow for safe and orderly entry into the United States.
    
    Even those loopholes were not enough so they made sure they could ignore the mandatory closing.
    
    Whenever the border emergency authority is activated, the Secretary shall have the authority, in the Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discretion, to summarily remove from and prohibit, in whole or in part, entry into the United States of any alien identified in subsection (a)(3) who is subject to such authority in accordance with this subsection.>
    
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    MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    But let me guess. You’re just going to cry anyway when people read it and decide that it fucking sucks?
    
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  - PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Matter of fact, I’ll do some reading for you. You tell me if these things are bad.
    
    For an additional amount for ‘‘U.S. Immigration and19 Customs Enforcement—Operations and Support’’,$7,600,833,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026: Provided, That of the total amount provided under this heading in this Act, $3,230,648,000 shall be for increased custodial detention capacity, $2,548,401,000 shall be for increased removal flights and related activities, including short-term staging facilities, $534,682,000 shall be for hiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, and $1,287,102,000 shall be for increased enrollment capabilities and related activities within the Alternatives to Detention program…
    
    ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying out section 235©(5)(B) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008
    
    DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT For an additional amount for ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, $25,000,000, to re main available until September 30, 2025, to counter the flow of fentanyl, fentanyl precursors, and other synthetic drugs into the United States…
    
    SEC. 3203. INTERNAL RELOCATION. (a) IN GENERAL .—Section 208(b)(2)(A) of the Im migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
    
    (1) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
    
    (2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
    
    (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(vii) there are reasonable grounds for concluding that the alien could avoid persecution by relocating to—‘‘(I) another location in the alien’s country of nationality; or‘‘(II) in the case of an alien having no nationality, another location in the alien’s country of last habitual residence.’’.
    
    ‘(b) BORDER EMERGENCY AUTHORITY DESCRIBED .—
    
    ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL .—Whenever the border emergency authority is activated, the Secretary shall have the authority, in the Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discretion, to summarily remove from and prohibit, in whole or in part, entry into the United States of any alien identified in subsection (a)(3) who is subject to such authority in accordance with this subsection.
    
    All of those sections can be found in the link of my other comment. So, this isn’t even interpretation, just what is exactly in the bill.
    
    What is here that’s worth opposing exactly?
    
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    ConMod@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thats not nearly all of it, thats a tiny snippet.
    
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