I find all this soo interesting that the social media and the primary news sources are calling it a travel ban. It is not a ban and it is only temporary. But lets not mention that at all lets grill a person for continuing something that the president before him set into place and just never got to it. I think if Obama had issued this temporary ban then no one will be so much up in arms as everyone else is now. I guess a temporary ban so that we (The US government) can take a closer look at those who are wanting to travel into the USA from s few select countries.
Trump forgets that there are whole bunch of jobs that white Americans won't take like maids, nannies, janitors, pickers, farmers, trash collectors, etc. If he gets rid of all the immigrants businesses are hiring silently then everything is going to go up because they'll have to pay lots more for white person to do it.
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I don't think President Trump forgot any of that. I think he found a bundle of issues that Americans in flyover country care about and he played them up and used them to get elected. Now, I believe he will keep those promises he can, and he has already started down that path, and he will modify those he needs to. As far as immigrants are concerned, is sounds like he has already started to modify his stance. He hints that isn't going to deport 11,000,000 to 15,000,000 people, most of whom are hard working and simply want a better life for themselves and their children. He will deport those who have committed crimes here, depending on the crime and the circumstances. I see nothing wrong with that aspect of the plan.
Just saw President Trump speaking to the Sheriffs about what the judges are doing. He is belittling them by saying any bad high schooler could understand that he is entitled to do what he wants with the immigration ban. He also added that he can comprehend things better that a lot of people. Is all of this necessary?
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Bountyhunter,
You ask if this is necessary. I'll tell you that this is the state of politics today. Yeah, we hear what President is saying because he is the Republican. I ask, have you hear what Democrats are saying? Did you hear what one of the Supreme Court Justices said about President Trump prior to the election? My goodness, that's the first time in my memory I ever heard anything like that from a Justice, people who normally stay above the fray. So I will tell you that it is indicative of where we are and he is only playing the game as it's played today. I don't agree with it, I don't like it, and I've seen it done much more professionally and in a bipartisan way in the past.
The federal court has ruled. The 9th Circuit Court upholds the stay to continue blocking enforcement of Trump's travel ban. I am hardly surprised especially after President Trumps public assassination of the way the federal court adjudicates due process.
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Yes, he seems to have a problem controlling his tweets and going off script. That said, this is almost definitely going to go to SCOTUS. My guess is they'll wait for Gorsuch and then roll the dice to see where Justice Kennedy, I think he's the most liberal of the conservatives, lands on his decision.