The Border & Illegal Aliens, And What We Are Doing About It.

[Bullheaded Texan]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said.

“We are not going to let this country be invaded!

We will not be stampeded!

We will not capitulate to lawlessness!

This is NOT business as usual.

This is the Trump era!," the Attorney General said.
 

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Trump backs bill to ban flag-burning: ‘A no brainer!’

  6/15/10 By Dom Calicchio | Fox News

Some Republicans in Congress on Friday reintroduced a proposal calling for a ban on burning the American flag – and they’ve already won an endorsement from President Trump.

 “All in for Senator Steve Daines as he proposes an Amendment for a strong BAN on burning our American Flag! A no brainer!,” the president wrote in a Twitter message Saturday.

 CLEVELAND TO PAY $225G TO AMERICAN FLAG BURNER AT 2016 GOP CONVENTION

The proposal is being sponsored in the Senate by Sens. Steve Daines of Montana and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota and in the House by Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas.

 It calls for the U.S. Constitution to be amended so Congress would have “constitutional authority to ban the desecration of the United States flag.”

 “The American Flag is a symbol of freedom – and it should always be protected,” Daines wrote Friday.

Added Cramer: “A flag worth dying for is a flag worth protecting.”

 “Adding a Constitutional amendment to protect this symbol of freedom and liberty is not an attack on another Constitutional amendment,” he continued, “rather, it is an affirmation of the unifying principles our nation stands for.”

 The amendment IS necessary because the Supreme Court has ruled in the past that flag-burning is a form of free speech protected by the First Amendment.

 The new proposal was reintroduced Friday, which was Flag Day – and coincidentally President Trump’s 73rd birthday.

President Trump arrives to speak at a "Salute to Service" dinner, July 3, 2018, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

 Critics on social media were quick to attack the proposal. Here are some samples:

 According to the Washington Times, amendments can be added to the Constitution if two-thirds of both the House and Senate agree on a proposal and then three-fourths of the states ratify it, or if two-thirds of state legislatures call a convention to propose changes to the Constitution, and then three-fourths of the states ratify the change.

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HAPPY FOURTH:

Liberal Mob Filmed Burning American Flag Outside White House on Independence Day! The mob 'appeared' to torch an American flag. ????

 7/4/19 By Richard Moorhead

 A group of liberal protestors chose to celebrate the anniversary of America’s founding on July 4th in a unconventional manner: burning the American flag.

 The progressives were protesting outside of the White House against President Donald Trump’s planned Independence Day parade.

 The glorious parade featured M1 Abrams Tanks and a robust presence of American armed forces.

Watch the shocking spectacle here: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/happy-fourth-liberal-mob-filmed-burni...

 The mob goes on to engage in anti-American chants, repeating that “America was never great” and claiming that the nation represented “slavery, genocide and war.”

 At one point in the video a scuffle breaks out. It’s unclear if some in the crowd were genuinely opposed to the burning of the American flag, or if they simply recognized a public burning(that appeared to employ a burning liquid) as a safety hazard that would likely incur police attention.

 As normal Americans celebrate their country with their family, friends and neighbors, sick progressives seem intent on putting on a grotesque display with no apparent point.

Perhaps the mere prospect of patriots enjoying themselves is enough to get the left out in droves in an attempt to ruin the festivities, without the slightest concern for decency.

BREAKING UPDATE:

 The leftist mob wields a burning American flag in dangerous proximity to a uniformed Secret Service officer.

Big League Politics is continuing to monitor the situation.

 **** The 'above' IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED THIS--> Amendment for a strong BAN on burning our American Flag! A no brainer! LONG OVERDUE!! **** Bull

 

[Landel Cathcart]

Veteran-Owned Outfit Selling 'Betsy Ross Flag' T-shirt In Protest Of Nike.

 7/4/19 By Dave Urbanski

 ‘Since Nike has no interest in displaying the 'Betsy Ross flag', a classic symbol of freedom and unity, then we proudly will’ !!

 A veteran-owned clothing company is selling a 'Betsy Ross' flag T-shirt in protest of Nike pulling a similar-themed sneaker line after former NFL quarter....

 Nine Line Apparel, based in Georgia, also called for a Nike boycott, WJCL-TV reported. Check out an Instagram clip about the T-shirt here.

 “Nike seeks profit through controversy, but with absolutely no regard for the consequences,” Tyler Merritt, the outfit’s CEO and a retired Army captain, told the station. “In its corporatist wake, it leaves behind anti-American sentiment and division, harming our country. But since Nike has no interest in displaying the 'Betsy Ross' flag, a classic symbol of freedom and unity, then we proudly will.

 How far Nike has fallen. It was once an iconic American company. Now it can’t even stomach associating itself with one of the greatest moments in our country’s history, when individuals of diverse backgrounds put differences aside to fight tyranny and secure liberty, even as it continues to outsource jobs to China.

 The American people should support the red, white, and blue and boycott Nike and join our #NoToNike campaign. Nike says ‘just do it.’ We say just stand — stand for your beliefs and for your country!”

 Nine Line Apparel added a Facebook post saying, “Apparently symbols of patriotism are now racist. It’s clear kaepernick knows nothing about the country he lives in.”

 In 2016, kaepernick launched the trend of athletes kneeling during the nation anthem at sporting events in protest of 'supposedly' police brutality and oppression of people of color. He didn’t get back on a team after that season, but he rose to fame for his stance — and then became the face of Nike’s 30th anniversary campaign.

What else did Nine Line Apparel, the clothing company have to say?

“Nine Line Apparel, along with relentlessly patriotic Americans everywhere, cannot believe the total ignorance and lack of understanding displayed by both colin kaepernick and Nike in relation to our country’s 'Betsy Ross' flag, it’s symbolism, and meaning,” the company says on its 'Betsy Ross' T-shirt page.--->

  “This early design of the flag of the United States depicts the original 13 colonies and represents the unity of these original American colonies in their fight against the British for our nation’s freedom during the Revolutionary War. It in no way, shape, or form alludes to slavery yet is a direct representation of freedom fought and earned by early Americans.” - The description adds that “we are only able to enjoy our liberties, rights, and lives as Americans today, because of what this flag has always symbolized and stood for” and that Nike and kaepernick “are a disgrace to all freedom-loving Americans, choosing ignorance over patriotism.”

 “For these reasons and so many more, we proudly stand for freedom and the 'Betsy Ross' flag to say without recall or hesitation, just DON’T do it,” the description concludes.

The 'Betsy Ross' T-shirt — which includes an image of the flag along with the word “Victory” —

is on sale through Saturday.

[Landel Cathcart]

President Trump Sends Powerful Message To The Country!

  7/5/19 By Sons of 1776

Despite heavy criticism from the usual crowd of robotic Trump haters, the President carried out a powerful display of American patriotism on this Independence day!

 “Today, we come together as one nation with this very special Salute to America,” a smiling Trump said. “We celebrate our history, our people, and the heroes who proudly defend our flag — the brave men and women of the United States military.”

 President Trump handled himself very well, all the while boasting about the historic accomplishments of the United States.

“Americans love our freedom and no one will ever take it away from us,” Trump said to chants of “U-S-A.” “Our nation is stronger today than it ever was before, it is stronger now stronger than ever.”

 President Trump’s speech was accented by the military might of the U.S., with flyovers from a variety of aircrafts ranging from the Air Forces F-22 Raptors and B-2 Stealth Bomber to the Navy’s F-18 Super Hornets and Army Apache helicopters.

 “Today, just as it did 243 years ago, the future of American Freedom rests on the shoulders of men and women willing to defend it. As long as we stay true to our cause — as long as we remember our great history — and as long as we never stop fighting for a better future—then there will be nothing that America cannot do! “We will never forget that we are Americans, and the future belongs to us,” he said. “We share one home, one heart and we are all made by one almighty God.”

 Prior to the event, Trump sent out two tweets describing the celebration to come. “People are coming from far and wide to join us today and tonight for what is turning out to be one of the biggest celebrations in the history of our Country, 'SALUTE TO AMERICA', an all day event at the Lincoln Memorial, culminating with large scale flyovers of the most modern and advanced aircraft anywhere in the World. Perhaps even Air Force One will do a low & loud sprint over the crowd.”

 President Trump opponents criticized the cost of the event, never mind the fact that fireworks were donated to the tune of $750,000. President Trump was quick to defend the cost of the event on Wednesday, tweeting that cost “will be very little compared to what it is worth.”

“We own the planes, we have the pilots, the airport is right next door (Andrews), all we need is the fuel,” he said, referring to Maryland’s Joint Base Andrews. “We own the tanks and all. Fireworks are donated by two of the greats.”

The opponents also suggested that Trump was doing this as a “campaign stunt” and that President Trump could be on the hook to reimburse the government if this was the truth.

Boy, did he prove them wrong!!

 President Trump used the holiday instead to unite Americans. Issuing praise to the spirit that “runs through the veins of every American patriot.”

 He saw this as an opportunity to put a pause on the divisive politics that Americans face every day, and instead take us back to our roots, reminding us that at the end of the day,

we’re all on the same side!!

[Landel Cathcart]

pukelosi Caves To Trump’s Ultimatum.
  6/28/19 By Sons of 1776
After Trump hit Congress with a big ultimatum, both houses scrambled to pass border funding. While the Senate scored a big win with a major funding package, pukelosi’s House Democrats tried to sneak in a ton of bad ideas.  They tried to undermine Trump’s goal of enforcing our border. But, once again, the left failed.
 President Trump, despite epic opposition, is making progress at the border. Major parts of the wall are being built—with older fencing being replaced and upgraded. He sent National Guard troops to support Border Patrol. He’s even gotten Mexico to step up their efforts in a major way.
 The only holdout to securing our border and ending the massive caravan crisis has been Congress. Democrats refused to do anything to stop the constant flow of migrants to our border. They do not want the wall or stricter immigration rules. According to many 2020 candidates, they even want to decriminalize illegal immigration.
 So, Trump dropped a hammer on them: "either make a deal or ICE will deport millions of illegal aliens."
Panicked, Democrats in Congress agreed to pass funding for the border. Yet even then, they tried to undermine our national security.
 pukelosi and House Democrats tried to force measures in their bill that would weaken our immigration enforcement, give asylum seekers more power, and make it harder for the government to protect the border.--   The very opposite of what we need and want!!
  pukelosi got a rude awakening, though, when the Senate—by a vote 84 to 8—passed a funding measure with no such “poison pills.”
 That incredible show of bipartisan support for Trump forced pukelosi to do something. I guess she had no choice.
 A coalition of moderate Democrats and Republicans approved crucial border funding legislation late Thursday in the House, sending the $4.6 billion bill to President Trump’s desk for his expected signature — after Speaker nancy pukelosi backed down from a push to include restrictions on immigration enforcement that could have scuttled the measure…
 But the speaker agreed to bring the bipartisan Senate-passed bill to a vote, without such restrictions, following intense pressure from Republicans and moderates in her own party.

 The Senate had demonstrated that bipartisan support by approving the bill 84-8 a day earlier, after rejecting an earlier House version…The bill passed 305-102. [Source: Fox News]
 It’s been so hard to get support for Trump’s immigration plans, because Democrats in Congress simply don’t care.

 For over two years, we’ve seen the situation at the border get worse. Since the caravans started coming, every expert has called it a crisis.
 Democrats, though, kept ignoring it. Remember, Pelosi shut down the government in January to prevent funding for the border. Time and again, Trump has offered deals to fix the crisis. And the left’s rejected it.
 Why are they willing to do something all of a sudden? Because once again, Trump had to act. Fearing mass deportations of illegal aliens already in the country, Democrats were forced to provide funding to address the border crisis.
 I guess that’s the only way these clowns get anything done. President Trump has to use the nuclear option, just to wake them up. These corrupt crooks in D.C. would rather waste time and money on useless subpoenas and empty accusations of “collusion” than deal with a growing problem.
 We also know that Democrats have been encouraging illegal immigration for years, because they think these newcomers will vote for them. They have degraded the national security and economic stability of this country (not to mention rob blue collar Americans of jobs), just to they can will elections. Pathetic!!
 But all that is changing. Donald Trump is fixing a problem that has existed for years.

And he’s done the impossible: get Democrats to support his vision.
  pukelosi might not be happy about it, but the rest of us are!!
Wow, is there anything President Donald Trump can’t do?

He's KEEPING AMERICA GREAT!!

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Republican Governor Makes BIG Move Against Nike and kaepernick!

 7/3/19 by The Bearded Patriot 

On Tuesday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, decided to take the fight to Nike, announcing that the state would be withdrawing financial incentives promised to Nike. The announcement comes after the company had reportedly dropped an American flag-style shoe, because former NFL backup colin kaepernick said it was “offensive.”

 According to The Wall Street Journal, Nike was forced to pull an American flag-themed shoe called the “Betsy Ross” from production after NFL burnout turned political activist kaepernick complained about the shoe.

 kaepernick, who stood out not for his play on the field, but rather his political demonstrations, fought for racial inequality before signing a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal with Nike last year.

 “NIKE the sneaker giant created the Air Max 1 USA in celebration of the July Fourth holiday, and it was slated to go on sale this week. The heel of the shoe featured a U.S. flag with 13 white stars in a circle, a design created during the American Revolution and commonly referred to as the Betsy Ross flag,” WSJ reports.

 The shoe shipped out to retailers this week, but Nike quickly recalled the shoe and demanded retailers return their stock, leaving customers confused. The shoe isn’t available for sale on the brand’s website and a statement from Nike said only that the company decided against releasing the sneaker because it featured an “old version of the American flag.” A 'COVER UP LIE!'

 

 The truth, however, came out that Nike was doing this at the request of kaepernick himself, who had seen the shoe online and went straight to cry to Nike’s top dogs that the shoe hurt his feelings.

 “After images of the shoe were posted online,  kaepernick, a Nike endorser, reached out to company officials saying that he and others felt the Betsy Ross flag is an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery, the people said,” per the WSJ. “Some users on social media responded to posts about the shoe with similar concerns.  kaepernick declined to comment.”

 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey made the announcement in a Series of Tweets on Tuesday.

“Words cannot express my disappointment at this terrible decision. I am embarrassed for Nike,” Gov. Ducey posted. “Nike is an iconic American brand and American company. This country, our system of government and free enterprise have allowed them to prosper and flourish. Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation’s independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism,” the thread continued. “It is a shameful retreat for the company. American businesses should be proud of our country’s history, not abandoning it.”

“ Nike has made its decision, and now we’re making ours,” announced Ducey. “I’ve ordered the Arizona Commerce Authority to withdraw all financial incentive dollars under their discretion that the State was providing for the company to locate here. Arizona’s economy is doing just fine without Nike. We don’t need to suck up to companies that consciously denigrate our nation’s history.”

“And finally, it shouldn’t take a controversy over a shoe for our kids to know who Betsy Ross is. A founding mother. Her story should be taught in all American schools. In the meantime, it’s worth googling her,” the courageous Republican concluded.

**** MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU Arizona Governor Doug Ducey! *** Bull 

“Nike reportedly planned on investing $185 million to open a manufacturing facility in Goodyear, Arizona, which would employ about 500 people, according to city records,” the Journal noted, adding that the Goodyear City Council, on Monday, “approved a package of incentives that would reimburse the company about $1 million in planning fees and about $4,000 per full-time employee Nike hires, according to city records.”

 The truth, however, came out that Nike was doing this at the request of kaepernick himself, who had seen the shoe online and went straight to cry to Nike’s top dogs that the shoe hurt his feelings.

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9th Circuit blocks emergency funding for border wall, as White House vows appeal.

 7/3/19 By Gregg Re | Fox News

Ignorant, confused protestors;

Protesters stage rallies nationwide against conditions at detention...

 The protests were part of a national day of action with events taking place in more than 180 locations.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld an injunction barring the Trump administration from repurposing approximately $2.5 billion in Pentagon money to the Department of Homeland Security to build a border wall with Mexico, prompting the White House to promise an immediate appeal.

 

A divided three-judge panel on the appellate court agreed with a lower court ruling that prevented the government from tapping Defense Department counterdrug money to build high-priority sections of wall in Arizona and New Mexico.

In February, Trump ended a 35-day government shutdown after Congress gave him far less than he wanted. He then declared a national emergency that the White House said would free billions of dollars from the Pentagon.

In its ruling, the 9th Circuit panel noted that Section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2019 "authorizes the Secretary of Defense to transfer funds for military purposes if the Secretary determines that the transfer is 'for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military requirements' and 'the item for which funds are requested has [not] been denied by the Congress.'"

But according to the 2-1 majority on the appellate court panel, the "need for which the funds were reprogrammed was not 'unforeseen,' and it was an item for which funds were previously 'denied by Congress.'"

Additionally, the judges ruled, the Trump administration likely had violated the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution, which states that "No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”

Army engineers install concertina wire on Nov. 5, 2018, on the Anzalduas International Bridge, Texas. (US Air Force photo by Airman First Class Daniel A. Hernandez)

 The 9th Circuit's ruling was not a final judgment on the merits of the case, which may still be considered by the appellate court and Supreme Court.  But the administration cannot build during the legal challenge.

 "Congress and now two courts have said no to border wall funds. For the sake of our democracy and border communities, it’s time the president come to terms with the fact that America rejected his xenophobic wall — and move on," Dror Ladin, staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project, who argued the case before the appeals court, said in a statement.

 Wednesday's ruling followed a lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) -- parties that had more success than Democrats in Congress. In June, Washington, D.C., district court Judge Trevor McFadden threw out House Democrats' lawsuit seeking an injunction against President Trump's emergency border wall funding reallocation, saying that the matter is fundamentally a political dispute and that the politicians lack standing to make a legal case.

However, the Trump administration conceded that the ACLU and SBCC had standing because their clients, unlike House Democrats, had suffered "injuries from environmental harm."

 "Today’s Ninth Circuit ruling upholds the basic notion that only Congress can appropriate funds," Gloria Smith, managing attorney at the Sierra Club, said in a separate statement. "We've seen the damage that the ever-expanding border wall has inflicted on communities and the environment for decades. Walls divide neighborhoods, worsen dangerous flooding, destroy lands and wildlife, and waste resources that should instead be used on the infrastructure border communities truly need."

 Other border wall construction not using Pentagon funds remains unaffected by the ruling. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers, announced a new panel installation on an 11-mile section of wall within the Border Patrol's San Diego sector on Thursday. The CBP, which announced the project earlier this month, also said it would initiate a new border wall project in Tecate, Calif.

SHOCK FOOTAGE SHOWS MIGRANTS WALKING AROUND BORDER WALL TO ENTER THE U.S. 

Video footage of the U.S.-Mexico border shows an armed coyote smugg... into the U.S..  But the freeze imposed by U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. in May prevented work on two Pentagon-funded wall contracts — one spanning 46 miles in New Mexico and another covering 5 miles in Yuma, Ariz.

 While the order applied only to those first-in-line projects, Gilliam made clear that he felt the ACLU and other groups were likely to prevail at trial in their argument that the president was ignoring Congress' wishes by diverting Defense Department money.

 "Congress' 'absolute' control over federal expenditures — even when that control may frustrate the desires of the executive branch regarding initiatives it views as important — is not a bug in our constitutional system. It is a feature of that system, and an essential one," the judge wrote.

 Gilliam went a step further Friday by ruling definitively that the administration couldn't use Pentagon counterdrug money for the two projects covered in his May order or to replace 63 miles in the Border Patrol's Tucson, Ariz., sector and 15 miles in its El Centro, Calif., sector.

 At stake is billions of dollars that would allow Trump to make progress on a major 2016 campaign promise heading into his race for a second term.

 Trump declared a national emergency after losing a fight with the Democratic-led House that led to the 35-day shutdown. Congress agreed to spend nearly $1.4 billion on barriers in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings, which was well below the $5.7 billion the president requested.

 Trump grudgingly accepted the money but declared the emergency to siphon money from other government accounts, finding up to $8.1 billion for wall construction. The money includes $3.6 billion from military construction funds, $2.5 billion from Defense Department counterdrug activities and $600 million from the Treasury Department's asset forfeiture fund.

 Acting Defense Secretary Mark Esper has yet to approve transferring the military construction funds. The Treasury Department funds have so far survived legal challenges.

 The president's adversaries say the emergency declaration was an illegal attempt to ignore Congress. The ACLU sued on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Southern Border Communities Coalition.

 This March 2, 2019, file photo, shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrolling on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The administration said the U.S. needed emergency protection to fight drug smuggling. Its arguments did not mention illegal immigration or unprecedented numbers of Central American families seeking asylum at the U.S. border, which have dominated public attention in recent months.

 Justice Department attorneys argued that the freeze on Pentagon funds showed a "fundamental misunderstanding of the federal appropriations process."

"The real separation-of-powers concern is the district court's intrusion into the budgeting process," they wrote.

The two sides argued before a three-judge panel in San Francisco on June 20, made up of Barack Obama appointee Michelle Friedland and George W. Bush appointees N. Randy Smith and Richard Clifton.

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The administration has awarded $2.8 billion in contracts for barriers covering 247 miles, with all but 17 miles of that to replace existing barriers not expand coverage. It is preparing for a flurry of construction that the president is already celebrating at campaign-style rallies.

 Trump inherited barriers spanning 654 miles, or about one-third of the border with Mexico. Of the miles covered under Trump-awarded contracts, more than half is with Pentagon money.

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Construction of border wall panels underway in Mexifornia.

 7/30/19 By David Aaro | Fox News

New reinforced panels are being used to strengthen the border wall ...

 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers, announced a new panel installation on an 11-mile section of wall within the Border Patrol's San Diego sector on Thursday.

Workers install the first panels of the Calexico border wall project (Calexico Border Wall CBP)

TRUMP REVIVES ICE RAID THREAT, BLASTS JUDGE WHO RULED AGAINST BORDE...

 The new panels will replace the existing secondary barrier with 30-foot tall steel bollards as well as technology improvements, according to the CBP.

 CBP says the El Centro and San Diego Sectors have been experiencing high levels of illegal-immigrant traffic. They hope this new addition to the wall will help support the Department of Homeland Security in hindering illegal crossings, and in quelling drug and smuggling activities.

The new panels will replace the existing secondary barrier with 30-foot tall steel bollards as well as technology improvements (Calexico Border Wall CBP)

 The CBP announced the project earlier this month along with a new border wall project in Tecate, Calif. The $127 million contract to construct both projects was awarded to SLSCO Ltd. in December 2018. It's being paid to fix dilapidated or outdated border wall designs.

A crane places a section of the new panels in the Calexico area of Mexifornia (Calexico Border Wall CBP)

CBP says the additions were not associated with President Trump's Executive Order 13767, also known as the Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements.

 Construction for the Tecate and Calexico projects is expected to cover 15 miles and will continue into 2020, according to CBP.

 This news comes as a judge on Saturday blocked Trump from using $2.5 billion in military funding to build the border wall.

 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers, announced a new panel installation on an 11-mile section of wall within the Border Patrol's San Diego sector on Thursday.

Workers install the first panels of the Calexico border wall project (Calexico Border Wall CBP)

 The new panels will replace the existing secondary barrier with 30-foot tall steel bollards as well as technology improvements, according to the CBP.

 CBP says the El Centro and San Diego Sectors have been experiencing high levels of illegal-immigrant traffic. They hope this new addition to the wall will help support the Department of Homeland Security in hindering illegal crossings, and in quelling drug and smuggling activities.

The new panels will replace the existing secondary barrier with 30-foot tall steel bollards as well as technology improvements (Calexico Border Wall CBP)

The CBP announced the project earlier this month along with a new border wall project in Tecate, Calif. The $127 million contract to construct both projects was awarded to SLSCO Ltd. in December 2018. It's being paid to fix dilapidated or outdated border wall designs.

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A crane places a section of the new panels in the Calexico area of Mexifornia (Calexico Border Wall CBP)

 CBP says the additions were not associated with President Trump's Executive Order 13767, also known as the Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements.

 Construction for the Tecate and Calexico projects is expected to cover 15 miles and will continue into 2020, according to CBP.

This news comes as a judge on Saturday blocked Trump from using $2.5 billion in military funding to build the border wall.

 

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ICE Recently Confirmed QUARANTINE of Thousands, Mumps or Chicken Pox in 39 Detention Centers.

 7/2/19 By Patrick Howley

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed on June 14 that 5,200 adults were quarantined due to mumps or chicken pox exposure. 4,200 of these quarantined people have been exposed to mumps.

 Mumps or chicken pox were confirmed present in 39 different migrant detention centers, according to ICE.

Amid a surge of Congolese migrants at the southern border — many of whom have already gained access to the United States and settled in San Antonio — The Center for Immigration Studies now reports that 35,000 more African migrants are headed to America’s southern border on the same general path trekked by Central American migrant hordes.

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health, as well as New York City and state and local governments began preparing for a possible Ebola outbreak shortly before the current Congolese migrant invasion on our southern border, as the Congo migrants journeyed from Africa to the United States.

 The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department partnered with the CDC and the Kentucky Department of Health beginning in February to monitor people traveling to and from the Ebola outbreak region on the African continent, with the local department acting on guidance provided by the federal and state government bodies.

 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is a branch of the National Institutes of Health, sponsored a clinical trial beginning in late January at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio to test Ebola vaccines.

 The Congo migrant “surge” at the southern border continues, as recently-landed Congo migrants in San Antonio, Texas described their six-month journey to the United States — during which time the government started making Ebola preparations instead of acting to stop the illegal migrant invasion.

I reported:

 New York City partnered with New York State to carry out an Ebola outbreak drill in April 2019, right around the time the city started looking for applicants to fill a “short-term” Ebola manager position for the city’s health department.

 New York City’s health department issued a little-noticed public release on April 30 entitled “New York City and New Jersey Health Departments Conduct Emergency E...”

 The drill, flagged by the global tracker Ebola Outbreak Map, was quietly conducted before the current Congo migrant surge at our southern border hit the press, with Congo migrants flooding into San Antonio, Texas amid the Ebola outbreak in their home country. Congo migrants said in June that their travel to the United States took six months, meaning that New York City was formally preparing for an Ebola outbreak while the migrants were on their way to America.

 The  city government stated;

“In order to prepare for viral outbreaks occurring in other parts of the world, New York City and State partnered with first responders in New Jersey to conduct an emergency exercise last week to transport a person 'pretending' to be an Ebola patient to NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue. Agencies that participated in the drill included the Health Department, NYC Health + Hospitals, the Fire Department of the City of New York, New York State Department of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and health and law enforcement agencies from New Jersey. The exercise entailed the transfer of a person pretending to be an Ebola patient from Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey to the Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Center at NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue in New York City.

 Given the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is the second largest Ebola outbreak in history with over 1,100 confirmed cases and 700 deaths, it is critical that the healthcare system is prepared to handle an actual case of Ebola or other infectious disease threat. Despite this critical need for readiness, federal funding for Ebola preparedness is set to expire in 2020, placing the future of these emergency response capabilities in jeopardy.

 This exercise – the first of its kind between New York City and New Jersey – tested the health care system’s ability to safely move a patient to a clinical setting where Ebola can be most effectively treated…

 “New York City is a global city and must be ready to respond when global health issues become local,” said New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot. “It is essential for the Health Department to closely collaborate with City agencies, local health care facilities, and our partners in New Jersey so that we can prepare collaboratively for disease threats, like Ebola, and protect the health of New Yorkers when these deadly pathogens appear in our communities…

 “In New York City, we need to be ready for anything,” said Laura Evans, M.D., Medical Director of the Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue and Co-Principal Investigator for the National Ebola Training and Education Center (NETEC).”

 New York City Health release passage ends. Meanwhile, Bill de Blasio’s city government has been quietly preparing for an Ebola outbreak in other ways.

 The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and its partner Public Health Solutions are no longer accepting applications for the position of: “Ebola and Special Pathogens Program Manager.” The ad identifies the job as a “short-term project” expected to end in May 2020.

 The job posting was flagged by Ebola Outbreak Map, a tracker of the Ebola virus worldwide.

Public Health Solutions, a public health nonprofit, put up the job posting on LinkedIn three months ago, noting, “The selected candidate will be an employee of Public Health Solutions, which is the fiscal and administrative manager of the program, but will work at DOHMH’s headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, NY and be supervised by DOHMH.”- The job posting still exists, as of press time, on Simply Hired and indeed.com.

Since the ad was posted, a wave of migrants from the Congo have entered the United States and stoked fear among people in San Antonio, Texas that they could be carrying disease. An Ebola outbreak is currently underway in the Congo.

 The job posting states: “With an annual budget of $1.6 billion and more than 6,000 employees throughout the five buroughs, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) is one of the largest public health agencies in the world, serving 8 million New Yorkers from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds…DOHMH’s Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) promotes the Agency’s and NYC’s ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from health emergencies. OEPR coordinates agency-wide emergency preparedness planning, exercises and training, evaluation of incident response, exercise performance and collaborates with community and healthcare stakeholders, city, state & federal partners on public health and healthcare emergency planning and response.”

 The job posting notes: “This is a short-term project (expected to end by May 2020).”

The duties for this role include:

*Support the Ebola and special pathogen preparedness programming for healthcare partners including designated treatment centers, network coalitions, and partner agencies (e.g. FDNY), and special projects through deliverable-based contracts (7 Network Coalitions, 2 Designated Treatment Centers, FDNY, others).

*Working with the Senior Medical Coordinator, support document development for assessing and supporting the preparedness needs of hospital networks and treatment centers for Ebola and special pathogens; this work may include (but not limited to) translating funding requirements into work plans, supporting exercise planning and execution, review of proposals and deliverables sent from the above hospitals and networks to meet preparedness needs and program requirements.

*Coordinate and support joint planning activities with regional partners from NYC, New York state and New Jersey.

*Work with the Senior Medical Coordinator and Medical Director to design and carry out new initiatives to

support communicable disease preparedness.

*Develop and maintain relationships with these healthcare entities and their representative leaders to ensure contract deliverables are on time and complete and program requirements are met…

*Work closely with Senior Medical Coordinator and Medical Director to develop educational support materials to address healthcare system preparedness needs for special pathogens and other communicable disease risks.”….

Job posting passage ends

The Ebola outbreak in Africa is growing.

 A new World Health Organization (WHO) report confirms this. The United Nations, of which WHO is a part, and which features a report on its website touting “replacement migration” in the United States, refuses to call the Ebola outbreak a global emergency.

 Migrants from the Congo continue to invade the United States, particularly the state of Texas.

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reports: “The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday in its weekly profile of Ebola activity aired growing concern about case spikes in two Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) areas—Mabalako and Mandima—that were hit hard when the outbreak began last August.

 Meanwhile, the DRC health ministry yesterday reported 7 new cases, and the WHO’s online Ebola dashboard says there will likely be 13 more today, which would lift the overall outbreak total to 2,297 cases.”

Center passage ends

Of course, this is not stopping our globalist central planners from allowing migrants from the Congo to invade the United States, even as a mystery disease has led to three people being quarantined at a private hospital in El Paso, Texas.

 The Washington Examiner recently interviewed Congolese migrants in San Antonio. Even the New York Times admits that migrants from the Congo are contributing to a “surge” at the border.

 A medical professional on the border in Texas told Big League Politics that the crisis is reaching fever pitch, with three individuals now quarantined at a privately-owned hospital in El Paso with an unknown disease. The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not even been able to identify the disease the three migrants have, as the military guards the quarantine area.

 “There were some Congolese people caught crossing the border, it was suspected they had Ebola. In one facility there are three patients being held because they don’t know what they have. The CDC have been here to assess them. They are isolated, they only have certain specialists who can see them,” the medical professional tells Big League Politics.

“We’ve already have an outbreak of mumps over here.” - “What scares me is what happens when someone comes over here with Ebola. We only need one person, and there’s a pandemic.”

 “There was a female, 10 years old, who was found with 20 different types of semen inside her body. She was dispatched to a family member. The girl who was with her who was supposedly a family member was not really a family member, just someone who bought her from her family in Guatemala. These are real problems that exist here on the border. There are some people who are trying to leave jugs of water out here for them. A lot of these people come to this country needing help,” the professional stated.

 Migrants are obtaining “Rent-A-Kids,” and since Border Patrol cannot perform DNA tests to determine if children are related to adults most of the human traffickers get into our country.

“In Juarez, there is a huge influx of Cubans right

now. They have taken over the streets and started a prostitution ring among them. The Cubans cannot cross here. If they have Cuban citizenship, they cannot cross here.”“There are a lot of people who come here from El Salvador, Guatemala who are in acute renal failure, they cannot walk. There are some who have come with cirrhosis of the liver. I’ve seen some patients who are almost at the point of dying with the cirrhosis that they have,” the medical professional stated. “The time and resources it takes up to treat them is massive.”

“A lot of these children come over here sick, you don’t catch the flu overnight, there’s an incubation period. A lot of these kids are already sick coming here. Right now, at least 2 percent are being taken up by people who are coming here illegally, somehow someway they do have insurance. We’re guessing that as soon as they come over here they get some kind of insurance, whatever they are not given we have to foot the bill here, and they are illnesses they have had for a while,” the professional stated.

Big League Politics has previously confirmed with border watcher Jim Benvie that illegal migrants obtain insurance and EBT cards upon gaining access to the United States.“There have been some women who have come forward who said they were raped…in the end you have to believe they were because of the damage done to them, either vaginally or anally,” the professional stated.

 “In Juarez, there is a huge influx of Cubans right now. They have taken over the streets and started a prostitution ring! The Cubans cannot cross here. If they have Cuban citizenship, they cannot cross here.”

 “There are a lot of people who come here from El Salvador, Guatemala who are in acute renal failure, they cannot walk. There are some who have come with cirrhosis of the liver. I’ve seen some patients who are almost at the point of dying with the cirrhosis that they have,” the medical professional stated. “The time and resources it takes up to treat them is massive.”

 “A lot of these children come over here sick, you don’t catch the flu overnight, there’s an incubation period. A lot of these kids are already sick coming here. Right now, at least 2% are being taken up by people who are coming here illegally, somehow, someway they do have insurance. We’re guessing that as soon as they come over here they get some kind of insurance, whatever they are not given, we have to foot the bill here, and they are illnesses they have had for a while,” the professional stated.

 “There have been some women who have come forward who said they were raped…in the end you have to believe they were because of the damage done to them, either vaginally or anally,” the professional stated.

 “When they cross over, you see them land…being transported in these huge buses, they don’t have to go through TSA, they get escorted and go first. What they need to do is, like Ellis Island, they need to vet these people and quarantine.” 

 I reported:

Jim Benvie is a border watcher who leads fellow concerned citizens in peacefully stopping migrants who invade the United States over the southern border. Benvie’s videos from the border can be found on his Facebook page. Benvie is the leader of the Guardian Patriots and has been especially active in the El Paso, Texas region.

Benvie appeared on The Campaign Show with Patrick Howley on Patriots Soapbox (6-8 PM Eastern on Sundays, live.patriotssoapbox.com) to discuss the scourge of human trafficking and cartel activity on the Texas and New Mexico border, the ACLU’s quest to fight citizen watchers, and the deep possibly irreversible corruption of our American political system.”

[Landel Cathcart]

Democrats, media change tune on border: No longer a ‘manufactured crisis’.

 5/20/19  By Brian Flood | Fox News

Mainstream media and congressional Democrats alike were in lockstep just months ago that the situation along the southern border was a “manufactured crisis” being ginned up by the president for political reasons -- but the narrative has swiftly shifted as those same voices now acknowledge the crisis while citing the conditions to attack the Trump administration.

 President Trump highlighted the change in tone in brief remarks to reporters Wednesday afternoon.

“It wasn’t manufactured at all,” he said. - It's a striking contrast between then and now.

After Trump in January declared a “humanitarian and security crisis" during a primetime Oval Office address, Sen. chuck schumer, speaking beside House Speaker nancy pukelosi, said Trump was working to “manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration." Party leader Tom Perez also called it “manufactured.”

AS TRUMP HEADS TO BORDER, DEMS DOUBLE DOWN ON ‘MANUFACTURED CRISIS’ CLAIM

 Democrats, many of whom downplayed the Central American caravans back in 2018, renewed their skepticism again after Trump declared a national emergency in February in pursuit of a border wall.

  Rep. alexandria ocasio-cortez, D-N.Y., described it as a "'crisis' that doesn't exist." Sen. elizabeth warren tweeted at the time that "we're not falling" for the "fake crisis."

 "A fake crisis at the border is fear-mongering of the worst kind—and we’re not falling for it.

I voted to terminate the president’s ridiculous “national emergency.” e. warren

 CNN’s Jim Acosta famously stood along the Mexican border only six months ago, patting the steel slats and declaring that he didn’t see anything resembling “imminent danger” or migrants trying to enter the United States.

“No sign of the national emergency that the president has been talking about… pretty tranquil down here,” Acosta said.

CNN reporter Jim Acosta declared there was “no sign of the national emergency that the President has been talking about” and it was “tranquil” near him.

HUNDREDS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN REPORTEDLY MOVED FROM BORDER PATROL FA...

 CNN’s Kirsten Powers told Anderson Cooper last December that “the entire thing is something that's been manufactured to basically gin up support for a wall” when asked about the situation along the border. New York Times politics editor Patrick Healy said on CNN back in April 2018 that a “manufactured crisis” was occurring at the border.

 Now, mexicano ocasio-cortez and others are comparing the situation to concentration camps.

While that comparison has been criticized, the evidence of overwhelming migrant flows and poor conditions at 'some detention centers' has become undeniable for both sides of the aisle.

 A heart-stopping and tragic photo of a father and daughter who died while attempting to cross the Rio Grande on Sunday underscored the disastrous situation. CNN covered it with a chyron, “Shocking image illustrates 'crisis at American’s Southern border',” and the Times published the photo on its front page.

 

The heart-wrenching image plastered on the New York Times’ front page has underscored the urgency

of the 'immigration crisis'. 

 Stories of neglect and mistreatment at a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas -- including inadequate food and water and children taking care of toddlers -- have also gained attention, coming as acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders stepped down this week amid controversy over the conditions.

 pukelosi, on the House floor Tuesday, decried the situation as "child abuse" and called it a "crisis" while accusing the administration of failing to provide adequate care to children in custody.

 Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor told Fox News that “the media strategy has shifted”

as anti-Trump pundits and Democratic officials are now concerned with the number of people crossing the border,

calling it a 'crisis'. 

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION BOSS OUT AMID CONTROVERSY OVER DETENT...

“The press can't deny it anymore, even though they did just a few months ago,” Gainor said, adding they would use the tragic photo to blame Trump. “They won’t admit or explain that its Democrats pushing open borders who have escalated this crisis by encouraging more people to enter the U.S.”

 On April 8, 2018 CNN’s Brian Stelter opened his “Reliable Sources” show by hammering the point of the crisis being artificial while criticizing the decision to send in the National Guard.

 “Hey, a 'manufactured crisis' at the border,” Stelter said, according to a CNN transcript. “A story that symbolizes everything that's wrong with the Trump era. President Trump receives faulty information, then he makes impulsive decisions and his staff has to scramble. Ask yourself: why is there so much talk about the U.S.-Mexico border all of a sudden? Why are National Guard troops suddenly being deployed?”

Stelter went on to answer his own questions: “Trump wants a PR victory… as a result, we're all talking about the border. A 'manufactured crisis'.”

Guess What? Stelter has since changed his mind, and opened his media newsletter on Tuesday by noting “the humanitarian crisis at the border is back at the top of the national news agenda.”

 Media watchdogs took to Twitter, pointing out Stelter’s pivot and responding with an image of a chyron beneath the CNN media pundit that said, “A manufactured crisis on the border.”

 Guy Short; Replying to brian stelter  "Wait what"?

CNN did not respond when asked when the 'crisis' stopped being considered 'manufactured'.

 DePauw University journalism professor and media critic Jeffrey McCall told Fox News that “the border is complex and doesn't lend itself to simple narratives that reporters often seek” and “the inability of the media to cover the matter in a nuanced and less politically charged manner is unhelpful to the nation” as a whole.

 “Sadly, the situation at the border has become even more critical  a tremendous struggle trying to fix the problem. Trump has defined the matter as a ‘crisis.’ Most biased reporters were unwilling to concede the use of that term and legitimize Trump’s assertion,” McCall said.

  "And now that conditions have deteriorated, the media narrative are  blaming the Trump administration as being unresponsive to the humanitarian issues.”

 

[Landel Cathcart]

Mic Drop: Dan Crenshaw Takes on Border Funding Deniers, NeverTrumper Jen Rubin – and Crushes It.

 6/27/19  by Sister Toldjah

Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-TX, left, listens as OMB Acting Dir. Russell Vought testifies before the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tues., 3/12/19, during a hearing on the fiscal year 2020 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

 After six months of fighting, the demagoguery, the lies, and the obscene amount of virtue signaling from Democrats like AOC and several presidential candidates over the border crisis, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) took to the Twitter machine Thursday morning to drop a MOAB on funding deniers and their obtuse apologists in a series of tweets.

 Crenshaw started out on his official House Twitter account by using a video clip to note that resident obuma had a very similar position on the illegal immigration issue that the Trump administration has now. “What’s changed?” he asked, rhetorically:

 2014: Resident advocates for enforcing our sovereignty and curbing illegal immigration.
  2019: President Trump advocates for enforcing our sovereignty and curbing illegal immigration, but faces endless criticism for it.
  Securing our border used to be bipartisan. What’s changed?

 He then pointed out, 'that what little Congress has done' over the last several years, hasn’t been enough, that “people are dying”, and that things must change now!:

 Later, he retweeted a series of comments from GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on how House Dems kept blocking attempts at border funding. McCarthy wrapped up by saying there was no other conclusion to draw other than that House Democrats were just playing politics on the border crisis rather than being genuinely interested in trying to resolve the issue.

 

Here are McCarthy’s tweets for context – Crenshaw’s response is below them: 

  "Our good intentions have led to flawed immigration policies that encourage migrants to take a dangerous journey, and allow human trafficking to thrive! - "Conditions at the border are unacceptable. People are dying. We have to change this. Our system is bad for everyone involved."

 He’s right. It’s been utterly appalling to watch House and Senate Democrats play political games on the border issue for the last several months, first denying there was a crisis at the border and then all of a sudden saying there was and that it was Trump’s fault when things got progressively worse. It’s been even more maddening that the mainstream media has allowed them to get away with their duplicity.

 Later in the day, after the news broke that House Speaker nancy pukelosi had caved on the funding bill, Never Trumper Jennifer Rubin tweeted out this absurd hot take on pukelosi’s actions:

Here are McCarthy’s tweets for context – Crenshaw’s response is below them:

 "HAPPENING NOW →" Republicans are repeatedly asking Democrats to take up a vote on a bipartisan Senate bill that will provide immediate humanitarian aid at the border. Democrats keep blocking it—more than 30 times now." McCarthy

 The freshman Congressman was. not. having it:

 “Misleading”? Crenshaw was being a gentleman, of course. What Rubin was doing is what many of us would call “lying”.

 For now, Crenshaw and his fellow Republicans have won the battle on humanitarian aid but the long war over how to tackle the illegal immigration crisis will still continue. Hopefully not for too much longer, because Crenshaw is 100% correct in saying "things can’t stay the way they are on the southern border. They just can’t."

  Our good intentions have led to flawed immigration policies that encourage migrants to take a dangerous journey, and allow human trafficking to thrive.
 "Conditions at the border are unacceptable. People are dying. We have to change this. Our system is bad for everyone involved.

 Later, he retweeted a series of comments from GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on how House Dems kept blocking attempts at border funding. McCarthy wrapped up by saying there was no other conclusion to draw other than that House Democrats were just playing politics on the border crisis rather than being genuinely interested in trying to resolve the issue.

Kevin McCarthy

  Replying to @GOPLeader

74th time ← Democrats blocked @RodneyDavis
75th time ← Democrats blocked @RepAlexMooney
76th time ← Democrats blocked @RepByrne
77th time ← Democrats blocked @RepBradWenstrup
78th time ← Democrats blocked @DrNealDunnFL2
79th time ← Democrats blocked @RepLanceGooden  

80th time ← Democrats blocked @RepMikeJohnson
81st time ← Democrats blocked @RepArmstrongND
 The Senate passed this bill 84-8. ← BIPARTISAN. If Senators Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, and Dianne Feinstein voted yes, why are House Democrats just playing politics?"   Kevin McCarthy "

I hope Americans understand the truth about the political games being played by House Democrats." https://twitter.com/gopleader/status/1144288375765118977 …

 He’s right. It’s been utterly appalling to watch House and Senate Democrats play political games on the border issue for the last several months, first denying there was a crisis at the border and then all of a sudden saying there was and that it was Trump’s fault when things got progressively worse. It’s been even more maddening that the mainstream media has allowed them to get away with their duplicity.

Later in the day, after the news broke that House Speaker nancy pukelosi had caved on the funding bill, Never Trumper Jennifer Rubin tweeted out this absurd hot take on pukelosi’s actions:

 "pukelosi did the right thing because unlike R's the D's are not willing to hold children hostage."Jennifer Rubin 

The freshman Congressman was not having it:

 "You forgot the part where R’s asked for a vote on humanitarian aid 17 times before today! 17 times!

Stop misleading people!"

  “Misleading”? Crenshaw was being a gentleman, of course. What Rubin was doing is what many of us would call 'out right “lying”.

For now, Crenshaw and his fellow Republicans have won the battle on humanitarian aid but the long war over how to tackle the illegal immigration crisis will still continue. Hopefully not for too much longer, because Crenshaw is 100% correct in saying things can’t stay the way they are on the southern border. They just can’t."