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  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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    One thing I fail to see is why people think President Trump was so successful during his first term as president in regards to stopping border crossings

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    • JollyJ Offline
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      Compared to Biden, and working with some outright hostility to a border wall, he was fucking stellar.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        Compared to Biden, and working with some outright hostility to a border wall, he was fucking stellar.

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        @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

        Compared to Biden, and working with some outright hostility to a border wall, he was fucking stellar.

        I agree with the first part. But President Obama managed to numbers as low as President Trump, and I didn't remember him complaining about the lack of a border wall. 🤷

        But for him to "tout" how great he was during his first time is kind of false. That was one of his main talking points during his initial campaign and during his re-election campaign. The reality is is that the numbers were about the same as during President Obama terms.

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        • CopperC Offline
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          The Washington Office on Latin America is a United States non-governmental organization whose stated goal is to promote human rights, democracy, and social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean.

          Take these statistics with a grain of salt.

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          • CopperC Copper

            The Washington Office on Latin America is a United States non-governmental organization whose stated goal is to promote human rights, democracy, and social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean.

            Take these statistics with a grain of salt.

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            #6

            @Copper said in Trump & Immigration:

            The Washington Office on Latin America is a United States non-governmental organization whose stated goal is to promote human rights, democracy, and social and economic justice in Latin America and the Caribbean.

            Take these statistics with a grain of salt.

            I picked that graphic because it was pretty easy to read. But go to the Customs and Border Patrol. gov website. Same data but not in graph form.

            https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters

            or here

            https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters

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            • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

              @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

              Compared to Biden, and working with some outright hostility to a border wall, he was fucking stellar.

              I agree with the first part. But President Obama managed to numbers as low as President Trump, and I didn't remember him complaining about the lack of a border wall. 🤷

              But for him to "tout" how great he was during his first time is kind of false. That was one of his main talking points during his initial campaign and during his re-election campaign. The reality is is that the numbers were about the same as during President Obama terms.

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              @taiwan_girl said in Trump & Immigration:

              @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

              Compared to Biden, and working with some outright hostility to a border wall, he was fucking stellar.

              I agree with the first part. But President Obama managed to numbers as low as President Trump, and I didn't remember him complaining about the lack of a border wall. 🤷

              But for him to "tout" how great he was during his first time is kind of false. That was one of his main talking points during his initial campaign and during his re-election campaign. The reality is is that the numbers were about the same as during President Obama terms.

              The Obama Depression may have had a small effect on immigration.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                #8

                The Obama Depression?

                You have your own alternate reality. Amazing to watch. Fascinating, to be honest.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  @taiwan_girl said in Trump & Immigration:

                  @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                  Compared to Biden, and working with some outright hostility to a border wall, he was fucking stellar.

                  I agree with the first part. But President Obama managed to numbers as low as President Trump, and I didn't remember him complaining about the lack of a border wall. 🤷

                  But for him to "tout" how great he was during his first time is kind of false. That was one of his main talking points during his initial campaign and during his re-election campaign. The reality is is that the numbers were about the same as during President Obama terms.

                  The Obama Depression may have had a small effect on immigration.

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                  @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                  The Obama Depression may have had a small effect on immigration.

                  LOL. I have to agree with @jon-nyc a bit. Regardless that the facts don't say that.

                  But, if I understand what you are saying:

                  During Obama: Economy bad --> illegal immigrants don't want to come to US
                  During Trump: Economy great --> illegal immigrants don't want to come to US
                  During Biden: Economy bad --> illegal immigrants want to come to US

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    The Obama Depression?

                    You have your own alternate reality. Amazing to watch. Fascinating, to be honest.

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                    @jon-nyc said in Trump & Immigration:

                    The Obama Depression?

                    You have your own alternate reality. Amazing to watch. Fascinating, to be honest.

                    Sorry, Obama presided over what many term The Great Recession, which lasted into the end of 2009. It was the worst recession the U.S. has ever seen. I remember multiple bank failures (except those "too big to fail"), Cash For Clunkers, a horrible housing market, beaucoup job losses, a 3/4 trillion dollar stimulus and much more.

                    If a recession can be termed two quarters of negative growth, what would you term the mess under Obama? Many did term it a depression.

                    I tend to agree...

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      #11

                      It started in 2007 and we were out of it five months into the Obama administration.

                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                      • JollyJ Offline
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                        #12

                        Ask the average guy on the street...

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          Ask the average guy on the street...

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                          @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                          Ask the average guy on the street...

                          Obviously most of the average guys on the street blamed G. W. Bush; that's a big reason why W. lost the election in 2007.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            #14

                            I remember commenting in early October 2008 that Fidelity and Vanguard were essentially mailing Obama campaign literature to half the country (3rd quarter statements).

                            "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                            -Cormac McCarthy

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                              I think most people acknowledge that the recession was caused by the housing crisis at the end of Bush's term and not by Obama's recent election. Obama got re-elected fairly convincingly, after all.

                              I was only joking

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                                xenon
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                                Around the Obama inauguration was the perfect time to buy stocks if you wanted to get in at the bottom

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                                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                  @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                                  Ask the average guy on the street...

                                  Obviously most of the average guys on the street blamed G. W. Bush; that's a big reason why W. lost the election in 2007.

                                  JollyJ Offline
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                                  Jolly
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                                  @Axtremus said in Trump & Immigration:

                                  @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                                  Ask the average guy on the street...

                                  Obviously most of the average guys on the street blamed G. W. Bush; that's a big reason why W. lost the election in 2007.

                                  Uh, Bush was term limited in that election. He did not run.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • JollyJ Jolly

                                    @Axtremus said in Trump & Immigration:

                                    @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                                    Ask the average guy on the street...

                                    Obviously most of the average guys on the street blamed G. W. Bush; that's a big reason why W. lost the election in 2007.

                                    Uh, Bush was term limited in that election. He did not run.

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                                    Axtremus
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                                    @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                                    @Axtremus said in Trump & Immigration:

                                    @Jolly said in Trump & Immigration:

                                    Ask the average guy on the street...

                                    Obviously most of the average guys on the street blamed G. W. Bush; that's a big reason why W. lost the election in 2007.

                                    Uh, Bush was term limited in that election. He did not run.

                                    Oops, meant to say "... the GOP lost the election in 2007." The WH and control of both chambers of Congress went to the Democrats.

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                                    • X xenon

                                      Around the Obama inauguration was the perfect time to buy stocks if you wanted to get in at the bottom

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                                      @xenon said in Trump & Immigration:

                                      Around the Obama inauguration was the perfect time to buy stocks if you wanted to get in at the bottom

                                      Larry famously called the bottom by telling everyone to sell all their stocks - literally within days of the century’s low point.

                                      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                      -Cormac McCarthy

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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        @xenon said in Trump & Immigration:

                                        Around the Obama inauguration was the perfect time to buy stocks if you wanted to get in at the bottom

                                        Larry famously called the bottom by telling everyone to sell all their stocks - literally within days of the century’s low point.

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                                        Doctor Phibes
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                                        @jon-nyc said in Trump & Immigration:

                                        @xenon said in Trump & Immigration:

                                        Around the Obama inauguration was the perfect time to buy stocks if you wanted to get in at the bottom

                                        Larry famously called the bottom by telling everyone to sell all their stocks - literally within days of the century’s low point.

                                        It's funny, pretty much the only advice ever given to me by a bank manager was to basically do exactly the opposite of what you feel like you should do when buying stocks. He said so many people buy high and sell low it's ridiculous.

                                        I was only joking

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @jon-nyc said in Trump & Immigration:

                                          @xenon said in Trump & Immigration:

                                          Around the Obama inauguration was the perfect time to buy stocks if you wanted to get in at the bottom

                                          Larry famously called the bottom by telling everyone to sell all their stocks - literally within days of the century’s low point.

                                          It's funny, pretty much the only advice ever given to me by a bank manager was to basically do exactly the opposite of what you feel like you should do when buying stocks. He said so many people buy high and sell low it's ridiculous.

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                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Trump & Immigration:

                                          He said so many people buy high and sell low it's ridiculous.

                                          LOL. That is so true. Best just to minimize looking.

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