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Internal enforcement should never be a bargaining chip, but a staple of legitimate immigration enforcement.
"If you are a run-of-the-mill immigrant here illegally, your odds of getting deported are close to zero."

- John Sandweg, former acting director of ICE under Pres. Obama

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If internal enforcement is absent, why appear for removal?

"[T]here are now 904,000 alien fugitives at liberty on the streets of our country who have absconded from their immigration court hearings or failed to report for removal..."

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Our #BorderCrisisPanel with Tom Homan and Sheriff Andy Louderback will begin at 9:30am EST. We will be live-tweeting the event here.

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"This is an imperative humanitarian, security, and sovereignty issue at the southern border. People in Congress are talking past each other, so we have here some authorities to discuss the issue." -@MarkSKrikorian introducing guests Tom Homan and Sheriff @AndyLouderback.
"Nothing happens on the northern border of Mexico without the blessing of the cartels. For aliens to be smuggled through, they have to pay them off. What's happening at our southern border is making these cartels very rich. We're bankrolling them." -Tom Homan

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Center for Immigration Studies
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The Mexican military has agreed to send 6,000 soldiers to their border with Guatemala to halt the migrant flow.

While this sounds promising, the Mexican military will face major challenges:
- Guatemala's corrupt institutions
- Powerful smugglers
- Jungles
cis.org/Bensman/Notes-…
Guatemala's leadership, border patrol, and police are neck-deep in the smuggling industry, as CIS analyst @BensmanTodd has witnessed first-hand.

The Mexican military should expect very little help from Guatemala, rendering this effort far less effective.
cis.org/Bensman/Notes-…
Even as Mexico sends troops to its Guatemalan border, some smugglers have been relying on the coastal smuggling route. Many makeshift camps have popped up along Guatemala's coast to avoid the jungles and Mexican authorities.
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Center for Immigration Studies
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LIVE THREAD: President Trump is currently announcing his immigration plan.
"Democrats are proposing open borders, lower wages, and lawless chaos. We are proposing an immigration plan that puts the jobs, wages, and safety of American workers first. Our proposal is pro-American, pro-immigrant, and pro-worker." -@realDonaldTrump
"Our plan achieves two critical goals. First, it stops illegal immigration and secures the border. And second, it establishes a new legal immigration system that protects American wages, promotes American values, and attracts best and brightest." -@realDonaldTrump
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lomikriel
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#immigration twitter: I know it’s a holiday weekend but on my mind: anyone interested in a private group discussion about how to identify / photograph potential asylum seekers/ migrants possibly in danger? I’m thinking this is ongoing journalism ethics discussion that is evolving
I’m just gauging initial interest (I don’t want to lead this) but thinking it could be a worthy off the record discussion to have with perhaps some outside experts weighing in and real life journos giving the reality.
It just seems like a lot has changed under Trump/ realities external pressures in CentAm et al and it could be a worthy (though difficult) discussion and it would of course have to be off record to be helpful. Anyway just thinking out loud.
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Nico Pestel
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🆕Immigrant Voters, Taxation and the Size of the Welfare State 🆕

Our new paper on the effect of #immigration on #redistribution is now out as @iza_bonn Discussion Paper! @ben_elsner @EconomicsUCD @RHULECON

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The Hoarse Whisperer
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Ok, with Trump set to take the stage in West Virginia in a mere 90 mins, might as well take a swing at what we might see from him.

The Vegas betting odds have installed "Completely raging like an unhinged lunatic" as the odds-on favorite.

I'm gonna throw a curve though.

1/
I used to write about Trump's narcissistic personality disorder all the time. Back in the day, it was almost eerie how accurately his shtick could be predicted. Folks who have been around my feed for a while can vouch for that...

It has gotten harder though...

2/
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We just don't have enough of a window anymore. We see too little.

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Matt Cameron 🗽
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1/ BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept has just authorized immigration judges to deny #asylum applications without a hearing. Like most Trump-era administrative violence, it has been unnoticed & unreported.

*sound of Scotch pouring into glass*

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#TrumpImmigration #HereToStay
2/ Important context: As head of @TheJusticeDept, the Attorney General has final say over all cases before the administrative #immigration courts. AG may snatch a case away from the Board of Immigration Appeals anytime and decide it himself by directing BIA to refer it to him.
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Hassan Ahmad ਹਸਨ ਅਹਮਦ
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Here are some real ideas to fix the #immigration system.

1. Get rid of the 3 and 10 year bars and replace with a fine.
2. Put more asylum officers near the border.
3. Create a market-based cap for employment-based immigration.
4. Create an entrepreneurial startup visa.
5. Create a path to a green card for E-2 investors. Include any children brought here before age 21.
6. Let's really make a 10 year law: provisional green cards.
7. Direct DHS to allow people to take the steps to correct their immigration status.
8. Penalties besides deportation.
9. Put money and resources into fraud detection.
10. Expand guest worker programs to allow people to go back and forth.
11. Invest in antigang resources.
12. Centralized U visa databases.
13. Tax incentives for microbusiness in high unemployment areas.
14. State biz incubators.
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Cyrus Toulabi
@CyrusToulabi
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Not only did Republican Senators also vote against the CR last night that led to the shutdown, but...

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