re: #91 jaunte

US to send 800 troops to border in security theater that will do nothing to stop this group of people.

If they go to a border crossing, they have the legal right to request asylum. If they have a valid visa/passport, they can enter. If they don’t they’ll be turned away.

If they try crossing at somewhere other than a border crossing, they’d be illegally entering the US.

Same as always.

None of this required 800 troops going to the border. It’s all for show and BS claiming that there’s a crisis when none exists (and hasn’t existed in years because border crossings are down since the GWB days). Crossings are at multiyear lows even before Trump took office.

Trump’s pushing the white nationalist bandwagon for all it’s worth, since that’s what it’ll take to keep control of Congress - getting the angry white base to vote in the midterms.