Humanitarian Crisis on the Border

Pigs are flying and hell is freezing over, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agrees with President Trump. In April 2019, she stated there is “a humanitarian crisis” on the southern border. The main difference is that Pelosi believes “Democrats already have solved the immediate crisis at the border by earmarking tens of millions of dollars in the 2019 spending bill to upgrade technology and make asylum seekers feel more welcome.” Pelosi’s claim seems hollow as another child has died on the border.

In her usual duplicitous dialogue Pelosi now admits it is a humanitarian crisis, but that Trump is “Manufacturing a crisis at border.” Ready for more of the double speak? On May 17, 2019, Pelosi said, “We have never not said there was a crisis at border.” There are many who would disagree with her latest version of the truth.

Pelosi Pandering at Feverish Pitch

Posturing and pandering is what Pelosi does. When President Trump offered an extremely generous deal to help DREAMERs in exchange for funding the border wall, Pelosi turned it down. Instead, she chose to stand for hours, insulting our Constitution by praising those who disrespect our laws. During a monumental filibuster, she talked about protecting the DREAM Act. Pelosi said she personally thanks and admires the courage of illegal aliens coming into our country without following the legal process. A process she, as a legislator, and third in line for the Presidency, took an oath to uphold.

According to the San Fransisco Representative’s website, she and “House Democrats are leading the way towards a comprehensive fix to our country’s broken immigration system.” In addition, “House Republicans continue to block efforts … with their obstructionism and excuses.” The question is then, did Pelosi solve the border crisis as stated earlier by adding money for upgraded technology, or not? The Pelosi website also talks about “bipartisan, comprehensive legislation that would secure our borders, unite families, protect our workers, offer an earned pathway to citizenship to aspiring Americans, and reduce our nation’s deficit by nearly $1 trillion.”

Of the total 130 Immigration bills, there are currently 64 bills introduced by Democrats under the category of Immigration, with the subcategory of “Border Security and unlawful immigration. Several want to take the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) out of the equation, which must mean the DHS is doing a great job. Then, there are multiples regarding keeping families together, protecting DREAMERs, refugees, humanitarian rights, and defunding the wall or not using taxpayer money on it. Do any of the Democrat bills close the loophole/s in the immigration system? I couldn’t find one. By far the absolute best – this is said with sarcasm – is “H.R. 522: No Walls Act” by Grace Meng (D-NY) who apparently lives out under the stars.

The actual wording of the bill is “To prohibit the creation of manufactured emergencies in order to build border walls.” There are seven co-sponsors on this bill. Now, read that again. Not only did one Member of Congress waste their time, their staff’s time, and the Hall’s time in processing this political drivel, seven additional members and their staffs did also. The only good news is, thankfully, “There have been no roll call votes related to this bill.”

Posturing and pandering is what Pelosi does.

The Republican have 66 bills under the same category and subcategory. The Republican bills are for border security, law enforcement, safety, 14th amendment clarification, DREAMERs, building the wall, and protecting unaccompanied minors. There is one that specifically answers the question, “Which closes the loophole/s?” It is H.R. 586: Fix the Immigration Loopholes Act by (R-GA) Doug Collins. The bill has 56 sponsors.

Pandering Causes Death on the Border

Democrats almost did not give Pelosi the gavel for a second term. Many even ran on that promise. Perhaps they need to reconsider their poor decision to buckling under. It is past time for voters to hold Pelosi accountable for her blatant misconstruing of facts:

It was a manufactured crisis by Trump, then she retreats saying that was never said.

The border crisis was solved with technology updates which made asylum seekers feel more welcome, then another child is reported dead at the border.

Pelosi encourages migrants to come by filibustering and pandering for votes, then ignores responsibility for continuing the suffering as more try to come.

Where exactly can the bipartisan immigration solving bills Pelosi claims are written to be found? In the mountain of Pelosi political pandering and manure spreading, I haven’t seen it. If that rare creature exists, it is certain it would have been run up the flagpole to be signed by the President.