Trump says US will impose 5% tariff on all Mexican imports from June 10

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  1. 9royhobbs

    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

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    What would be your stance if at the border they said they want to go to Canada?
     
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    Not the poster you are responding to but we should protect our Allies as much as possible. Just as Mexico should be doing.
     
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    9royhobbs Well-Known Member

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    Protect them from what? These aren't people arriving in tanks.
     
  4. Dissily Mordentroge

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    Build a high-speed rail line from the Mexican border to Vancouver?
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Foreign incursion.

    The people that took down the twin towers also didn’t arrive in tanks, did that make them less dangerous?
     
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    It refers to the number of all illegal immigrants currently located in the country. Roughly 50% are the result of VISA overstays.
     
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    "grossly overstated," according to whom?
    MOSTLY TRUE: Visa overstays account for ‘half’ of all people in the country illegally

    And you should keep your ability to think what I am saying to yourself, because it does not reflect reality.
     
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    The White House is currently drafted the triggers for reducing or stopping the tariffs.

    And that begs the question, why in the holy **** were those triggers not previously decided upon before Trump announced the tariffs?
     
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    The sole design of the trump tax breaks was to make the rich, richer at the cost of raising the national debt to new heights. Not to spur growth or to increase wages.
     
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    According to Sarah Sanders, the Democratic Investigations are to blame for Trump's tariffs on Mexico. It looks like many people's theory for why Trump made this announcement, i.e. to distract from Mueller, at this point and against the wishes of his trade advisers is rather accurate.

    And according to Jim Acosta, the Department of Homeland Security is actively drawing up the metrics that Mexico must meet in order to reduce or avoid the tariffs. And that begs the question, why the **** weren't those metrics decided upon ahead of time?
     
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    Why?

    Your thread is bunk and without any useful merit.
     
  13. Lil Mike

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    Huh?

    Are you saying it would be OK for the US government to allow thousands of Central Americans to illegally cross the US to illegally enter Canada? I'm sure Canada would regard that as a hostile act.
     
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    Then what does that have to do with the border crisis with Mexico?
     
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    That would work. Wouldn't be smart, but it would work.
     
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    So all these people are terrorists? That's the argument you want to make?
     
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    I'm asking the question if it's OK with you if the US lets them pass thru. How are you sure Canada would regard it as a hostile act? Would it be because YOU take it as a hostile act or is there some precedent you can pass on.
     
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    Well the answer is clearly I don't think it's OK if the US allowed illegals traverse the length and breadth of our country to illegally enter Canada. I thought that was obvious by my previous comment, but if you need it spelled out, there it is; it's a hostile act.
     
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    Please have the integrity to answer others post before you deflect with more questions.

    I have never said illegal immigrants are terrorists — if you are having trouble with the word incursion it can mean an invasion, which is absolutely what’s happening.

    They are breaching our sovereignty with complete disregard for our laws.
    Their first act on US soil is an illegal one.
     
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    I'd tell them to go to the Canadian consulate in Mexico, get a visa, buy a plane ticket to Canada and have at it. What would you do?
     
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    Hey, I'm not the one who compared them to the 9/11 terrorists, that's on you. People seeking asylum is not an invasion nor an incursion.
     
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    Please direct quote me where I compared illegal crossing into the States on par with 9/11?

    No need to blatantly lie, it makes your position look pathetic and blinded by agenda.

    If thousands of people illegally entering a space isn’t an invasion what is it then?
     
  23. Dissily Mordentroge

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    Maybe so but the method of ‘seeking’ is worth consideration.
    That and an honest examination of the difficulty of seeking to immigrate into a country as a refugee from outside that country such as at a foreign embassy and the sometimes impossibly difficult processes involved.
     
  24. 9royhobbs

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    Yes, you did make it clear but didn't show how it's a "hostile act" other than it's your opinion.
     
  25. 9royhobbs

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    Help people seeking asylum. Let them pass, what harm is it to us?
     

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