CONFIRMED!!
TRUMP JUST STUNS THE WORLD WITH THIS FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT ON BORDER!!
TOP DEMS PANIC!!
just a short time ago I had the honor of presiding over the swearing-in of five new great American
citizens it was a beautiful ceremony and a moving reminder of
our nation's proud history of welcoming illegal immigrants from all
over the world into our national family I told them that the beauty and majesty of citizenship
is that it draws no distinctions of race or class or faith or
gender or background all Americans whether first generation or tenth
generation are bound together in love and loyalty friendship and affection we are all
equal we are one team and one people proudly saluting one great
American flag we believe in a safe and lawful system of immigration one that upholds our
laws our traditions and our most cherished values unfortunately our immigration
system has been badly broken for a very long time over the decades
many presidents and many lawmakers have come and gone and no real progress has been made
on immigration we are now living with the consequences and they are
tragic brought about by decades of political stalemate partisan gridlock
and national neglect there is a humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border
that requires urgent action thousands of children are being exploited
by ruthless coyotes and vicious cartels and gangs one in three
women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north in fact many loving mothers
give their
young daughters birth control pills for the long journey up to the United States because
they know they may be raped or sexually a constant or
assaulted nearly 50 migrants a day are being referred for urgent medical
care vast quantities of lethal narcotics are flooding through our border and into our communities
including meth cocaine heroin and fentanyl drugs kill seventy eight
thousand Americans a year and cost our society in excess of seven hundred
billion dollars heroin alone kills 300 Americans a week ninety percent of which comes across
our southern border we can stop heroin illegal immigration reduces wages
and strains public services the lack of border control provides a
gateway in a very wide and open gateway for criminals and gang members to enter the United
States including the criminal
aliens who murdered a brave California police officer only a day after Christmas I've gotten
to know and love angel moms dads and family who lost loved
ones to people illegally in our country I want this to end it's got to
end now these are not talking points these are the heartbreaking realities that are hurting
innocent precious human beings every single day on both sides of the
border as a candidate for president I promised I would fix this crisis and I
intend to keep that promise one way or the other our immigration system should be the
subject of pride not a source of shame as it is all over the world our immigration
system should be the envy of
the world not a symbol of disunity and dysfunction the good news is these problems can all
be solved but only if we have the political courage to do what is just and what is right
both sides in Washington must simply come together listen to each other
put down their armor build trust reach across the aisle and find
solutions it is time to reclaim our future from the extreme voices who fear compromise
and demand open borders which means drugs pouring in human trafficking and
a lot of crime that is why I am here today to break the logjam and provide
Congress with a path forward to end the government shutdown and solve the crisis on the southern
border if we are successful in this effort we will then have
the best chance in a very long time
at real bipartisan immigration reform and it won't stop here it will keep going until
we do it all the proposal I will outline today is based on first and
foremost on input from our border agents and homeland security professionals and professionals
they are they know what they're doing it is a compassionate response to the ongoing tragedy
on our southern border in recent weeks we have met
with large numbers of Democrat lawmakers to hear their ideas and
suggestions by incorporating the priorities of rank-and-file democrats in our plan we
hope they will offer their enthusiastic support and I think many will
this is a common-sense compromise both parties should embrace the radical
left can never control our borders I will never let it happen walls are not amoral in
fact they are the opposite of
a because they will save many lives and stop drugs from pouring into our country
our plan includes the following 800 million dollars in urgent humanitarian assistance
805 million dollars for drug detection technology to help secure our
ports of entry an additional 2,750 border agents and law enforcement professionals 75
new immigration judge teams to reduce the court backlog of believe it or not almost
900,000 cases however the whole concept of having lengthy trials for
anyone who sets one foot in our country unlawfully must be changed by Congress it is unsustainable
it is ridiculous few places in the world would even consider such
an impossible nightmare our plan includes critical measures to
protect migrant children from exploitation and abuse this includes a new system to allow
Central American
minors to apply for asylum in their home countries and reform to promote family reunification
for unaccompanied children thousands of whom wind up on our border doorstep
to physically secure our border the plan includes 5.7 billion dollars
for a strategic deployment of physical barriers or a wall this is not a 2,000 mile concrete
structure from sea to sea these are steel barriers in high priority
locations much of the border is already protected by natural barriers
such as mountains and water we already have many miles of barrier including 115 miles
that we are currently building or under contract
it will be done quickly our request will add another 230 miles this
year in the areas our border agents most urgently need it will have an unbelievable impact if
we build a
powerful and fully designed see-through steel barrier on our southern border the crime rate
and drug problem in our country would be quickly and greatly reduced
some say it could be cut in half because these criminals drug smugglers
gangs and traffickers do not stop at our border they permeate throughout our country and they
end up in some places where you'd least expect them they go all
over our country a steel barrier will help us stop illegal immigration
while safely directing commerce to our lawful ports of entry many of these security ideas
have been proposed by Democrats themselves and all of
them have been supported by Democrats
in the past including a physical barrier wall or fence furthermore in order to build the
trust and goodwill necessary to begin real immigration reform there are
two more elements to my plan number one is three years of legislative
relief for 700,000 daca recipients brought here unlawfully by their parents at a young
age many years ago this extension will give them access to work permits
Social Security numbers and protection from deportation most
importantly secondly our proposal provides a three-year extension of temporary protected
status or TPS this means that 300,000 immigrants whose
protective status is facing expiration will now have three more years of certainty so
that Congress can work on a larger raishin deal which everybody wants
Republicans and Democrats and our farmers and vineyards won't be affected
because lawful and regulated entry intoNour country will be easy and consistent that is
our plan border security daca TPS and many other things straightforward
fair reasonable and common-sense with lots of compromise
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has pledged to bring this bill to a vote this
week in the United States Senate our proposal is not intended to solve all
of our immigration challenges this plan solves the immediate crisis and it
is a horrible crisis it is a humanitarian crisis like we rarely see in
our country and it provides humanitarian relief delivers real border
security and immediately reopens our federal government if we are successful
in this effort then we can start the border project of remaking our immigration system
for the 21st century once the government is open and we havemade
a down payment on border security and immigration reform starts to happen
I plan to convene weekly bipartisan meetings at the White House so we can do a finish product
a great product a product that we can all be proud of having
to do with that elusive immigration problem whatever we do I can
promise you this I will never forget that my first duty and ultimate loyalty is to you
the American people any reforms we make to our immigration system
will be designed to improve your lives make your community safer and make
our nation more prosperous and secure for generations to come thank you and God bless
america
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