Comments on: Mostly quiet on the southern front

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:27:00 +0000

Well, before claiming credit for any “success”, would like to see other numbers to corroborate this.

We should see farmers having difficulty finding labor for harvest, developers/builders for their construction, etc., with corresponding labor rates going up.

Doubt the vast majority are sustained by criminality and/or government benefits. So, this should reflect elsewhere in the economy, and rather noticeably where there is a concentration of illegal immigrants engaging the economy.
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Frankly, it seems the scare tactics of the msm, with their hyperbolic case and (so far) false stories about ICE randomly netting “anyone for anything” (vs targeting the more hard core criminals among them) deserves much more credit than the “demonstrate(d) willingness to (enforce the law)”.

But, it mobilizes the SJWs, no doubt.

By: Jeff H

Jeff H — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:56:52 +0000

I love the fact that President Donald J. Trump has found a way to bring market pressure to bear on the illegal alien segment: “…rise in smuggling fees…”

By: SDN

SDN — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 09:43:05 +0000

Also, without DOJ top cover, the state and local governments can enforce other laws against illegals with less fear of Federal persecution.

By: Yancey Ward

Yancey Ward — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:42:08 +0000

I have written often the last 16 months that Trump wouldn’t have to build the wall- all he had to do was enforce the laws on the books, and the problem of illegal immigrants would largely fix itself.

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 06:16:39 +0000

It is high time that we acknowledge the fact that the female in the relationship has total control. Pretending otherwise is just that.

By: OM

OM — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 00:07:24 +0000

What is rewarded is repeated, or so I’ve heard.

By: M J R

M J R — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:15:22 +0000

“Decrease rewards for a behavior and up the risks, and you’ll get less of the behavior.”

neo, you’re in good company.

Ronald Reagan observed,
“If you want more of something, subsidize it; if you want less of something, tax it.”

Jack Kemp also . . .
“If you want to create more of something subsidize it.”

By: DNW

DNW — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 22:03:04 +0000

Amazing, isn’t it?

Enforce the law, or even demonstrate a willingness to do so, and the clouds miraculously part.

Waahappened?

By: The Other Gary

The Other Gary — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 19:48:22 +0000

Decrease rewards for a behavior and up the risks, and you’ll get less of the behavior. This is why the oft-heard "argument" from the left -- you can't deport 11 million "undocumented immigrants" -- is so stupid. There's no need to deport "11 million" or even a particularly large number of illegal aliens. Simply make it more difficult to enter the US and get work while also making the risk of deportation plausible (as opposed to the joke it currently is), and a large fraction of illegal immigrants will just leave.