The Sly Old Foxes – McConnell and Schumer. Is the Border Bill Really Dead? UPDATE: Schumer Holds Procedure Vote this PM,Now voting on Ukraine, Israel

February 7, 2024 — bunkerville

 

Update IV: 

JUST IN: Senate Advances $95B Foreign Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Taiwan, Omitting Border Security Provisions — Here are the 17 GOP Senators Who Voted with Democrats

In a 67-32 cloture vote, the Senate crossed party lines, with several RINO senators joining Democrats to move the foreign aid bill forward. The bill is still in play. This is not a stand alone bill. Amendments will be forthcoming.

UPDATE III  Schumer is back at it… exactly as planned. VOTING NOW ON SUPPLEMENTAL FOR ISRAEL UKRAINE AND TAWAIN. The trap is set. Schumer lost. He could only get to 58 BUT the bill is still in play. Last I heard they were working on amendments to the bill including the border in order to bring the whole bill forward and get to 60.

Update II.  Procedural vote defeated. I am surprised Schumer brought it forward.

UPDATE: Procedural vote this afternoon. Schumer forges ahead.

Washington — 

Although Senate Republicans appeared resigned to oppose the procedural vote to open debate, with the conference in large part either opposing the border deal released on Sunday or seeking more time to review it, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer planned to forge ahead with the vote on Wednesday. 

“For the security of America at the border, for the security of Ukraine and Israel, we’re going to keep at it,” Schumer told reporters on Tuesday. “We will move further forward. Stay tuned.”

Indeed, Schumer appears to have a backup plan — to put the other elements of the supplemental funding package up for a procedural vote should the broader package that includes the border security agreement fail, according to a Democratic aide. Outside of the border elements, the national security supplemental includes military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, along with humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza. (Source)

Back to the story 

It never was about aid to Israel. Not about Aid to Ukraine.

A package aimed at giving $17.6 billion to Israel failed to pass the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

It had been facing a veto threat from the White House, which is pushing for Congress to consider Israel aid as part of a larger $118 billion supplemental security package, along with pushback from GOP hard-liners who wanted the price tag offset by spending cuts elsewhere.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled the legislation over the weekend while blasting the Senate and White House for excluding the House from talks over a supplemental security funding and border policy bill.

….It ultimately failed to reach enough support, despite 250 lawmakers voting for it and 180 against. Forty-six Democrats voted in favor of the bill while 166 voted against. On the Republican side, 14 lawmakers voted down the Israel aid and 204 voted for it.

… (Aid to Israel)

“After nearly four months of waiting for the Senate to act, House Republicans, working in good faith, placed a clean, standalone bill on the floor — a major concession we were willing to make given the gravity of the situation to address Democrats’ stated concerns with the prior aid package,” the speaker said.

“Democrats have been unable to present any substantive policy objection in the current legislation. It is clear they are now committed to using Israel aid as leverage to force through other priorities that do not enjoy nearly the same degree of consensus. Leveraging Israel aid as it fights for survival is wrong. The White House and congressional Democrats should be ashamed.”

 

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Here are Bunks thoughts. I am no expert on procedures but from what I gathered from Fox’s Maria Bartiromo and her concerns to Speaker Johnson. She referenced a story in Axios.
 
 
So the deal? Watch now for a resurrection. Amendments to the bill. Take up the “supplemental” Israel Ukraine portion of the bill. Once done and voted upon, no longer the 60 votes are needed, it moves to the House for “compromise”  where we have already seen how dicey that can be with the impeachment vote yesterday of Majorkas.  A miracle occurs and the majority of the Border portion of the bill magically reappears since there have been amendments.
 
You keep hearing how Schumer keeps saying “we need to take up the supplemental bill.” Why else did the Dems vote against aid to Israel yesterday if its so important? Why else does Biden insist the two bills be tied together?
And our rubber neck McConnell the old fox? Wouldn’t trust him one bit.

Just for giggles, Schumer shows his hand and angst with our favorite gal, Mika over at MSNBC… first three minutes tells you what it’s all about. Chuckie boy, why do we need these bills are wrapped up on one big package? An inquiring mind here.

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Texas Gov Says “NO” to Removing the Border Wire Ordered by the Supremes; 14 States Give Assistance

January 25, 2024 — bunkerville

“In total, 14 states—Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, & Wyoming have stepped up to support Texas’ efforts and deployed personnel and resources to secure the border.” 

Last week an appeals court reversed a lower court ruling and now permits the water barrier buoys to remain that divide Mexico and the U.S.

Governor Greg Abbott  invoked Texas’ Constitutional authority to defend itself against the lawless Biden Regime.

UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST

Abbott escalated his fight against Joe Biden on Wednesday after the US Supreme Court sided with the Biden Regime and allowed Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire installed on the Texas-Mexico border.

Full statement from Abbott:

 

“The Executive Branch of the United States has a constitutional duty to enforce federal laws protecting States, including immigration laws on the books right now,” reads the statement. “President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3, which reserves to this State the right of self-defense. For these reasons, I have already declared an invasion under Article I, § 10, Clause 3 to invoke Texas’s constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. That authority is the supreme law of the land and supersedes any federal statutes to the contrary.”

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday evening vowed to defy the Supreme Court’s ruling on razor wire at the southern border.

“The Supreme Court’s temporary order allows Biden to continue his illegal effort to aid the foreign invasion of America. The destruction of Texas’s border barriers will not help enforce the law or keep American citizens safe. This fight is not over, and I look forward to defending our state’s sovereignty.” Ken Paxton said.

H/T: Gateway pundit

So according to Paxton “the temporary order” – allows this action by the Feds. This implies further litigation. This decision was based on answering an injunction.  One would think that an issue with the magnitude concerning our border would be given a full hearing with oral arguments with case law presented. A decision would be reached with the a majority and minority position written. After all no bigger decision is being made and precedent set.

It would be great if some legal beagles would opine. Just to have the Supreme court present some ruling on an injunction with a vote and no reasoning given? A “temporary order is just that.” But I didn’t get any law degree.

What is an injunction in the Supreme court?
 
 
An injunction is a court order requiring a person to do or cease doing a specific action. There are three types of injunctions: Permanent injunctions, Temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions. Temporary restraining orders (TRO) and preliminary injunctions are equitable in nature.
 

A win last week.

Texas’ floating U.S-Mexico border barrier can remain, court rules in reversal

A federal appeals court on last wednesday reversed an order requiring Texas to move a floating barrier on the Rio Grande that drew backlash from Mexico — the latest development in legal battles between the Biden administration and Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over control of migration at the border.

In December, a divided panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with a federal district judge in Texas who said the buoys must be moved. On Wednesday, the court vacated the panel’s 2-1 ruling after a majority of its 17 active judges voted to rehear the case.

The series of linked, concrete-anchored buoys stretches roughly the length of three soccer fields. The state installed it along the international border with Mexico between the Texas border city of Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras, Coahuila.

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UPDATE: Pirate’s Cove finds that Texas has come up with a sliver of an opening of the court ruling…it doesn’t say they can’t put up wire– Read more 

Kingston Trio – The Alamo

Back in the day the Kingston Trio gave us this song.  The border issue needs to get settled and quickly. Someone could get very upset and its a dangerous situation of all concerned. The Migrants, and the soldiers on both sides. As our fearless President often says, “It’s not joke.”

The Deep Swamp never disappoints.

UPDATE:

In a statement, Paxton said the federal justices’ decision passes the matter back to the 5th Circuit appeals court, where arguments are scheduled Feb. 7. Paxton filed the appeal after U.S. District Judge Alia Moses of Del Rio found in November that Texas did not present sufficient evidence to demonstrate that federal agents cutting the wires violates state law.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/24/supreme-court-razor-wire-texas-biden-border/72330906007/

 

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CNN Tapper: ‘Those on the Terrorist Watch List Aren’t Necessarily Terrorists’

January 5, 2024 — bunkerville

It’s just that they have been tagged so says the man. Tapper advances the theory that being on the terrorist watch list is not a big deal –(Tapper wants to make it clear to the viewers.) It is all downhill from there in the most bizarre interview I stumbled upon over at CNN. House SpeakerJohnson tries to make quick work of it but apparently Tapper’s “regulars” find he has the winning argument in the comments left in the clip below.

Once in awhile its good to check out what the opposing position has in mind and with this we get an earful. It picks up around 3 minutes when reality takes a hike.

Tapper presses House Speaker Mike Johnson on border policy

 

 

Bonus: A double check of reality….earth to Mars. What did you just say?

 

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Either We Are a Nations of Laws or We Are Not

December 18, 2023 — bunkerville

… and Take Care that the Laws be Faithfully Executed

by Mustang

Whenever one is looking for some clarification for the meaning of a Constitutional passage, it is likely they will run across words and phrases that lack any real substance in the English language.  For example, something like this: Whatever depends on how experts choose to interpret it.  One way of saying this is that the Constitution means whatever an expert chooses to believe, or if one prefers, the Constitution means nothing at all.

One of the more important duties of the President of the United States, said by some to be the most important duty of all, is that he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.  This tells us that should the president of the United States fail to faithfully execute the laws of the United States, then he is derelict in the performance of his duty, in violation of his solemn oath of office, and (in all likelihood) guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors.

For example, if Congress passed a law requiring the satisfaction of certain requirements before a foreign person can be admitted to the United States, and the President intentionally ignores such laws, then the President must be guilty of failing to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.

The President may not be bound by good judgment when formulating or implementing foreign policy, but he is bound by the law.  Preventing un-entitled people from entering the United States is very specific.  Under such circumstances, why would Congress do nothing to fix this problem?  It is something to consider before deciding who to vote for in the upcoming elections.

Bunk adds these selections. Its not like we weren’t told what Biden had in mind.

Candidate Biden Calls On Illegal Immigrants to Surge the Border

Biden in 2015: “An unrelenting stream of immigration — will make white people a minority in the United States” ‌ “That’s a source of our strength” ‌

Sitting beside him is the man currently in charge of the border, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ‌ “An unrelenting stream of immigration. Non-stop. Folks like me who were Caucasian of European descent for the first time in 2017 will be an absolute minority in the United States of America. Absolute minority.

Fewer than fifty percent of the people in America from then and on will be white European stock. ‌ That’s not a bad thing. That’s a source of our strength.”

Either we are a nation of laws, or we aren’t.

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Biden DHS Colludes With Mexico For Controlled Flows of Migrants

May 15, 2023 — bunkerville

 

“A striking level of collusion, as Biden’s officers use an encrypted online chat room to tell Mexico when to let migrants swim across” so says part of the headline from the Center of Immigration Studies. It’s all about the optics.

Biden’s telephone call last week with Mexico wasn’t about keeping migrants from entering the U.S. but rather limiting the number at any one time from storming the riverbank.While many of the MSM happily report that there was no storming of the border.

 
The New York Times
After Title 42 Expires, U.S. Border Sees Crowds, but Not Chaos
The southern border of the United States was crowded with migrants on Friday, but not chaotic, following the lifting of Title 42…

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The Washington Post End of Title 42 pandemic border policy brings reset, but no sudden rush

 

See? All good. But here is the story:

MATAMOROS, Mexico – In recent days, large crowds of immigrants have formed on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande fully prepared to swim over well-worn crossing spots to Brownsville – but seemingly held back by unarmed Mexican immigration officials.

Over the course of several recent days in this northeastern Mexican city when perhaps 3,000 immigrants a day swam over to Brownsville with no opposition on either side, a curious pattern became evident. At some sort of signal from the Mexican immigration officers, a group of about 100-150 from the crowd would suddenly stand in unison and rush down the riverbank, past the immigration officers, and swim over to America.

It turns out that this pattern was far from happenstance. The Center for Immigration Studies asked several of the Mexican immigration officers what was going on and learned that President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has been coordinating these mass swims with Mexico’s immigration service, INM, at high levels on an encrypted Whatsapp channel.

The officers explained that their senior officers were in touch with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials about how many immigrants were gathered and were prepared to cross the river at any given time.

“We’re letting them know that there’s a group of people ready to cross,” one officer explained.

The Americans on the other side would ask the Mexicans to hold back the migrants – not because such crossings are illegal and should be blocked and obstructed, but only until the Americans had finished processing the last batch into the country through Brownsville. Once the Americans felt they could take in more, they message the Mexicans that “they are ready to receive them.” Then, senior officials would radio the on-ground immigration officers, all of whom are equipped with radios.

Next, the officers signal to the waiting crowd to go forward and, once they figure enough are in the water, they cut off the rest and push and cajole them back into line until the Americans signal they’re ready again.

Keep reading

Senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies Todd Bensman and Washington Examiner reporter Anna Giaritelli joined ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss the mounting migrant surge as Title 42 is set to end.

It starts about  3:22.

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Federal Court in Florida BLOCKS Biden Regime from Releasing Illegal Aliens from Border Patrol Custody Without Court Notices

May 12, 2023 — bunkerville

 

It’s a two week restraining order but I will take that for now. Good luck America. 

A federal judge in Florida signed a document that blocked the Biden regime from releasing migrants from Border Patrol custody without court notices.

Here we go:

The decision comes after the Biden regime sent out a lawless memo allowing illegal invaders to run wild inside the country on parole.

 

On Thursday, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden regime to stop the mass release of illegal immigrants into the United States after the Title 42 public health order expires.

Moody is requesting a temporary restraining order to prevent the anticipated influx, claiming that Biden’s current parole policy is identical to one that was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge last month, according to New York Post.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed its opposition in response to Florida’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) on Thursday.

 

On May 10, 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a policy on parole with conditions in limited circumstances prior to the issuance of a charging document.

Thousands of migrants rush US border after Title 42 expires. Florida Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order

 

H/T: Gateway Pundit

The argument that the border is broken falls flat after Trump showed that what we had in place worked. If the Biden clan thought that this chaos was going to force the GOP to cave in creating citizenship for millions, let’s see.

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Bush, Clinton, Obama, Soros Partner to Send Migrants into Interior

April 24, 2023 — bunkerville

This should be no surprise, and the confirmation of what we have thought gives little comfort. If your community is anything like mine, you would know that they have arrived.

Here we go with the story from Gateway Pundit:

A nongovernmental organization founded by former Presidents Bush, Obama and Clinton has partnered with American Express Global Business Travel and Welcome.US to fly migrants to communities across the United States.

In Sept. 2021, the three former presidents banded together behind Miles4Migrants, a charity dedicated to donating frequent flyer miles and free flights to thousands of African refugees and their family members allowing them to settle into the interior of the U.S.

As the Gateway Pundit reported, Miles4Migrants is partnered with Delta Airlines, United Airlines, Uber, and a network of over 50 nonprofit partners including the United Nations Refugee Agency.

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Members of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation also sit on the “National Welcome Council” of Welcome.US.

As Sen. Ron Johnson, R.- WI, called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a committee hearing last Tuesday, the GOP lawmaker warned the Biden administration has permitted at least 5 million illegal migrants entry to the United States interior since stealing office in early 2021, including known got-aways and unknown got-aways.

“Somewhere between 4 and 5 million people during this administration have been coming to this country, probably don’t qualify for asylum,” he continued. “What we are looking at is 22 states have populations less than 4 million people. Twenty-eight states have populations less than 5 million people, That is the magnitude of the problem.”

H/T: Gateway Pundit

Joe Biden: “White Americans must be an absolute minority in USA with a non-stop stream of migrants!”

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Thursday News – Humor & Satire – The Border!

December 22, 2022 — bunkerville

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, it was their final most essential command’… – George Orwell 1984

The Mexican Border and let’s include Zelensky for news coverage not to be missed. Here are Bunks favorites so far this week.

Say again?

Biden’s Scheme To End Border Restrictions Just Got EXPOSED

We wouldn’t be covering the news without covering Zelensky.

On a more serious take of the news, here is Tucker Carlson on Zelensky’s visit visit to the U.S.

Tucker Carlson: Where does Zelensky get off talking to us like this?

That’s it folks, all that she wrote.

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HSS Mayorkas: Trumps fault for the border issue

March 22, 2021 — bunkerville

 

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blames former President Donald Trump for the Biden border crisis.  During the Obama years we heard fabrications of the truth from the likes of Susan Rice but this fine fellow does take it to new heights. He made the rounds on all the talk shows.  The press are not allowed to report on the border but pictures are being leaked and we know its bad. Yet, this talking head can lie through his teeth without hesitation. 

 

The best of the Biden swamp on a Monday morning.

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