Here are 5 America First immigration promises that Trump should keep this year: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/5-america-first-legal-immigration-promises-trump-must-keep-this-year/] This will be a good reference going forward. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:12, 2 January 2019 (EST)
 
Here are 5 America First immigration promises that Trump should keep this year: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/5-america-first-legal-immigration-promises-trump-must-keep-this-year/] This will be a good reference going forward. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:12, 2 January 2019 (EST)
 
:Remittences increased in 2018, so hopefully, Trump will take action to combat it: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/migrants-remittances-to-mexico-central-america-jump-to-53-billion-in-2018/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 09:48, 3 January 2019 (EST)
 
:Remittences increased in 2018, so hopefully, Trump will take action to combat it: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/02/migrants-remittances-to-mexico-central-america-jump-to-53-billion-in-2018/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 09:48, 3 January 2019 (EST)
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::Another good article on what could happen with immigration this year: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/01/02/what-to-expect-on-immigration-in-2019/#70f513e33347] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:14, 4 January 2019 (EST)
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:::I think Ann Coulter is a bt too harsh on Trump, but her most recent article does make a good point noting where Trump has pretty clearly broken some promises, such as signing an order to end birthright citizenship: [https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/02/20/ann-coulter-trumps-failing-dont-ask-me-to-lie-about-it/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:59, 21 February 2019 (EST)
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:::More on the whole birthright citizenship thing: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/23/trump-quiet-on-ending-us-birthright-citizenship/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 19:10, 22 February 2019 (EST)
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::::Very interesting article discussing how the Trump Administration has underperformed on advancing a conservative immigration agenda -- it's from Politico but seems accurate and interviews some actual conservatives: [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/26/trump-immigration-reform-1189633] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 00:31, 27 February 2019 (EST)
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:::::This book, [https://www.amazon.com/Border-Wars-Inside-Assault-Immigration/dp/1982117397 ''Border Wars: Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration''], which is supposed to come out in October, seems interesting, despite being written by people who are obviously not supportive of his policies. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:11, 8 March 2019 (EST)
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::::::Great tweet thread by Ryan James Girdusky explaining how the Trump Administration (and Congress) have done poorly on immigration: [https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1106269163402727425] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:47, 15 March 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::In a Daily Caller interview, Stephen Miller stated that many executive orders are on their way and that the administration is reviewing federal law for more: [https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/02/stephen-miller-crackdown-illegal-immigration/ 1],[https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/437167-president-trump-prepares-for-executive-orders-over-immigration 2] Hopefully, this will actually happen as he stated. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:03, 2 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::A second emergency declaration seems like a great place to start, and hopefully, the Trump Administration will heed this advice: [https://cis.org/Arthur/Mr-President-Time-Pull-Out-All-Stops-Border] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:26, 2 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::Three good and important steps recommended by Kris Kobach on how to solve the migrant crisis without needing Congress: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/07/exclusive-kris-kobach-to-trump-you-do-not-need-congress-to-immediately-solve-immigration-crisis/ 1],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/04/exclusive-kobach-three-steps-to-solve-the-border-crisis/ 2],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/07/exclusive-kris-kobach-trump-end-remittances-mexico-stop-illegal-immigration-boost-u-s-economy/ 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:17, 7 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::The Trump Administration is moving forward with some new policies, how that the DHS's leadership had been changed -- I'll follow these the best I can: [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-border-security-immigration-plan-3659270b-18f9-4d32-b0ff-2dd9a5c9b59e.html 1],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/08/trump-immigration-agency-head-1332660 2],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/438070-trump-administration-eyes-asylum-crackdown 3],[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-admin-wants-make-asylum-harder-putting-border-agents-charge-n992436 4],[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-wont-restart-separations-of-families-who-cross-border-illegally-11554830200 5],[https://www.vox.com/2019/4/10/18302221/trump-immigration-miller-asylum-dhs-fire-separate 6],[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/us/politics/asylum-seekers-trump-administration.html 7],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-mulls-major-steps-to-tackle-migrant-crisis_2874587.html 8],[https://www.apnews.com/d76261145e7d4be299496e9659f3e4cb 9],[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/uscis-asylum-work-permit-delay-trump 10] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:43, 9 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::Some more good suggestions: [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/deter-defend-demagnetize-10-ideas-trump-stop-illegal-mass-migration 1],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/jessica-vaughan-7-steps-trump-can-take-to-solve-border-crisis/ 2],[https://cis.org/Cadman/Expand-Expedited-Removal-Mr-President 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:03, 9 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::Hopefully, the White House will restrict remittances as reported: [https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-considers-restricting-remittances-to-mexico-to-stop-illegal-migration_2874015.html] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 18:47, 10 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::The importance of E-Verify in any immigration deal: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/07/trumps-base-mandatory-e-verify-immigration-deal/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:33, 7 May 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::The article claims to track Trump's progress on immigration issues, though I'm not adding it, at least for now, since it labels several actions as "blocked" even though no court has ruled on them, or because lower courts rather than the Supreme Court have ruled on them: [https://www.npr.org/2019/05/17/723694656/tracking-trump-on-immigration-despite-focus-many-ideas-are-stalled-or-blocked] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:38, 21 May 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::Trump is expected to invoke the Insurrection Act to deport illegals: [https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/16/donald-trump-insurrection-act-illegal-immigration/ 1],[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-leaves-open-possibility-of-invoking-insurrection-act-to-remove-migrants/2019/05/17/6b49c2c4-7892-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html 2],[https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/27/trump-insurrection-act-immigrants-deport/ 3],[https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/446971-the-trump-card-using-the-insurrection-act-at-the-border 4] In the meantime, there are numerous laws that Trump hasn't used yet: [https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1130891759393943554 1],[https://twitter.com/RyanGirdusky/status/1143847175388127233 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:13, 21 May 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::More ideas that Trump should use: [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/deter-defend-demagnetize-10-ideas-trump-stop-illegal-mass-migration/ 1],[https://www.dailywire.com/news/48281/hammer-trump-has-unilateral-power-stop-migrant-josh-hammer 2],[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/06/20/michael-savage-warns-stalled-immigration-agenda-leaves-trump-vulnerable/ 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:59, 31 May 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::The administration will reportedly make some strong decisions soon: [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/trump-deportation-deny-asylum-central-americans] Hopefully, these will actually happen. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 19:00, 29 June 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::Cuccinelli stated that the Trump Administration is looking at additional immigration actions to take in the next few months: [https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/451881-cuccinelli-white-house-actions-on-immigration-coming-in-next-few] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:29, 7 July 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::Great op-ed on Trump's authority he could use to unilaterally secure the border: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/22/end-immigration-mend-it/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:01, 24 July 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::This "AP Analysis" is obviously based (why I'm not ading it to the article), but it's still somewhat interesting to read: [https://www.apnews.com/99ea2c75f8684779a782bad74882dc43] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:42, 14 August 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::Trump stated he's again seriously considering ending birthright citizenship: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/21/trump-ending-birthright-citizenship-back-agenda/ 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458276-trump-says-administration-looking-seriously-at-ending-birthright 2],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-says-he-is-seriously-looking-at-ending-birthright-citizenship-idUSKCN1VB21B 3],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/21/trump-very-seriously-looking-at-ending-ridiculous-anchor-baby-policy/ 4],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-renews-threat-birthright-citizenship 5],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-looking-very-seriously-at-ending-birthright-citizenship_3051127.html 6],[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/33206-trump-right-14th-amendment-did-not-guarantee-birthright-citizenship 7] Also, the administration is considering allowing states and cities to reject refugees if they don't want them: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458259-trump-admin-considering-policy-that-would-let-states-cities-reject 1],[https://www.conservativereview.com/news/trump-admin-consider-allowing-local-governments-veto-refugee-resettlement/ 2],[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/33215-report-trump-preparing-executive-order-to-let-states-refuse-refugees 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 16:20, 21 August 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::The administration is actively looking for ways to end birthright citizenship for anchor babies, according to Stephen Miller: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/25/miller-trump-looking-all-legal-options-end-anchor-baby-policy/ 1],[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-25/trump-seeking-correct-interpretation-of-birthright-citizenship 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:03, 25 August 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::Cuccinelli stated that Trump won't take any steps to end birthright citizenship anytime soon: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/461062-cuccinelli-says-trump-birthright-citizenship-action-not-coming-in-the] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 20:38, 12 September 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::Good proposal by Rep. Mark Green on how to secure the southern border: [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/461378-we-need-a-new-structure-to-secure-our-border] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 20:30, 13 September 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::Great suggestions from Michelle Malkin, including a moratorium on refugee resettlement and an end to the Federal Reserve remittance program: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/exclusive-michelle-malkin-end-to-refugee-resettlement-long-overdue-after-americans-have-gotten-no-say/ 1],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/13/watch-exclusive-michelle-malkin-to-trump-shut-down-federal-reserve-remittance-program-for-illegal-aliens/ 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 20:44, 13 September 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::Some more good policy recommendations to help fix the border crisis without Congress: [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/trump-administration-can-end-immigration-loophole-fueling-ms-13-budget-bill/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:50, 19 September 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::More good recommendations, particularly what Trump should do regarding the border in response to the Mexican cartel violence: [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/5-actions-trump-can-take-now-reclaim-border-mexican-cartels/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:41, 7 November 2019 (EST)
    
== Great statements, 2019 ==
 
== Great statements, 2019 ==
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At his first cabinet meeting in 2019, Trump defended border walls: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/trump-says-walls-work-first-cabinet-meeting-year/ 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423609-trump-suggests-vatican-proves-border-wall-is-moral 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:14, 2 January 2019 (EST)
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At his first cabinet meeting in 2019, Trump defended border walls: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/2/trump-says-walls-work-first-cabinet-meeting-year/ 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/423609-trump-suggests-vatican-proves-border-wall-is-moral 2],[https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-defends-border-stance-notes-pope-francis-has-biggest-wall-of-them-all 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:14, 2 January 2019 (EST)
 
:Trump called the widow of a CA police officer killed by an illegal alien: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/3/donald-trump-calls-ronil-singhs-widow/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:17, 3 January 2019 (EST)
 
:Trump called the widow of a CA police officer killed by an illegal alien: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/3/donald-trump-calls-ronil-singhs-widow/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:17, 3 January 2019 (EST)
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::More great statements, using Obama and Clinton's words against them: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/06/trump-quotes-obama-clinton-build-a-barrier-to-fight-illegal-immigration/ 1],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-cites-unlikely-allies-amid-border-wall-showdown-hillary-clinton-barack-obama 2],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/donald-trump-quotes-obama-hillary-clinton-supporti/ 3] Other good statements: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/6/donald-trump-stands-strong-government-shutdown-i-w/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:00, 6 January 2019 (EST)
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:::Trump has an effective counter-argument to the Left's claim that border walls are somehow "outdated": [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/09/donald-trump-walls-medieval-worked-then-work-now/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:53, 9 January 2019 (EST)
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::::Not a statement, but it was great when Trump visited the southern border today: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/10/photos-donald-trump-tours-texas-southern-border-with-law-enforcement/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:30, 10 January 2019 (EST)
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:::::It's good that Trump is calling the massive levels of illegal immigration (breaking U.S. law) an invasion: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-warns-of-invasion-at-border] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 18:57, 11 January 2019 (EST)
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::::::Nice -- Trump has quotes Pat Buchanan on the need for a border wall, a significant improvement in their relations since around 1999: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425159-trump-cites-pat-buchanan-man-he-once-called-hitler-lover-to-support] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:49, 14 January 2019 (EST)
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:::::::Trump pointed out how much walls are used around the world: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/16/donald-trump-praises-modern-walls-around-the-world-as-shutdown-enters-day-26/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:51, 16 January 2019 (EST)
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:::::::More statements by Trump: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/16/shutdown-day-26-trump-dubs-democrats-party-open-bo/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:14, 16 January 2019 (EST)
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::::::::Trump acknowledged the story of how prayer rugs are being found near the southern border: [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/18/trump-prayer-rugs-border-wall-1111213] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:36, 18 January 2019 (EST)
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:::::::::Trump is continuing to stand strong on the shutdown: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/22/donald-trump-no-cave-on-partial-government-shutdow/ 1],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/22/no-cave-donald-trump-remains-resolute-day-32-government-shutdown/ 2],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/22/donald-trump-shoulders-government-shutdown-blame-b/ 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:33, 22 January 2019 (EST)
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::::::::::More great statements today, on voter fraud and the cost of illegal immigration: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427133-trump-returns-to-rampant-voter-fraud-theme-following-texas 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427155-trump-cites-ridiculous-costs-of-illegal-immigration-amid-wall-push 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 19:53, 27 January 2019 (EST)
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:::::::::::Another good statement, on using soldiers to secure the border, until (hopefully) the wall is built: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/428500-trump-we-will-build-a-human-wall-if-necessary 1],[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/05/human-border-wall-trump-tweet/2775987002/ 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:05, 5 February 2019 (EST)
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::::::::::::Good that Trump is speaking out against the Democrat proposal to reduce the number of beds for ICE detainees: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/donald-trump-crazy-democrats-trying-to-stop-ice-from-deporting-illegal-immigrants/ 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429376-trump-rips-brand-new-demand-from-dems-in-border-security-talks 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:39, 11 February 2019 (EST)
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:::::::::::::More great statements, stating he will never abolish ICE: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/president-donald-trump-i-will-never-abolish-ice/] Also, on the wall's effectiveness: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/429536-trump-people-are-full-of-crap-when-they-say-wall-hasnt-made] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:40, 12 February 2019 (EST)
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::::::::::::::Trump is learning not to be so trusting of the GOP establishment: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/15/trump-talks-about-fighting-the-swamp-i-am-learning/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 00:17, 16 February 2019 (EST)
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Great new slogan: Build a wall and crime will fall": [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trumps-new-border-wall-slogan-build-a-wall-and-crime-will-fall 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/426553-trump-unveils-new-theme-build-a-wall-and-crime-will-fall 2],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/23/donald-trump-build-wall-crime-fall/ 3],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-unveils-new-slogan-on-border-wall 4] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 09:01, 23 January 2019 (EST)
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:President Trump made some good statements in a Breitbart News interview today, voicing his opposition to letting in migrants who need welfare: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/11/exclusive-president-donald-trump-on-immigration-i-dont-want-to-have-anyone-coming-in-thats-on-welfare/ 1],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-trump-i-dont-want-immigrants-that-will-be-dependent-on-welfare 2],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/433589-trump-says-he-doesnt-want-immigrants-on-welfare-entering-the-country 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:32, 11 March 2019 (EDT)
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::Great statements by Trump on the wall and fentanyl: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/13/donald-trump-says-wall-needed-stem-drugs-too/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:18, 13 March 2019 (EDT)
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:::Trump threatened again to close the southern border, and he criticized Central American countries for not helping the situation despite U.S. aid: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436205-trump-threatens-to-close-the-southern-border-says-mexico-all-talk-and 1],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-to-close-southern-border-amid-immigration-surge 2],[https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-renews-threat-to-close-southern-border-with-mexico/4851969.html 3],[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-renews-threat-to-close-the-southern-border-blasts-mexico-on-immigration/2019/03/28/92530508-5144-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html 4],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/28/trump-mexico-border-migrant-surge-1241307 5],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/28/donald-trump-says-he-may-close-the-southern-border/ 6],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/28/donald-trump-mexican-central-american-leaders-nothing-stop-migrants/ 7] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 12:11, 28 March 2019 (EDT)
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:::More great statements, criticizing Mexico and threatening to close the border next week: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436459-trump-threatens-to-close-mexican-border-next-week 1],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/29/trump-threatens-close-border-migrants-surge-through-loopholes/ 2],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-to-close-southern-border-next-week-if-mexico-doesnt-immediately-stop-illegal-immigrants-from-trying-to-cross-into-us 3],[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-to-close-border-if-mexico-doesnt-stop-illegal-entries-11553874917 4],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/29/donald-trump-vows-closing-border-punish-mexico-ill/ 5],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-threatens-to-close-u-s-mexico-border-to-trade-because-of-immigrant-surge-idUSKCN1RA1WR 6],[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31880-trump-i-ll-close-border-if-mexico-doesn-t-stop-illegal-alien-invasion-1-5m-expected-this-year 7],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/29/donald-trump-threatens-to-close-the-southern-border-im-not-playing-games/ 8],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/29/trump-close-us-mexico-border-1243493 9],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436522-trump-very-good-likelihood-of-closing-us-mexico-border-next-week 10],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-threatens-closure-of-us-mexico-border-next-week-to-stem-asylum-surge_2859537.html 11],[https://www.apnews.com/962e59315df9438eb2a2f846fd0804e7 12],[https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/national-security/2019/march/theyre-drowning-trump-threatens-to-close-the-border-as-el-paso-crisis-deepens 13],[https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/29/trump-threatens-close-border/ 13] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:35, 29 March 2019 (EDT)
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:::In addition to his threat to close the border with Mexico, Trump is criticizing the U.S.'s weak immigration laws: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-condemns-weak-us-immigration-laws-reiterates-threat-to-close-the-border] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:13, 30 March 2019 (EDT)
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::::Some good comments on the U.S. Census question and asylum laws: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436685-trump-calls-on-congress-to-fix-asylum-other-immigration-loopholes-get 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436692-trump-census-would-be-meaningless-without-citizenship-question 2],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/1/donald-trump-gripes-over-census-citizenship-setbac/ 3],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-census/trump-declares-u-s-census-meaningless-without-citizenship-question-idUSKCN1RD2DS 4],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/president-trump-attacks-radical-democrats-says-census-meaningless-without-citizenship-question 5],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/01/donald-trump-2020-census-ridiculous-without-citizenship-question/ 6],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/census-would-be-meaningless-without-citizenship-question-trump-says_2861887.html 7] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:53, 1 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::While Trump seems to be backing down slightly on closing the border (he doesn't seem to be threatening to do it this week anymore), his comments still are great, such as his statement that security is more important than trade: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436924-white-house-studying-options-to-shut-down-southern-border 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/436963-trump-warns-hes-ready-to-shut-border-but-no-decision-made 2],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/02/sanders-close-southern-border-1248669 3],[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-100-percent-ready-shut-down-u-s-mexico-border-n990146 4],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/2/donald-trump-delivers-ultimatum-congress-immigrati/ 5],[https://www.axios.com/trump-mexico-border-closure-security-trade-16f2448d-8a18-4f08-8251-736516869821.html 6],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/02/donald-trump-defends-border-closure-option-security-more-important-than-trade/ 7],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/02/white-house-tries-to-protect-business-from-border-shutdowns/ 8],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-stands-by-border-closure-threat-as-aides-say-all-options-being-explored 9],[https://www.apnews.com/bacf13c909c24f6bb3b7bdc1d4b3f5df 10],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437089-trump-pulls-back-from-border-closure-threats-saying-mexico-is 11],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/president-trump-eases-up-on-border-shutdown-threat_2864402.html 12],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/3/trump-doubles-down-border-closure-threat/ 13],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437139-kudlow-trump-administration-looking-at-mitigating-economic-hit-of 14] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 16:26, 2 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::Trump retreated from his threat to close the border, though he's now giving Mexico a one-year deadline and is also threatening auto tariffs: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437389-trump-gives-mexico-one-year-warning-for-auto-tariffs-border-shutdown 1],[https://www.axios.com/trump-mexico-border-closure-auto-tariffs-5c87663c-c878-4e22-8763-508ba15d1536.html 2],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/04/trump-backs-off-threat-to-close-the-southern-border-1255926 3],[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/04/border-trump-says-he-delay-sealing-off-southern-border-year/3353761002/ 4],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/04/donald-trump-backs-away-from-closing-southern-border-threatens-car-tariffs-on-mexico-instead/ 5],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/4/trump-backs-border-closure-says-tariffs-instead/ 6],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-gives-mexico-a-one-year-warning-to-stop-drugs-migrants-or-he-will-tax-cars-and-close-border 7],[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-backs-off-threat-to-shut-down-border-with-mexico-11554399418 8],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-threatens-car-import-tariffs-in-new-warning-to-mexico-idUSKCN1RG25X 9] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:01, 4 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::I think Tom Rogan is right, at least to an extent, that Trump makes statements that he doesn't follow through on: [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-keeps-making-threats-he-doesnt-follow-through-on] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 16:53, 4 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::More great statements on Mexico, immigration, and the border: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/5/trump-says-mexico-hook-border-success/ 1],[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-to-override-mexico-trade-deal-with-car-tariffs-unless-border-is-secured-11554479894 2],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/in-latest-shot-at-mexico-trump-proposes-u-s-penalty-for-drugs-idUSKCN1RH1L3 3],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-looking-at-economic-penalty-for-drugs-coming-from-mexico-idUSKCN1RH1J5 4],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/5/donald-trump-our-country-full/ 5],[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/donald-trump-says-u-s-is-full-as-he-travels-to-border 6],[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-visits-border-warns-our-country-full-so-turn-around-n991571 7],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-visits-southern-border-amid-growing-crisis-declaring-that-our-country-is-full 8],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437644-visiting-border-trump-says-he-could-close-it-in-a-day 9],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/donald-trump-tells-migrants-turn-around-we-cant-take-you-anymore/ 10],[https://www.apnews.com/d604da469caf44fb854fd05a67ee15d7 11],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-the-country-full-in-fox-news-interview-says-american-can-no-longer-accept-illegal-immigrants 12],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-following-border-trip-reiterates-message-that-the-country-is-full 13],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-threatens-financial-penalties-on-mexico-for-illegal-drugs-migration_2868890.html 14],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/donald-trump-tells-migrants-turn-around-we-cant-take-you-anymore/ 15],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-to-illegal-immigrants-the-system-is-full-turn-around_2869521.html 16] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 18:56, 5 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::Good statements by Trump criticizing the character of many asylum seekers: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437723-trump-says-some-asylum-seekers-look-like-theyre-fighting-for-the-ufc] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:36, 7 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::Good that Trump is meeting with supporters who live along the border to talk illegal immigration: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/10/donald-trump-deeply-moved-by-border-crisis-stories-from-texas-landowners/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 08:19, 11 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::Some more good statements from Trump regarding closing the border, sending troops there, and Mexico's disarming of U.S. troops on U.S. soil: [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-donald-trump-renews-threat-close-portions-southern/story?id=62595162 1],[https://thehill.com/latino/440359-trump-renews-threat-of-border-closure-citing-new-caravan-of-migrants 2],[https://thehill.com/policy/defense/440356-trump-suggests-mexican-soldiers-disarmed-national-guard-troops-as-cover-for 3],[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-mexico-better-not-detain-and-disarm-us-troops-again 4],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/24/donald-trump-defends-citizenship-census-question-americans-deserve-know/ 5],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/24/donald-trump-challenges-mexico-for-disarming-national-guard-on-american-soil/ 6],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-warns-mexico-after-guns-drawn-on-us-troops-better-not-happen-again 7],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/23/armed-mexican-soldiers-confronted-us-soldiers-on-u/ 8],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/24/donald-trump-mexico-needs-to-grab-more-illegal-imm/ 9],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/24/donald-trump-on-2020-census-citizenship-question-p/ 10],[https://www.apnews.com/827639f413a3459582b16700bbd60c89 11],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico-trump/trump-renews-threat-to-close-mexican-border-send-more-troops-idUSKCN1S01MR 12],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-warns-mexico-better-not-detain-and-disarm-us-troops-again_2892720.html 13],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-additional-border-troops-will-be-armed-after-incident-with-mexican-soldiers_2892798.html 14] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:52, 24 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::More statements by Trump on immigration and the border crisis: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dems-have-turned-border-into-disneyland 1],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/28/donald-trump-bemoans-us-immigration-laws-interview/ 2],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/441277-trump-calls-mexico-one-of-the-worlds-most-dangerous-countries-in 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:32, 28 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::Great criticisms of Mexico and its unhelpfulness in helping solve the illegal immigration crisis -- Trump stated he would respond, so hopefully, this will happen soon: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/21/trump-warns-mexico-response-illegal-immigration/ 1],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/trump-renews-criticism-of-mexico-over-immigration-says-will-respond-idUSKCN1SR1YM 2],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/444789-trump-warns-of-response-to-mexico-for-failing-to-adequately-stop 3],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-mexico/trump-renews-criticism-of-mexico-over-immigration-idUSKCN1SR1YM 4] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:13, 21 May 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::Some great statements by Trump and his advisors speaking out against Mexico's failure to stop illegal immigration, plus Mexico's decision to send its foreign minister to solve the problem: [https://thehill.com/latino/446338-trump-trade-adviser-says-mexico-exports-illegal-aliens 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/446317-trump-defends-tariffs-mexico-has-taken-advantage-of-the-united-state 2],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/30/shocked-mexico-sends-foreign-minister-dc-friday-meetings/ 3],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mexico-dispatches-team-to-dc-negotiate-tariff-solution-as-trump-demands-illegal-immigration-remedy 3],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sarah-sanders-mexico-step-up-border-crisis 4],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-trump/trump-urges-mexico-to-finally-do-what-must-be-done-on-immigration-idUSKCN1T11NY 5],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/31/white-house-mexico-exporting-illegal-immigrants-us/ 6],[https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/446520-homeland-security-secretary-we-need-mexico-to-step-up 7],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/3/wilbur-ross-delivers-donald-trump-tariff-threat-di/ 8],[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/acting-ice-director-grab-kid-and-thats-us-passport-country 9] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:17, 31 May 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::Some more good statements by Trump regarding his tariffs on Mexico: [https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/06/04/trump-pours-cold-water-on-notion-that-mexico-tariffs-will-be-avoided/ 1],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-mexico-tariffs-will-take-effect-foolish-for-gop-to-block 2],[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/trump-expects-mexico-tariffs-to-go-into-effect-next-week 3],[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-tariffs-on-mexico-are-likely-11559657991 4],[https://www.apnews.com/d6eecc09aec34dd99783a174f3d9b6dd 5],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-mexico/trump-says-u-s-likely-to-go-ahead-with-tariffs-on-mexico-over-immigration-idUSKCN1T51GR 6],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-britain-mexico/trump-tells-mexico-to-stop-invasion-of-migrants-idUSKCN1T51RZ 7],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/446810-trump-foolish-for-gop-to-try-to-stop-tariffs-on-mexico 8],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/04/mexico-gop-establishment-try-block-tariffs-immigration-deal/ 9],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/04/business-media-tell-trump-dont-integrate-migration-trade-policies/ 10],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/4/donald-trump-says-mexican-tariffs-will-take-effect/ 11],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-mexico/trump-defies-own-party-to-push-ahead-with-mexican-tariff-threat-idUSKCN1T51GR 12],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-republicans-would-be-foolish-to-try-blocking-tariffs-on-mexico_2950754.html 13],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/5/peter-navarro-if-mexico-could-just-pass-the-tariff/ 14] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:23, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::Some more statements by Trump on the migrant crisis: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/25/donald-trump-child-migrants-treated-much-better-than-under-barack-obama/ 1],[https://www.apnews.com/115ef9e4fec44f7c8d7078874c8e8fa7 2],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/450470-trump-goes-after-democrats-over-photo-of-drowned-migrants 3],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/451936-trump-i-want-reporters-to-go-see-migrant-detention-centers 4] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:15, 26 June 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::Great for Trump to note Australia's successful anti-illegal immigration policy: [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1144033134129758208] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:18, 26 June 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::Some more statements by Trump defending conditions in detention centers for illegal migrants, including stating that the problem would be solved if Congress acts or if the migrants don't come in the first place: [https://thehill.com/latino/452983-trump-knocks-new-york-times-for-report-on-border-facility 1],[https://www.apnews.com/99c7e785612747299286042b340b8fc1 2],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-and-pence-blast-news-coverage-of-border-visit_3001680.html 3],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/14/donald-trump-migrant-detention-centers-well-run-an/ 4],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453294-trump-says-migrant-detention-centers-are-not-concentration-camps 5],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-detention-facilities-are-not-concentration-camps-theyre-really-well-run_3004941.html 6] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:00, 14 July 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::::Trump is speaking out again against voter fraud: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454330-trump-renews-unfounded-allegations-of-illegal-voting] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:20, 23 July 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::::A left-wing think-tank has admitted that Trump's immigration statements are effective: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-liberal-think-tanks-says-trumps-rule-of-law-message-on-immigraition-is-winning-dems-appear-weak-on-enforcement] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:11, 24 July 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::::::Trump is calling for voter ID laws: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457340-trump-voter-id-must-play-very-strong-part-in-deal-on-election 1],[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/17/donald-trump-voter-id-laws-must-part-election-security-measures/2030487001/ 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:33, 13 August 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::::::::Decent statements by Trump regarding a DACA deal: [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-immigration-deal-to-the-benefit-of-all-will-be-made-if-supreme-court-rules-in-his-favor-on-daca_3071818.html 1],[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/460222-trump-hints-at-bipartisan-deal-on-daca-if-supreme 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:21, 6 September 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::::::::Trump called on the SCOTUS to strike down DACA, stating that doing so would help him make a deal with Democrats: [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465011-trump-calls-on-supreme-court-to-strike-down-daca-says-deal-possible 1],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-calls-on-supreme-court-to-rule-in-his-favor-on-daca-says-bipartisan-deal-could-be-reached_3111309.html 2],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration-trump/trump-says-congress-would-act-if-top-court-rejects-dreamers-idUSKBN1WO1W0 3],[https://cis.org/Arthur/Trump-Says-Deal-if-SCOTUS-Nixes-DACA 4] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 20:22, 9 October 2019 (EDT)
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Some good statements by Secretary Nielsen on the border crisis: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nielsen-declare-migration-crisis-spiralling-out-of-control-warns-it-will-get-even-worse 1],[https://www.wsj.com/articles/homeland-chief-defends-trumps-declaration-of-border-emergency-11551890707 2],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/06/dhs-sec-kirstjen-nielsen-predicts-900000-border-apprehensions-this-year/ 3],[https://www.voanews.com/a/homeland-security-secretary-insists-border-crisis-is-real-/4816016.html 4],[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-hearings/u-s-faces-crisis-at-southern-border-nielsen-says-idUSKCN1QN2N0 5],[https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/03/06/child-recycling-rings-smuggle-migrants-into-u-s-says-dhs/ 6],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/07/dhs-nielsen-open-borders-have-failed-the-american-people-the-american-people/ 7] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:12, 6 March 2019 (EST)
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:More good statements by Nielsen: [https://thehill.com/latino/434528-nielsen-claims-no-manufactured-crisis-at-border-amid-debate-over-trump-national 1],[https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/03/18/dhs-nielsen-border-is-near-system-wide-meltdown/ 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 16:17, 18 March 2019 (EDT)
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::Some other decent statements by DHS officials that I haven't added to the article: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-ice-director-on-border-crisis-the-systems-in-a-meltdown 1],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-secretary-nielsen-urges-emergency-response-to-migration-crisis 2],[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/04/04/acting-ice-director-vitiello-the-system-is-in-a-meltdown-its-just-getting-worse-day-by-day/ 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 20:03, 4 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::Some decent statements by AG Barr on the southern border: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/09/ag-william-barr-situation-at-u-s-mexico-border-really-unprecedented/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:26, 9 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::Some great comments by Pat Shanahan on the southern border; [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-defense-secretary-shanahan-says-china-is-americas-biggest-threat-and-southern-border-situation-an-emergency] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 23:22, 9 April 2019 (EDT)
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:::::Some more good statements by Trump officials: [https://thehill.com/latino/441081-acting-dhs-head-family-separation-was-effective-but-undone-by-public-perception 1],[https://www.axios.com/dhs-chief-mcaleenan-migrant-family-border-backlog-75736e46-46d0-4a35-b97d-b54b29a20972.html 2],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-border-patrol-chief-mark-morgan-border-crisis-worst-in-history_2896172.html 3],[https://www.foxnews.com/us/acting-dhs-secretary-mcaleenan-says-family-separation-practice-was-effective 4],[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/top-border-protection-official-absolutely-this-is-a-crisis 5],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-director-homan-trump-congress-border 6],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/donald-trump-border-crisis-patrick-shanahan-kevin-mcaleenan-fox-and-friends 7] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 00:52, 29 April 2019 (EDT)
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::::::Some decent statements by McAleenan on illegal migrant detention conditions: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/7/kevin-mcaleenan-defends-performance-border/ 1],[https://www.apnews.com/67dd2ad527794c24b4d41d57cd161e18 2],[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/07/us/politics/border-centers-mcaleenan.html 3] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:30, 7 July 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::Decent statements by Pence: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-visits-migrant-detention-center-near-southern-border-to-see-firsthand-the-humanitarian-crisis 1],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/pence-visits-migrant-detention-center-in-texas-says-immigration-system-overwhelmed_3000943.html 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 10:31, 13 July 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::Tom Homan isn't a member of the Trump Administration anymore, but he made some strong comments at a congressional testimony the other day: [https://www.theepochtimes.com/your-comments-are-disgusting-former-ice-chief-and-illinois-rep-spar-during-fiery-exchange_3001108.html 1],[https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4807049/thomas-homan-testimony-07122019 2],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-ice-chief-thomas-homan-gives-fiery-defense-of-ice-and-border-patrol-agents-clashes-with-lawmakers 3],[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/452922-ex-ice-chief-blasts-house-democrat-after-tense-hearing-he-ran-out-of-there 4],[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/452926-heated-moments-from-house-hearing-on-conditions-at-border-facilities 5],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/12/thomas-homan-former-acting-ice-director-clashes-wi/ 6],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illiois-democrat-and-ex-ice-chief-spar-at-hearing-about-child-migrants 7],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/your-comments-are-disgusting-former-ice-chief-and-illinois-rep-spar-during-fiery-exchange_3001108.html 8],[https://www.dailywire.com/news/49457/ocasio-cortez-tries-grill-former-ice-director-he-ryan-saavedra 9],[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/thomas-homan-ny-nj-reward-illegal-immigrants-heres-how-new-drivers-license-laws-hurt-society 10] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:53, 13 July 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::Some decent statements by Ken Cuccinelli: [https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/452980-cuccinelli-says-he-cant-guarantee-families-wont-be-separated-in 1],[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/acting-immigration-chief-remains-quiet-about-whether-or-not-ice-raids-will-separate-families 2],[https://www.axios.com/ken-cuccinelli-blames-congress-border-crisis-c1b769b7-1eb5-4731-9172-400ac8ad4321.html 3],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/14/cuccinelli-separating-children-ice-raids-1415762 4],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/14/cuccinelli-border-conditions-congress-1415765 5],[https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/07/15/cuccinelli-on-freshman-congresswomen-trump-attacked-all-they-do-is-complain/ 6],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/15/ken-cuccinelli-donald-trumps-political-hand-grenad/ 7],[https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/01/politics/ken-cuccinelli-us-refugee-admissions/index.html 8] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 17:00, 14 July 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::Some more decent statements by McAleenan: [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/18/kevin-mcaleenan-challenges-democrats-help-improve-/ 1],[https://thehill.com/latino/453876-dhs-chief-to-pelosi-emergency-border-funding-has-already-had-an-impact 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:13, 19 July 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::Statements by Trump Administration officials on recent ICE raids in Mississippi: [https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/457012-immigration-officials-defend-ice-raids-as-part-of-larger 1],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/11/mark-morgan-cbp-commissioner-defends-immigration-r/ 2],[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/11/trump-aide-kevin-mcaleenan-unfortunate-timing-ice-raids-mississippi/1981130001/ 3],[https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/11/trump-immigration-raids-mississippi-1457761 4],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/12/watch-dhs-chief-mcaleenan-on-ice-raid-the-timing-was-unfortunate/ 5] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 20:06, 11 August 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::More good statements by Cuccinelli: [https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/457319-cucinelli-defends-controversial-remarks-statue-of-liberty-poem 1],[https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/457397-cuccinelli-number-of-migrants-at-us-border-is-dropping 2],[https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/457378-immigration-acting-director-how-the-trump-administration-views-the-purpose-of 3],[https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ken-cuccinelli-constitution-week-citizens 4] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 14:49, 14 August 2019 (EDT)
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:::::::::::::Some more good statements by Homan despite not being in the administration anymore: [https://www.foxnews.com/media/tom-homan-on-sanctuary-cities-crimes-new-york-city 1],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-ice-director-slams-new-york-over-illegal-immigrant-driver-licenses_3178276.html 2] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 11:17, 19 October 2019 (EDT)
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::::::::::::::Ken Cuccinelli's response to Martin O'Malley yelling at him at a bar because of the former's conservative immigration policies: [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cuccinelli-fires-back-at-omalley-calls-behavior-sad-and-shocking 1],[https://www.theepochtimes.com/cuccinelli-fires-back-at-former-gov-omalley-calls-behavior-sad-and-shocking_3160082.html 2],[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/28/ken-cuccinelli-martin-omalley-launched-bigoted-tir/ 3],[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/29/dhs-ken-cuccinelli-former-maryland-governor-was-screaming-and-cussing-in-barroom-tirade/ 4],[https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/34184-former-maryland-governor-has-unhinged-anti-trump-meltdown-in-washington-pub 5],[https://www.foxnews.com/media/cuccinelli-denies-leaving-omalley-dubliner 6] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:43, 28 November 2019 (EST)
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:::::::::::::::Some interesting immigration-related statements by Jared Kushner: [https://www.wsj.com/articles/jared-kushner-on-fixing-the-immigration-system-11576191454] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:33, 15 December 2019 (EST)
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Not a good statement, but Trump seems reluctant to support E-Verify: [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/20/watch-trump-very-tough-thing-to-ask-u-s-farmers-to-use-mandatory-e-verify/] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 13:06, 20 May 2019 (EDT)
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:Maybe not a good thing, but Trump and his administration have been mostly silent on a positive asylum rule change it recently made: [https://www.apnews.com/21c1b857c66c4d39b02203ed67ebcabf] --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 21:44, 22 July 2019 (EDT)
    
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== Defense Department ==