Recent content by steross

I think Obama went after people that either were picked up at/near the border or they got arrested so they were already detained. No or few militarized "raids" like are occurring now.

A huge portion of the country didn't even believe he was American. Pretty sure they could have been mobilized if a situation presented itself.

We have never had a perfect border policy. I think non-judicial vs judicial deportations is a great public policy discussion. Ideally, all would be judicial, but I could see how that could overwhelm the system. I'm far from a subject-matter expert, but it seems that criteria for when each...

This is Trump in a nutshell. No longer does sovereignty of nations or treating others with respect apply. He is all about power and control at all costs. And, it is likely going to cost us all dearly.

Tough. If they acted like civil servants and treated people appropriately, they would not be all over video looking like thugs and there would be no reason to dox them. Border patrol has been arresting people for deportation for decades with no worries. This is not the correct response to the...

You didn't ask me, but IMO, it goes far beyond "illegal is illegal" to "if we can figure out an excuse, we will deport you." I'm pretty sure that this was posted before, but a legal combat vet sent to Korea for personal use drug offenses that occurred after he was shot twice for our nation...

Powell's term is up in May. I think it is time for the Democrats to play the same game the republicans played. Merrick Garland was nominated for the SCOTUS in March and they blocked confirmation until after the election in November. If possible, the democrats should block any patsy Trump...

Yes. They have done a brilliant job creating enough chaos to cover this.

Both are/were wrong or not sane. How one feels about the magnitude of wrong for each is really going to depend on perspective.

And, as suspected, complete suppression of investigation of this killing. Authoritarian Federal government prevents state level investigation. Authoritarian Federal government blocks investigation by the federal office that is supposed to investigate. If it is so very obviously self-defense as...

I really, really hope that the wealthy business interests of the country who have been avoiding any confrontation with Trump because despite the fact that he has lost his marbles, other than tariffs his policies have not harmed business that much. But, this is absolutely bonkers. I hope these...

I'm curious about this, as I think you are completely wrong about the feelings of "many" here. Please, if you had issues with the policy of deportations under President Obama, click this (my) post with a "disagree." I don't think this forum has a bunch of open-border advocates. It is just...

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https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-says-hes-inclined-to-keep-exxon-out-of-venezuela-after-ceos-skepticism-358d841c?st=gMoRe3&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Trump: President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to exclude Exxon Mobil from any oil deals in Venezuela, after the oil giant...