BIDEN, afraid of losing the election, SAYS "BUILD THE WALL!"

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The Biden administration will waive 26 laws to build additional border barriers in the Rio Grande Valley, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register Wednesday, citing “high illegal entry.”

Construction of the wall will be paid for using already appropriated funds earmarked specifically for physical border barriers, and the administration was under a deadline to use them. But the move comes at a time when a new surge of migrants is straining federal and local resources and placing heavy political pressure on the Biden administration to address a sprawling crisis.

Border Patrol reported nearly 300,000 encounters in the Rio Grande Valley sector between last October and August, according to federal data. Last month, Border Patrol apprehended more than 200,000 migrants crossing the US-Mexico border, the highest total this year.

President Joe Biden – who, as a candidate, vowed that there will “not be another foot” of border wall constructed on his watch – has been plagued by issues on the border since his first months in office, when the US faced a surge of unaccompanied migrant children that caught officials flatfooted. Over the last two years, his administration has continued to face fierce pushback from Republicans – and at times, Democrats – over his immigration policies.

But a new surge of migrants has placed additional pressure on federal resources and tested Biden’s latest border policies only months after going into place, prompting fresh criticism from Republicans and concern within the administration over a politically delicate issue.

Migration along the southern border has been a relentless focus of the Republican presidential primary field and conservative media, and leading Democrats, including the mayors of New York and Chicago, have begun publicly demanding stronger efforts by the federal government to provide resources to accommodate arrivals.

Spending existing funds

The Department of Homeland Security had concluded “it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations, and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads” in Starr County, Texas, along the US border with Mexico, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in the filing posted in the US Federal Registry.

“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas,” Mayorkas said in the notice.

Construction of the wall will be paid for through a 2019 appropriations bill that funneled money specifically to a “border barrier” in the Rio Grande Valley, and according to Mayorkas, “DHS is required to use those funds for their appropriated purpose.” The funds needed to be spent by the end of fiscal year 2023, prompting the administration to choose to move forward this year with construction in south Texas, according to a source familiar.

US Customs and Border Protection had previously announced plans to design and construct up to 20 miles of new border barrier systems in Starr County, including light poles and lighting, gates, cameras and access roads, among other systems. CBP sought public input between August and September, according to the agency.

Among the laws the Biden administration is bypassing to build the wall are several of the same statutes the administration has in the past moved to protect, including: the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.

A CBP spokesperson said the agency “remains committed to protecting the nation’s cultural and natural resources” while implementing “sound environmental practices” to build the border barriers.

Engagement with Mexico

Migrant crossings at the US-Mexico border are expected to remain high in the near term, a senior US Customs and Border Protection official recently told CNN, though additional commitments from Mexico are expected to help eventually drive down numbers.

This week, Mayorkas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland and White House Homeland Security adviser Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall will meet with their Mexican counterparts in Mexico City for annual security talks.

Migration is expected to be a topic of discussion. Senior administration officials maintain that the US has been in regular touch with Mexico over the situation at the US southern border, including commitments to shore up enforcement.

This story has been updated with additional information.

CNN’s Jack Forrest contributed to this report.




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  • Out of My Mind and Time
    Out of My Mind and Time Posts: 1,333
    LMFAO!
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,843
    Wait, I thought the former president built a massive wall, as promised during his campaign?

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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,298
    is mexico paying for it, or are you paying for it?
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,298
    LETH GO BARNDENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,298
    ok MAGA posters, so apparently that money was appropriated for the border wall. biden tried to have them redirect the money to something else and they didn't. by law, that money has to be used for what it was appropriated for, so it has to go to the border wall. biden is not capitulating on the wall, they are following the law and using the money on what it was appropriated for.

    LETH GO BARNDON!!
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,800
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Wait, I thought the former president built a massive wall, as promised during his campaign?


    President Joe Biden – who, as a candidate, vowed that there will “not be another foot” of border wall constructed on his watch 

  • Out of My Mind and Time
    Out of My Mind and Time Posts: 1,333

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,843
    shecky said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Wait, I thought the former president built a massive wall, as promised during his campaign?


    President Joe Biden – who, as a candidate, vowed that there will “not be another foot” of border wall constructed on his watch 

    Wait, politicians lie?
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  • Out of My Mind and Time
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,298
    Out of My Mind and Time said:

    biden does not think the wall will work, genius. he has said it on several occasions.

    know why?

    BECAUSE WALLS DO NOT WORK!!

    look at that porous ass "wall" your boy built.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,298
    shecky said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Wait, I thought the former president built a massive wall, as promised during his campaign?


    President Joe Biden – who, as a candidate, vowed that there will “not be another foot” of border wall constructed on his watch 

    until he realized that the appropriated money has to be spent on what it was appropriated for.

    trump got impeached the first time for trying to do otherwise. he tried to withhold appropriated money for ukraine in exchage for them opening an investigation on joe and hunter biden. remember that one?
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,800
    Published October 5, 2023 11:57am EDT

    Department of Homeland Secruity (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated in a notice that there was an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged. 

    "There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996]," Mayorkas said.

    The administration had put a halt to new border wall construction in early 2021, after Biden had promised as a presidential candidate that there would "not be another foot of wall constructed [in] my administration." 

    The administration said wall construction under the Trump administration was "just one example of the prior administration’s misplaced priorities and failure to manage migration in a safe, orderly and humane way."

    Political commentators and media figures called out the Biden administration for its heel turn.

    "Remarkable," Trending Politics co-owner Collin Rugg wrote. "4 years ago this was 'racist.' Now they’re advocating for it."

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    gimmesometruth27 said:
    ok MAGA posters, so apparently that money was appropriated for the border wall. biden tried to have them redirect the money to something else and they didn't. by law, that money has to be used for what it was appropriated for, so it has to go to the border wall. biden is not capitulating on the wall, they are following the law and using the money on what it was appropriated for.

    LETH GO BARNDON!!

    The few MAGA here probably won't believe you.  They probably won't believe Reuters either but, what the hell, here it is:

    WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden said on Thursday he can't stop federal funds from being used to build sections of a U.S.-Mexico border wall after Congress appropriated the money, adding that he still does not think such a barrier works.

    Biden said he tried to get Congress to reallocate the funds for the barriers touted by his predecessor but that he could not by law redirect the money.

    "I can’t stop that," he said. Asked if a border wall works, he told reporters, "No."



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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,338
    LOL...maga really thought they had something. They'll go off ad nauseum about how he caved and ignore the facts as usual.
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  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,800
    Well, Biden better give his DHS Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, a phone call because Mayorkas' statement today was that he DOES want to build the wall. He did NOT say that walls don't work and that he wants to stop their construction.
    And he certainly didn't say that they were being forced to build them, against their will.
    TODAY, Mayorkas CLEARLY stated the opposite on the the U.S. Federal Register :

    "Department of Homeland Secruity (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated in a notice that there was an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged.
    There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996]".
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    shecky said:
    Well, Biden better give his DHS Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, a phone call because Mayorkas' statement today was that he DOES want to build the wall. He did NOT say that walls don't work and that he wants to stop their construction.
    And he certainly didn't say that they were being forced to build them, against their will.
    TODAY, Mayorkas CLEARLY stated the opposite on the the U.S. Federal Register :

    "Department of Homeland Secruity (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated in a notice that there was an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged.
    There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996]".

    There are too many disconnects in your statement and your quote isn't linked.  I know, those coffee breaks are just too short, right?
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,026
    edited October 2023
    Out of My Mind and Time said:
    LMFAO!

    Keep laughing bro. When Biden does something you like, same response?

    Earlier sent  you a pic of hundreds (hyperbole) of Central Americans climbing over your beloved wall. Because it works! 

    LAYESOED.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Lerxst1992 said:
    Out of My Mind and Time said:
    LMFAO!

    Keep laughing bro. When Biden does something you like, same response?

    Earlier sent  you a pic of hundreds (hyperbole) of Central Americans climbing over your beloved wall. Because it works! 

    LAYESOED.

    Sorry, L, but help me here... LAYESOED?  I can't even find that by Googling "LAYESOED acronym", haha!

    I don't understand why anyone would align themself with 45.  His legacy will be one of shame and foolishness and his backers will find one day that their heirs are embarrassed at the thought that their parents, grandparents. great grandparents, etc. supported that fool.
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  • Out of My Mind and Time
    Out of My Mind and Time Posts: 1,333
    This has to get the tree huggers thong in a pinch. LoL the left!

  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,800
    edited October 2023
    brianlux said:
    shecky said:
    Well, Biden better give his DHS Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, a phone call because Mayorkas' statement today was that he DOES want to build the wall. He did NOT say that walls don't work and that he wants to stop their construction.
    And he certainly didn't say that they were being forced to build them, against their will.
    TODAY, Mayorkas CLEARLY stated the opposite on the the U.S. Federal Register :

    "Department of Homeland Secruity (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated in a notice that there was an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged.
    There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas pursuant to sections 102(a) and 102(b) of [the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996]".

    There are too many disconnects in your statement and your quote isn't linked.  I know, those coffee breaks are just too short, right?
    The Mayorkas quote was already linked earlier in this thread.
     I repeated the quote for your benefit.
    The simple fact is, Biden is lyin' about why he is now going to build the wall, and his DHS Secretary proved it.
    Evidently, one of Joey's nannies read the polls to him and explained that he is losing badly, due primarily to the illegal immigration debacle. 
    That is the only reason Joey has reversed course on the issue.

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