What Trump did not
mention in his address was quiet significant; “Putingate”. Of matters he did
touch on North Korea, Bipartisanship, the Infrastructure, the Economy and the “effects”
of the Tax Reform I am leaving for another time.
I want to focus on the “Immigration issues” as Trump presented
them and his plan to correct them.
Trump tied up the illegal alien issues with terrorism and
crime. He inferred that the M13 gang and its murders were typical examples of (all)
illegals. He alluded to aliens as being responsible for recent terrorist
actions in the past year, ignoring the fact that all had been the result of
actions by American citizens.
He sidestepped the questions of the expiration of DACA by
saying he was offering a better plan that would offer an easy road to citizenship for
three times the number of illicit residents than those called the Dreamers. He
did not emphasize that his plan called for TWELVE
years of residency (one hell of a long time) before becoming eligible or what was their security during the
waiting period.
Trump would
restructure the policies relating to “chain immigrations”; Trump said: “Under
the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited
numbers of distant relatives. Under our plan, we focus on the immediate family
by limiting sponsorships to spouses and minor children. This vital reform is
necessary, not just for our economy, but for our security, and our future.”
Per NBC’s Jane Timm,
that’s false. “Legal immigrants can sponsor their spouses, children, parents,
and siblings — but distant relatives, like cousins, cannot be sponsored for
residency. The family reunification visa process takes years or even more than
a decade, preventing "chains" from forming the way Trump suggests, as
Politico reported in detail. What's more, there are only so many family visas
that can be granted. The numbers are capped by the U.S. government.”
More significant, Trump tied
his acceptance of his plan to our funding the Wall that he promised Mexico
would pay for.
Apparently Bipartisanship is a
one way street; My way or not at al
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