Amid Massive Surge, DHS Secretary Mayorkas Insists Southern Border 'Is Secure' and 'Not Open'

"The border is secure and the border is not open. We are expelling, under the CDC’s public health authority in light of the pandemic, single individuals who arrive at the border. We are expelling families, under that same public health authority, limited only by the capacity of Mexico to receive them," Mayorkas said, adding they are "not expelling children who arrive unaccompanied without a parent or legal guardian."

And a partridge in a pear tree...

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ElwoodBlues · M

Meanwhile, smugglers have cut thru Trump's "border wall" over 3000 times! Turns $100 worth of cordless power tools renders Trump's "big beautiful wall" irrelevant. Why did Trump waste so many billions on a completely ineffective barrier??
[b]https://www.news10.com/news/report-smugglers-cut-through-trump-border-wall-over-3000-times/[/b]

Smugglers can quickly cut a panel near the bottom and swing it out to let a crowd of people thru. SAD!!

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues

MarineBob · 56-60, M

@ElwoodBlues time to test fire your weapons

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 Building the border back better because Trump's wall is an abject failure.

Smugglers can quickly cut a panel near the bottom and swing it out to let a crowd of people thru. SAD!!

@MarineBob [quote]time to test fire your weapons[/quote] I thought I was supposed to value life!?!?

MarineBob · 56-60, M

@ElwoodBlues are they border crossers or moving targets

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ElwoodBlues · M

@MarmeeMarch Trump's "big beautiful wall" is those pieces of angle iron. Trump's "big beautiful wall" is a piece of crap. It's totally porous. The billions of dollars spent on it were wasted.

Smugglers have cut thru Trump's "border wall" bollards over 3000 times!
[b]https://www.news10.com/news/report-smugglers-cut-through-trump-border-wall-over-3000-times/[/b]

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues "When encountering individuals in dangerous environments, Border Patrol Agents (BPAs) should take extra law enforcement safety precautions. Whatever the situation encountered, such as a river, canal, or other waterway; the border fence, wall, or other barriers keep the following general guidance in mind:

If individuals are “staging” along the United States international border, BPAs may use deterrence measures, give instructions not to cross, and/or contact foreign government partners for assistance.

For everyone’s safety, it is recommended that BPAs do not attempt to apprehend or arrest anyone in a waterway, on the border fence or any other dangerous barrier. Arrests should be made in an area where it is safe, such as once the migrant makes landfall or come down from the fence.

BPA’s will not forcibly guide individual(s) back into waterways or other unsafe environments.

BPAs will not forcibly remove anyone from the United States at the border. Migrants must be inspected and processed for appropriate dispositions."

dude, your clownish gubberment has prohibited the enforcement of Federal law, which as we all know only applies when the gubberment is in the mood

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 DUUUDE!!! [i]Admit it!!!![/i]
Trump's "big beautiful wall" is an [i]ABJECT FAILURE!!![/i]
And your attempt to divert won't change that fact.

Smugglers with cordless electric tools can quickly cut a bollard near the bottom and swing it out to let a crowd of people thru. SAD!!

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues

ElwoodBlues · M

@sunsporter1649 That's not a wall, dude, that's FENCE!! Don't you know the difference?? A fence works when you have people to man it and patrol it. The lack of such people is a big part of why Trump's "wall" is such an abject failure!!

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues Yes, we know, bees are really fish, rocks are racist, and left-wing nut-job marxists like you are convinced the southern border is secure, right?