All of law school is an exercise in whataboutism. https://t.co/UwhbZknooq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 24, 2019
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The simple, humanitarian case for closing the border. https://t.co/3L9qIAeBsk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 24, 2019
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"Am I doing OK, Mr. Koch?" That 'cheap' immigrant labor costs us a lot https://t.co/u86y3UJ1e1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 24, 2019
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We pause this Twitter feed briefly for some whataboutism: https://t.co/8KSjcClAwg https://t.co/0PjJTzToMK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 24, 2019
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Fact check: True. The Obama administration commissioned a huge concen … I mean detention facility in Dilley, TX to try to handle a migrant surge. Realized that just releasing into the interior was a recipe for an even bigger surge. https://t.co/uT2tQLXva2 https://t.co/Q5oKDeodjP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 24, 2019
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And people could still be allowed to apply for refugee status at US embassies abroad or in their home countries. (That would stanch the flow too–the goal for most, after all, is not to petition for refugee status but to get into the US.) https://t.co/wLW2CM89KS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Maybe SCOTUS will rule (maybe they won't) that migrants still have a right to claim asylum if they sneak over the border. Still, they'd have to do that. Border patrol could try to prevent it. Hard to believe the flow that is overwhelming facilities wouldn't slow. https://t.co/SLLUpNVFF8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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If conditions at border facilities are overwhelmed & as bad as Hillary and others claim (others claim worse) that'd seem to create a powerful case for closing the border under Sec. 1182 (f) to stop a humanitarian emergency. No more asylum claims at border for 6 months. https://t.co/0PjJTzToMK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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[Need example-ed.] https://t.co/tljFgpKjCu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Thread … https://t.co/9OpyZciDFC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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“it’s basically an honor system.” https://t.co/h3Fqw1iUhq But this isn't like filling out a phony form. In this case the bureaucracy seems to be sluicing ineligible voters toward fraud unless they intervene to stop it. https://t.co/DPSPsaGV7W
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Wait. Even if they fix the "typo," New York now relies on newly-licensed non-citizens to OPT OUT of being registered to vote? Hello? https://t.co/kRVPKLn0hS via @nypmetro
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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"You can still participate if you do in fact support the administration, you just can’t talk about it here. …" Sounds like West L.A. https://t.co/sWIhPw1kCH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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If you can't deport people who lose their asylum hearings (because they don't qualify for asylum), why bother having the hearings? Everybody gets to stay anyway. Why argue about whether participants in "Alternatives to Detention" show up at hearings? They get to stay either way.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Which is another reason he may have *less* leverage now than if he'd just gone ahead and enforced the law without saying anything. Dems now think any constructive concessions will be portrayed as ransom payments, no? https://t.co/HHfllNaArI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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He might have SOME leverage if the MSM was on his side–eg 'Trump accedes to Pelosi request to stop normal law enforcement operation. Now will Dems deliver a solution?' But of course MSM will portray it as 'Trump takes hostage. Will Dems bow to pressure?' https://t.co/0IMjyKmmSn https://t.co/EqjSN8I1HM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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.@tweetdeck really doesn't want me to retweet this: "Sorry, you've made too many requests so Twitter has temporarily limited your access. Try again in a few minutes" https://t.co/GA4iwwn7kU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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In any case, Dems won't take such a deal. They want a full legal amnesty for another, non-asylum population (Dreamers + parents + as many other illegal immigrants as possible). They're happy with the 100's of 1000's of ersatz asylum seekers getting in. Don't see Trump's leverage. https://t.co/6bNZOJcWTh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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It's a mini-"comprehensive" trade: Amnesty (de facto) for enforcement, but restricted only to asylum cases. Will Dems just pocket the amnesty & then undermine the loophole-closing? In this case the amnesty could maybe be reversed, and might be hard to undermine a statutory change https://t.co/vWUWGMTgfZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Last two sentences make a good point. Trump seems to be going for an implicit deal: 'OK, Dems. All the bogus asylum seekers that have already gotten in get to stay (even though they lost in court) if you'll only help stop the bogus asylum seekers that might come in the future." https://t.co/EGWFFP8tqi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Man has a point … https://t.co/JdpOTUNqiG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 23, 2019
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Must be feeling some heat. Can't say Trump is aloof, not sensitive to criticism … https://t.co/mJEMAy9zaD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Trump deportation call-off not playing well with border-controllers … https://t.co/QgQCK8DUh1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Don't think it was @TuckerCarlson who talked him into this one … https://t.co/G1SC6to93D
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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So the official Dem position is "Once you're in, you're in. We don't deport anymore.' Is that Uncle Joe's position? Joe? Joe? … https://t.co/4FmRsfj8Gn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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