Bloomberg Opinion thinks concern about the caravan is legit https://t.co/GweTuRNd8r
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Bloomberg Opinion thinks concern about the caravan is legit https://t.co/GweTuRNd8r
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 29, 2018
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Note: The first piece making a big deal of migrant caravans–"A Huge Caravan of Central Americans is Headed for the U.S." ("it will set up an enormous challenge to the Trump administration's immigration policies")–was in @BuzzFeed, not right-wing media https://t.co/n4A49szy7V …
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Incumbent Rule working against GOPs? https://t.co/F8Woym32Xx
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Thread on Kochs as mirror image of Soros (as alleged puppet masters) … https://t.co/ahRRzgbvC7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 29, 2018
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The first piece making a big deal of a caravan–"A Huge Caravan of Central Americans is Headed for the U.S." ("it will set up an enormous challenge to the Trump administration's immigration policies")–was in @BuzzFeed, not right-wing media https://t.co/n4A49szy7V https://t.co/8FXdLWVAMP
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.@RobertWrighter'offers an explanation why "many civility police haven’t condemned the mail bomber"—and why that doesn't necessarily discredit "criticism of lesser forms of incivility"–eg harrassing people at dinner // Mindful Resistance Newsletter: https://t.co/2Kom5x9k1E
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 29, 2018
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“The family had been furious over [the grandmother’s] decision to take the child with her to the United States, a decision, they believed, made with the hope that having a child with her would facilitate her entry, albeit illegally," into the US. [via @98sundevil] https://t.co/qE6E7qRGVG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 27, 2018
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Border Patrol Council Chief notes how caravan strengthens the case for the wall. To game the asylum loophole "you have to be able to put your foot into the United States" and get taken into custody. Can't do that from other side of a wall on the border ,https://t.co/btUTKlZUx9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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Still don't quite understand why — even if Congress doesn't change statutes — we can't accept asylum applications but make the applicants wait out the decisions outside the US — eg have hearings at embassy in MX. https://t.co/teGrcYvjDq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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V-useful survey of the caravan situation. Should we stop caravan even if it means "letting Cong. Democrats off the hook" for not plugging asylum loopholes? I say stop it. If it gets in, will Dems really feel pressure? Meanwhile, it'd send signal to world https://t.co/teGrcYvjDq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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"As border control improves and we (hopefully) do a better job of policing legal visitors to ensure their timely departure, bogus claims of asylum are going to become the primary way to circumvent immigration limits.z' https://t.co/teGrcYvjDq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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Even from a blind partisan viewpoint, seems silly to fight the story. Lock up the nut. Condemn. Feiler Faster Thesis suggests it'll be out of the news by Tuesday, no? (As long as-thank G-nobody injured). Meanwhile, the caravan marches on. Will still be marching Wed. PS Brett who? https://t.co/C0E3vNqXC5
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I note that on its face, this provision says the alien may "apply for asylum." It does not require that the alien be admitted physically to the U.S. while that application is being considered. https://t.co/EdJQpkUBC9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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"When white working-class voters focus on the white part of their identity [GOP] benefits. When they focus on the working-class part [Dem's benefit]." @Dleonhardt thesis. It's wrong! Workers have interest in immig control for tight labor mkt. That's Trump https://t.co/aa2PQvtdeb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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They'll get here. Last one took a month, but they went to Tijuana, a longer route t The effect isn't due to the caravan's size (though it's not small) as in the proof of concept–ie that you get in with easily concocted asylum claim. Others will follow. https://t.co/g0mdRI9uak https://t.co/6RGAG0FyIs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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We can call 'Pubelo sin Fronteras" an open-borders outfit, right? Its name basically means open borders. https://t.co/5sz3Yw4faB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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I guarantee you @voxdotcom hates Trump as much as the @NYTimes hates Trump. Vox's@DLind is just doing a better job. https://t.co/AeoXYZaHEe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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Campaign Mode @NYTimes ''appears to have' broken new ground in desperate awfulness. (Its news pages are not like an opinion section, because opinion writers have to justify their opinions. They're a *bad* opinion section–an artless election messaging operation.) https://t.co/vPrFhkY8Dl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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Campaign Mode @NYTimes 'appears to have' broken new ground in desperate awfulness. (It's news pages are not like an opinion section, because opinion writers have to justify their opinions. They're a *bad* opinion section–an artless election messaging operation.) https://t.co/vPrFhkY8Dl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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.@NYTimes says the border-closing"appeared meant as much to generate headlines to appeal to his anti-immigrant base" as to have an effect. Is there NYT reporting to back this up? None's in evidence. We don't read the NYT to find out what things "appear" to them to be … https://t.co/AeoXYZaHEe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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.@Voxdotcom seems to recognize this is a serious response, not just an election ploy. https://t.co/HBWVn4Zdzo But then Vox's immigration coverage is much more unbiased and accurate than the @NYTimes, especially when latter's in Campaign Mode. https://t.co/rniE7boohr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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Why frame this Trump move as an election "play" (alternatively, to satisfy his "whims")? @NickMiroff of @WashingtonPost makes clear, the caravan is part of a serious & growing immig. problem https://t.co/UKPkAuKv4n This is an oft-discussed response.https://t.co/QW8s11kCf6
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Thread … https://t.co/LKGiG8mLW3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 26, 2018
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Thank you, @DaveBratVA7th https://t.co/o8jaF89lML
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 25, 2018
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 25, 2018
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