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— 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
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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
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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
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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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The (traditional) way out of this dilemma, for Dems, is to pocket the amnesty and then make sure the loopholes don't actually get closed (or get reopened) in the ensuing litigation … https://t.co/kAQlLdKK48
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Nor does it seem to make sense, morally, for Dems to say 'These Central Americans are worthy asylum seekers fleeing violence who deserve refuge–but hey, we'll screw them if you give amnesty to "Dreamers" and their parents' … https://t.co/lL28I1aTfw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Of course Dems (& Lindsey Graham) will be ready with a nice big amnesty as the price of loophole-closing. Will Trump cave? If there's going to be a Big Jared Sellout this would be an obvious occasion. But it wouldn't square with Trump's alleged turnout-based reelection strategy https://t.co/G1SC6to93D
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Makes it look more like Trump is scared of the media coverage of deportations–perfectly legal deportations after would-be asylum claimants have lost their cases. Trump is telegraphing weakness here and pretending he's telegraphing strength, no? https://t.co/UOIAuhZdxX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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I sense a pattern! The problem is Democrats aren't scared of a few hundred deportations the way Mexico was scared of tariffs (or, arguably, Iran might be scared of US military retaliation). https://t.co/G1SC6to93D
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Is This Town big enough for the both of them? https://t.co/OYY92aNlBD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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I scoffed when I read this (https://t.co/kNI7k0J70K) but maybe Tucker Carlson *should* win the Nobel Peace Prize … https://t.co/hDAxdb9VAv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Seems like the right attitude (for avoiding war). Missing from her Twitter feed, however. … https://t.co/tCCykeGBKh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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Now that you print that list, actually …. https://t.co/B7qknryEM4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 22, 2019
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