IT'S ALL ABOUT IMMIGRATION, CHAPTER XXVII: When establishment European parties finally defy progressive correctness and control immigration, "populism" stops gaining. Doh! https://t.co/xjozHjm0I0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 30, 2019
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Even if immigrants don't typically become homeless themselves, they use housing, driving UP rents–at the same time as they're driving DOWN wages. Result: More people who are already here are unable to afford a place to live, no? https://t.co/t8l4CMfN6K
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 30, 2019
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Note it was 30% of the kids who were chosen for testing because they were *suspected* of not being who they claimed. It's not 30% of
*all* the kids crossing the border unauthorized (with adults). https://t.co/NxTlFVEIMk— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 29, 2019
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Calm, fair analysis of this problem: They aren't "recycled," they aren't kidnapped. They're sent by their parents to pose as somebody else's kid, for which the parents are rewarded (eg with a discount from the smuggling fee charged by coyotes for their own illegal entry). https://t.co/NxTlFVEIMk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 29, 2019
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"Timing is perfect for Trump to use immigration to peel black voters from Democrats" https://t.co/il2IUiMIIO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 29, 2019
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"Nearly a quarter of those [voters] identified as possible noncitizens were actually naturalized citizens." Nearly a quarter. OK. But doesn't that still leave a significant mystery? …. https://t.co/sbdGTRGNbm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 29, 2019
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GOP lawmakers lay out border security proposals for DHS https://t.co/J3zqsmXV5U
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 27, 2019
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EU system is a kludge, no? According to this they aren't even sure who picks their president https://t.co/pNbmHXcri8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2019
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All the money is on the Loose Borders side … https://t.co/T42mbMs1aX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 26, 2019
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"A British prime minister who decides to crash out of the E.U. with no treaty arrangements on a Monday will wake up on Tuesday to discover that his immediate priority is … to write a new treaty with the E.U." [Why is that bad?-ed] https://t.co/D8QWK9Lu1S
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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Of course, CA's extreme version of "criminal justice reform"– Prop 47–has something to do with this high level of property crime. You can steal $950 a day–it's not a felony https://t.co/uz1DRwQghY (I realize this isn't the same as the bill that passed Congress.) https://t.co/pAx2WDzW3x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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LOWER EXPECTATIONS Re: Pro-Brexit showing in EU elections: https://t.co/buu5NgvY9M
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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They don't even have to ask for amnesty…they get in anyway! https://t.co/9kxGAPb4v8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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You have to wonder if the other (non-Miller) advisors were Koch/biz types annoyed that Cissna was too tough on guestworker programs … "Broken system" often means "We're not getting the cheap labor we want," no? https://t.co/szMThcnPEh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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Some knives out for Miller among border-controllers. Story now seems more complicated than MSM usually suggests … https://t.co/dlHYe3URvr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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Cuccinelli appointment going over well with border-controllers! https://t.co/hCaeLJ64Rb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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But "[e]ven if he is not confirmed, Mr. Cuccinelli is expected to be kept on at the Department of Homeland Security in some fashion." So he's not going to take Cissna's job? Was just used to knock out Cissna? https://t.co/7MAzGKzG7o
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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This isn't a tough number to calculate–not like how many people are happy, or hungry, or prepared for work. It's simple. What excuse is there for DHS to not give out the number? They are secretly building a lot of wall but want to spring it on everyone? https://t.co/weSQhePK4c
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 25, 2019
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Also: "Neumann’s role as a [DHS] senior adviser, the source said, was to execute Nielsen’s policy of stopping Trump’s policy initiatives and forcing Trump loyalists out of the agency." MSM coverage rarely gets down to staffer level, which is often where the action is. https://t.co/Lpoezwrret
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 24, 2019
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You can't say @JxhnBinder doesn't name names in his piece on anti-Trumpers at DHS blocking Trump on immigration: "Wolf [senior DHS official & former Nielsen COS] whom sources describe as an avid opponent of the president and his immigration agenda" https://t.co/81AeFLpBSy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 24, 2019
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Says "Obama holdovers in the agencies have slowed the regulation" designed to close the core catch & release loophole (the Flores rule requiring that minors be released into the US after 20 days) … https://t.co/uMvErgRsP5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 24, 2019
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Memory has dimmmed, but didn't we have a big debate about this in runup to Iraq war? MSM now flatly affirming the Bush/Cheney position? https://t.co/uqWhR9Rirj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 23, 2019
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"We're going to get the immigration money later." May get that printed up on a red baseball cap. It's the real slogan of Trump's presidency so far. https://t.co/ddoSHUsoKT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 23, 2019
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More evidence that once migrants get released into the country, they're here to stay, no matter how weak their asylum claim. The idea that they can always be deported seems to be a comforting fiction. https://t.co/rBXb6lpzrU https://t.co/KiNuPC2Y5B
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 23, 2019
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That won't do anything to stop the current Million-Migrant surge thru asylum loopholes, of course. Doesn't look like it will be stopped by executive action (eg czars). I suppose Trump might get amnestyless legislation if he knew how to get legislation … https://t.co/ygwTcYZiOv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 23, 2019
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