04-05-2016, 09:09 PM
^ On the surface, Trump's "Mexico border wall funding plan" doesn't seem realistic to me. And, I question if it would be effective or compelling to the Mexican government.
I especially don't like the idea of using the Patriot Act as justification to pass executive orders requiring all "aliens" from all countries (legal or not, Mexico or anywhere else -- the way the memo reads) to prove legal residency status before they can wire money to other countries. Nobody asks people for I.D. and proof before they buy goods and pay sales tax to help fund state works.
Sending money out of the country does not constitute terrorism or a threat to national security. I don't know if Trump's proposal would be legally ruled to be covered by the Patriot Act, but it would be interesting to hear objective legal experts weigh in.
Secondly, I don't know if Trump is right about the bulk of money being sent to family members in Mexico being sent by illegal aliens vs. legal Mexican immigrants and how much his estimated $24 billion halt to individual Mexican families would motivate the Mexican government to change its firm stance. I'd like to hear what Mexico's leaders have to say about it.
Also, I don't like the idea of small businesses who handle money orders and such being burdened with a kind of immigration enforcement.
I think Trump is going back to "The Wall" because his rhetoric about it garnered him a lot of early support and he's looking to regenerate the base after a difficult week for his campaign.
I especially don't like the idea of using the Patriot Act as justification to pass executive orders requiring all "aliens" from all countries (legal or not, Mexico or anywhere else -- the way the memo reads) to prove legal residency status before they can wire money to other countries. Nobody asks people for I.D. and proof before they buy goods and pay sales tax to help fund state works.
Sending money out of the country does not constitute terrorism or a threat to national security. I don't know if Trump's proposal would be legally ruled to be covered by the Patriot Act, but it would be interesting to hear objective legal experts weigh in.
Secondly, I don't know if Trump is right about the bulk of money being sent to family members in Mexico being sent by illegal aliens vs. legal Mexican immigrants and how much his estimated $24 billion halt to individual Mexican families would motivate the Mexican government to change its firm stance. I'd like to hear what Mexico's leaders have to say about it.
Also, I don't like the idea of small businesses who handle money orders and such being burdened with a kind of immigration enforcement.
I think Trump is going back to "The Wall" because his rhetoric about it garnered him a lot of early support and he's looking to regenerate the base after a difficult week for his campaign.