Trump's tough rhetoric on immigration has no bite and the republican controlled congress is still AWOL on the issue. And to think both kicked the can down the road until the November elections are over. In the mean time and just last week, Trump's Department of Homeland Security announced a record number of immigrants have crossed the border into America in the last 3 months since Trump's order to separate family at the border which he cancelled rather quickly.
And now Trump says he will send American troops to the border to seal the border and stop several thousand immigrants marching in caravan to the Mexico border who want to come to America. Twenty one months in office and tough talking Trump and the GOP still have no comprehensive immigration plan to introduce to congress. Not even to talk about and debate. All the country has is the President's rhetoric, a few executive orders and a fairy tale called zero tolerance which sounds tough with no bite. The bottom line is Trump and the GOP have no immigration plan and a comprehensive plan is the only answer to solve the total problem.
And to really get a feel how little immigration matters to the GOP, republican senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said just the other day the republicans will try to repeal the ACA again. Does that sound familiar? Immigration is not even on the GOP's radar. Its out of their view even though they have controlled both houses of congress for the last 3 years and 10 months.
Yes my fellow Americans, Trump and the GOP are cowards on the immigration issue. Their lack of action is proof. And to top it off, they made it a priority with their base and then betrayed them. Trump and the GOP blame game will no longer work. What is taken place on their watch is of their own doing and lack of a plan and policy. Blame is the game pitiful and coward politicians play, and both deserve Trump and the GOP. What a shame.
Note: History will record that the caravan from Central America moving into Mexico and looking to cross America's southern border will be known as "Trump's Caravan" for his failure to move his party to act on immigration reform and there fore encouraging immigration to America because of a lack of policy. And the Trump administration now say they will come out with a new immigration order to replace the previous order that was cancelled that separated parents and children at the border and that it will be announced before the November 6 elections. Just another seat of the pants order that will not solve the problem.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
