Agree, I have experience with H1-B.

I am talking about something broader fro well educated (not just the rich) immigrants wannabees. Assuming there is a vetting process, why don't we want the best and brightest from other countries. I think there should be a special category to fast track them.

One thing I would like to see is eliminating dual citizenship which the US allows with some countries. That doesn't see right.

Only when I know there will be "fake news" involved.

Him wanting it is one thing.

The FBI granting it--that's a whole new ballgame

I think this article (from Pew, but seems to be based on DHS report, not on survey or anything) addresses that question.


Homeland Security produces first estimate of foreign visitors to U.S. who overstay deadline to leave | Pew Research Center

The answer is still pretty sketchy due to inadequacies in both information gathering and subsequent data collection.

The military requires sacrifice and risk, but this guy doesn't want to tell the truth unless he gets a cookie first.

There's a reason jailhouse snitch testimony is notoriously unreliable.

Yeah, overall not a great hard data, but if those estimates of 400K+ a year are anywhere close to correct, I'd think those make up a significant chunk of our illegals. Makes me wonder even more about the cost-effectiveness of a wall.

On another note, I would never have guessed that Brazil would be #3 on that list. I would have assumed a European country.

I forgot to buy stocks in Polonium.

I wouldn't have guessed Brazil immediately, but I've seen enough to know that they've got a serious upper middle class and upper class. ABInBev is run by a Brazilian. One of the first bank branches to be fully automated was opened in Sao Paolo in 2012. There's a ton of brutally poor people in Brazil, but there's also a well educated populace looking for somewhere else to live now that the economy there has collapsed.

The Clintons would have never let something like this Flynn thing get anywhere near this point. They would have offed the person a long time ago.

20+ bln to build then a few bln per year in increased overhead. Within a few years the cost to maintain blows the cost to build out of the water. That's more than a third of the proposed cost to increase military spending. Look what was cut to afford that. Hard to even argue about the cost effectiveness of it.

Well, the report does show a significant attrition rate. (dropping nearly 70k from just Sept til Jan). The indications being that those who overstay tend to not stay permanently at anything close to a 100% level.

Then again, I don't give two shits WHY they're here illegally, simply that they are is the offense.

Here is a way to save money AND protest our borders.
Shut down bases in foreign countries and bring all those soldiers home and place them on the mexican border. Cut off aid to other countries and spend it at home.

Problem solved.

Except for the unconstitutional aspect of deploying troops on American soil.

What's more is that the only people they've left alive to even talk about it only suspect all the shit they've done. They've cleaned themselves better than the "Wolf" himself.

Great idea, I wonder why no one else has thought of that. It's almost enough to make you think there's non-humanitarian reasons as to why the US has bases and soldiers in foreign countries.

Build a bunch of forts then. Use domestic workers. So now I have created jobs AND secured the border.

And, really, what President has let the constitution stand in his way in the last 40 years?

Remember to cancel all temporary work permits too.

To be fair, even if I knew I was innocent, I would still ask for this considering the situation. No harm in trying.

Same here, but this is still fun.

You won’t believe what Mike Flynn said on @MeetThePress in September 2016. pic.twitter.com/MwQC7MAbhK

— Randall. (@JRC_) March 31, 2017

Don't think I've seen a cost-benefit analysis of this. On the other hand, there would may/theoretically be reduced social services, less crime, more lower wage jobs available etc.

Nice irony, hypocrisy and karma.

It's a rational thing to do, it would just be nice if someone of consequence in government (or someone recently in government) once, ever, put their country first at great personal risk and sacrifice. That's why governments have many of the problems they do, everybody's obsessed with self-preservation and their own personal interests.

There's no harm in trying for him, but there is potential harm for the country. Anything he testifies about has much less value if he's getting something in exchange for it, and that testimony has almost zero value unless there's independent corroboration.

I hope the government can get to the bottom of things without him, and that he can just go down with everybody else. But those investigators, like him, will likely all be working in their own self-interest first, so there's a lot of potential roadblocks to that outcome.

I read speculation that this is an Oliver North type play. He isn't expecting the FBI to offer immunity, but if one of the congressional committees does it will make a future prosecution much more difficult. I expect the target is Nunes.

This is such bullshit. You've been reading too much Russian-based fake news, my friend.

@justinsink 12m
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after @MajorCBS asks about Flynn, Trump leaves signing ceremony without signing executive orders. Pence went and picked it up from desk



The best temperament.

The reactions of everyone else is what makes it amazing. It started with "what's going on?" and moved to "is this really happening?" with a touch of "try to act normal" rather quickly.

Gawd, he's such an utter ass.

Pence looks like he's kind of used to it.

Friend of mine overheard this in a bar (non-PC).

"Say what you want about the wall, but the Chinese built a wall 3,000 years ago, and there still ain't no Mexicans in China."

I laughed in spite of myself.

With sound it's even more bizarre.

Trump walked out of an executive order signing ceremony without having signed the executive orders pic.twitter.com/v0SjanotTe

— POLITICO (@politico) March 31, 2017

Nobody said anything until he started to walk away.

Remember guys, they don't make mistakes.

Yup, that changes the context completely. He wasn't pissed about a question about Flynn, he was... ??? I have no idea. Headed towards a nervous breakdown? Just going through the motions?

Yea, I watched it live now as well, and I agree, whatever he was doing, it wasn't about the question on Flynn.

That said, I remain resolute that he is indeed an utter ass, for past actions taken.

Is the podium inside the Oval Office new? Not a criticism or anything, just thought it seemed a little odd, and don't remember seeing that before.

Maybe he just had to poop

It looks like one of those too-drunk/high moments where he thought he was cool until he had to get up to the podium & speak, and then he said "fuck this, I need to lie down."

Pence: Mr. President, you forgot to sign the executive orders.

Trump: Just bring them along, I'll sign them on the can.

Pence: Yes, Mr. President.

This.

You know, looks weird but somewhat harmless. Considering his age, he gets a pass unless this starts to happen alot.

Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd ftw :D

When will Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd and @NBCNews start talking about the Obama SURVEILLANCE SCANDAL and stop with the Fake Trump/Russia story?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2017

I don't agree with much he says, but do kinda appreciate him using Twitter to connect with the common person. Obviously using it to move his agenda and sow confusion/misdirection but he is the first Twitter President.

Don't think its that big of a deal but interesting that Hannity publicly disagrees. Hope Trump twitter responds.

Hannity breaks with Trump on health care debacle - Mar. 31, 2017

Correction Mr. President, the "fake news" obama surveillance scandal you created so we would stop talking about your criminal activities?

Mark Cuban did a great job on twitter of explaining what's mostly likely going on with Trump and the Russia ties.

HRC took lots of money from countries and gave favors in return. Would this have gotten this long of a run had she won?

Of course not. She would have killed everyone.

You gotta keep up with your own posts!

Maybe a dumbass question but can't they just modify rules of engagement/deployment of the "Coast Guard" and use that branch of the service as cheap-ish border enforcement?

You mean, like emails?

Changing the mission statement of a branch of service is highly unlikely and extremely difficult. You'd arguably be breaking the contract of every current Coast Guard member.

I'm not sure I understand the big deal about Gorsuch other than its sour grapes by the Dems. He seems to be well qualified, well thought of, and doesn't seem to be as extreme as Scalia.

Gorsuch is obviously qualified for the position. So was Garland. Trump may be the king of the idiots, but there are still partisan jackoffs populating most of both sides of the aisle.

Was it 4 or 5 months? I cant remember.

Are you talking about the politicians or the people? I suspect that the main issue for the politicians is concern about getting primaried from the left, because many of the *people* on the left are bitter about Garland and they want their politicians to fight at all costs.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/28/politi...mail-timeline/

Investigation into her emails began late 2012.

I think they should be bitter about Garland. I'd be right behind Schumer(for probably the third or fourth time in his career, ever) if he went the 'we're filibustering until Trump sends us the rightful nominee Garland' route. Instead, he basically said that Gorsuch didn't convince him that he would be independent and follow the law. I think that's namby-pamby horse manure. Will be interesting to watch, because I think Gorsuch is exactly the kind of justice that should be on the court ... but I hate the idea of anyone benefitting from the kind of stonewalling nonsense that got us to this point in the first place.

You can't bring a knife to a gun fight. Remember that several GOP senators were laying the groundwork for never confirming a Dem nominee and reducing the court to seven members. Not only would the politics within the party be bad if the Dems cave, but capitulating on Gorsuch rewards the behavior of the GOP. They'll still get Gorsuch, but the Dems better make them own the end of the judicial filibuster. In the end that's at least a decent consolation prize.

Yay. More stupidity by the legislative branch. Games and more games.

We need to reform our system. But Im afraid this system is almost broken beyond being fixed.

The right move for the Dems is to filibuster Gorsuch. Keeps the base energized and is payback for Garland. I get a kick out of the argument that the Dems should play nice and wait for the next SC nominee to filibuster. McConnell will just invoke the nuclear option for that pick. He held up Obama's nominee for almost a year. Dems can't just roll over on this one. Playing to the middle doesn't work as Trump showed.

Having bases throughout the world is how we protect our borders. Tough to start a war with us when we can strike from so many places and have so many allies.

We can do that from here already. I think the technology has made that possible.

Time to put up the laser sats.

Trump was quoted below today.

The current NK stalemate will eventually lead to intercontinental missile capability and will be a much bigger threat then. I like Trump's bravado about not kicking the can down the road for another admin to deal with. Somehow, I don't think this is a bluff so China starts applying more pressure, he would keep all options on the table.

Trump Says United States Can 'Solve' North Korea Without China - NBC News

The WH is saying Kushner is currently in Iraq.

Of all the strange things in the Trump admin, Kushner as defacto Secretary of State is the weirdest.

I think he maybe misunderstood his father-in-law when he told him "Check out that rack"

Regardless of your political bent, that was a very funny line. Well played cartman

:+1:

Militarizing space won't have negative ramifications with Russia or China at ALL.

I see no way that proposal can possibly fail.

Bannon Removed From The National Security Council

Is Putin starting to lose his grip on the White House?

I'm willing to praise Trump when he does smart, reasonable things. This seems smart and reasonable (although with the caveat that it shouldn't have gotten this far). So well done.

Now, lets move on to infrastructure and stop with the tax reform and health care.

For fuck's sake.

The EPA is proposing to eliminate some rules limiting child exposure to lead. The total cost of the rules is about the same as half a dozen trips to Mar-a-Lago, with the bonus that we'll pay a lot more later for the costs of the low IQ and increased crime!

Everyone's children can turn out like Flint now.

I'm sure some of them will be like Lady Jaye.

Welcome to Virginia Joe, and to your fate!

So Devin Nunes can go back to organizing his sock drawer, or whatever else he's mentally capable of doing for 2 minutes a day.

Seriously, even if nothing's there that would directly implicate the Trump team, they're doing a fantastic job of making it seem like there is :/

Who cares? We will have laser sats. Knock out thos nukes. Take out a leader or 2.

I see nop downside.

Interesting read in internal "family" politics. I think Trump needs to be careful, I can see Bannon being spiteful and dishing out some real dirt.

Attention Required! | Cloudflare

Learn something new every day. Never seen/heard that portmanteau until just now. Clearly I'm not associated with enough conservatives I guess.

It's the word of choice for the 4chan/T_D subreddit part of the Trump base.

Your thinking is too small. Build a time machine and kill our enemies when they were babies.

No downside.

Yeah they could always build a wall to keep lasers out.

If Steve Bannon thinks Jared Kushner is a "cuck"... what does that mean he thinks about Ivanka?

Also, I'm glad to be alive in a time when "cuck" and "globalist" are equal insults to a certain part of the population.

Now this is thinking.

We need this technology for when the machines take over. So let us get on it now.

That he thinks he has a shot with her?

So, predictions if / what we do in Syria?

Unless Russia/Syria backs down, Trump will have to do some sort of military action. My guess is some sort of no-fly zone plus additional US troops on the ground in friendly areas.

He's already said a red line has been crossed so don't see him not do anything.

Tired of the Middle East.

Ban muslims from coming here and pull everything and everybody out. Start drilling here and become self sufficient and let them and God sort it out.

lol

lol, indeed. Especially since this current crisis was only brought upon because the Administration said we'll let the Russians take the lead in the Middle East. Oh wait, they don't give a shit that Assad is going to use chemical weapons? Oops... Surprise!

He isnt the 1st to use them and wont be the last.
So we get Assad out. The what? We have another unstable country that some extremist group will claim as their own.
And things will be worse.

It is a broken record. Never should have taken Hussein out of Iraq or Amin out of Libya.
Strong men in those countries are a must. But the stupidity that keeps happening because they are tribal people, will continue to happen.

Artificial borders placed by the West dont mean squat to them.

The Middle East is a money pit that takes lives.

What does any of this intervention do?

DJT to pool reporters

We're headed for a shutdown, aren't we?

Freedom Caucus chair: Government shutdown isn't likely - POLITICO

Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), who helped orchestrate the last government shutdown, said the Caucus has "six or seven" leverage points with the Trump administration to get what they wanted attached to a spending bill.

"The reason why I don't believe that there will be a shutdown is because of the other leverage points," said Meadows, who sat alongside Freedom Caucus members Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Justin Amash (R-Mich.). " … In any Congress, you have only two or three leverage points on must-pass pieces of legislation. This year, we've got six or seven different leverage points, and so those leverage points provide another opportunity."

Those leverage points, Jordan said earlier during the panel, included repealing and replacing Obamacare, overhauling the U.S. tax code and securing funding for the border wall, all of which President Donald Trump repeatedly promised during his presidential campaign.

"I think those other leverage points allows the shutdown talk to be minimized in a couple of weeks because there are other things that are following right behind," Meadows said.

This almostsounds like "We have so much leverage. So much much leverage. People will be tired of leverage"

Wait ... that exists?

Srsly?

I had no idea.

Much like TV channels and podcasts, everything exists in those places now.

Yeah. 4chan has a huge (YUUUUGE) Trump supporting contingent. Basically angry white dudes mad that they've failed at life and that no girls will ever fuck them.

It's only been 11 weeks Donald, come back when its 13.

Don't forget the subreddit algebra for the_donald (correlation of overlapping subreddits amongst users of the primary sub when you add or subtract another subreddit to see what remains).



(source: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ine-following/ )


4chan/reddit's trump userbase are just bad people, basically.

sounds like a Syria strike is coming soon.

Dola:

It has begun.

Jesse Rodriguez on Twitter: "NBC News: US military has launched more than 50 missile strikes on al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs, Syria"

#syriahoax

Seems to be measured as its focused on the airbase responsible for the chemical attack.