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9 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

The Rs have 2 of 3 levers of govt. They could fund a fast track courts to go through these quick(er). but as we saw the the R border bill in 2024, it's better to scream about it in the news than actually solve the problem.

Valid, and it also describes 99% of the gov, regardless of political affiliation. The whole lot of congress is mostly rhetoric and nil action. It’s all about elections and not about getting shit done, whether R, D, or I. 

[Lord Ratner]

10 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

Like you'd address it in a realistic way if he did.

Define "realistic way." It's a fairly ironic thing for you to say considering that in two posts you make this suggestion: 

 

9 hours ago, 17D_guy said:

They could fund a fast track courts to go through these quick(er).

Exactly which system do you exist under? Are you suggesting that the legislature create a new form of the judiciary that is not subject to appeal or review? Would this fast track system exist without a path to the supreme Court? Exactly what is a "fast track court" and how much funding do they require? Do the Republicans get to pick the judges for these courts? Would the illegal immigrants still have the right to taxpayer-funded legal counsel? Are we going to fund "fast track attorneys" to handle this process? There certainly aren't enough public defenders to handle 20 million immigration cases "quick(er)", so would these fast-track attorneys be required only two weeks of law school instead of the full 3 to 4 years?

 

Personally, I love the idea of an immigration court with no right to appeal and Trump-selected judges that will run through ~ 5,000 cases per day. Unfortunately, even then it would take 11 years with no holidays or weekends to process the 20 million illegal immigrants floating around our country. 

 

Now, who's not addressing things in a realistic way again?

 

There is, flat out, no realistic way to provide millions and millions of illegal immigrants the due process that we would consider constitutional for an American citizen. That is an inescapable reality. The progressives are making this argument because they know the only solution under this context is amnesty, because we will bankrupt ourselves before we are able to process that many people through our current legal system.

 

As I said before, I am 100% in support of due process for any illegal immigrant that we are attempting to put into prison. But sending you back to the country you came from is not punishment. It is simply a response, and a rational one. And if you as an illegal alien parent decide to take your American citizen child (anchor baby) with you, that is not equivalent to deporting an American citizen. That is a mother choosing to stay with her child.

 

There is a very real debate around the criminal illegal aliens that we sent to a Salvadorian prison. Unless they were Salvadorian in the first place, in which case, I don't care what El Salvador does with them once we sent them back. That tactic needs Supreme Court review.

 

You just don't like the answers you're getting. That doesn't equal dodging the question. 

Edited Thursday at 10:01 AM by Lord Ratner

[ClearedHot]

On 4/10/2025 at 12:43 PM, Banzai said:

And after today?

I rarely play short ball in the market and that strategy has worked out ok for me.  As of today the DOW is only down 1.5% over the past six months.  I was very fortunate to have a bunch of cash sitting on the sideline from a recent business deal.  Using a professional I bought several blue chips on the dips (including NVDIA at $96, IBM at $227 and Microsoft at $360), and am now WAY up for 2025.  YMMV

I love the laugh comment from Day Man...must have been shorting.

[Banzai]

11 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

I rarely play short ball in the market and that strategy has worked out ok for me.  As of today the DOW is only down 1.5% over the past six months.  I was very fortunate to have a bunch of cash sitting on the sideline from a recent business deal.  Using a professional I bought several blue chips on the dips (including NVDIA at $96, IBM at $227 and Microsoft at $360), and am now WAY up for 2025.  YMMV

I love the laugh comment from Day Man...must have been shorting.

Nice!

[StoleIt]

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Edited 5 hours ago by StoleIt

[arg]

6 hours ago, StoleIt said:

[Day Man]

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