Do we need a wall? Absolutely. Do we need it now? Absolutely. Do we have a border crisis? Absolutely. So what’s the problem?
We’ve heard comparisons between Donald Trump and Nehemiah, the quintessential wall-builder from God. Now, Nehemiah actually did build a wall. Trump, on the other hand, hasn’t gotten past Chapter 1, Verse 1. Apparently God has called Trump to build the wall, but unfortunately Paul Ryan has tricked God.
As of February 22, 2019, two years into this man’s presidency, there has been a big fat zero of miles of new wall built. All we got so far is repair and replacement work and it’s not wall. It’s bollard fencing. Now that is pretty tough: steel tube packed with concrete and rebar supposedly. But an oxygen-acetylene torch and a cordless saw with diamond blades for concrete is pretty tough too. They do make ladders in Mexico by the way. Can you picture magnetic repositionable climbing holds? Anyhow, effectiveness of bollard fencing is moot, I suppose. The point is we’ve been given a lot of promises, tweets, and rhetoric, but no wall.
Back in October 26, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen held a press conference right next to a fence that the Trump administration was touting as the first section of the wall to be completed.
Hurrah! The first transport is away! Well, it was only 2 miles long, and it took 8 months to build. So at that rate… Let’s see? Lets do the math. 2 miles in 8 months? That’s the same as 3 miles in 1 year. 2000 miles divided by 3? That is a whopping 667 years. But if we expedite things and work a little OT, maybe we can get this done in about 500 years? And there’s much reason for hope because Trump just tweeted a few days ago that we are ahead of schedule. Please.
I thought Trump was some divinely appointed wall builder of the likes of Nehemiah as these MAGA-maniacs would have you believe? You want to talk bible? Let’s talk bible. Yes, Nehemiah built a wall. But there was more going on that was far more important than the wall. Listen to his words:
We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. (Nehemiah 1:7)
I’m not even going to address the spiritual state of our nation and our turning from the Word of God. Maybe I should. But our country does have commandments, statutes, and judgements. And these are the areas where we have erred and dealt corruptly.
I hope it’s clear now, two years after we captured the House, Senate, and Presidency all in one, that simply capturing control of all three of these alone is a failed policy. Now we’ve lost the House and almost nothing has been accomplished. And anything that has been accomplished, was done via the Executive Branch and will consequently be undone the second a Democrat takes office; which may be sooner than we think.
In the same interview mentioned above where the Trump Administration boasted about completing 2 miles of FENCE, Kirstjen Nielsen said this:
The big problem is… The way that our system works… We have a very low threshold for what we call the the Initial Credible Fear Interview. We have about 80-90 percent that pass that interview. Once that occurs, they then come into the United States, they’re given a work permit, and they begin to go through the asylum process which involves the judicial system and immigration judges. At the end of that process (We have a 700,000 backlog currently) only 20 percent are determined by a judge to meet the United States statutory requirements for asylum.
So essentially most everybody that comes to the United States’ door and applies for asylum is allowed to walk freely into our country. They catch them. They take them in. They give them the Initial Credible Fear Interview. They pass with flying colors and then disappear into our society. Mind you, the 20 percent that do eventually meet the requirements are of those that actually follow through with the process. Most don’t.
Nielsen said, “The big problem is… The way that our system works…” This is our system of commandments, statutes, and judgments. This is where we are failing. Trump was elected because he promised that he would do something about our borders and illegal immigration. We were warned that electing a life-long liberal Democrat as our Republican nominee was a mistake. We had true principled conservatives on the ballot to choose from. But no. All we heard was MAGA MAGA MAGA. Now look where we’re at.
- We lost the House.
- We got 2 miles of fence complete on a 2000 mile border.
- Illegal immigration numbers are just as bad if not worst than it was at the end of Obama’s presidency.
- We’ve sent over 5000 of America’s finest at the border and nothing has changed.
- Obama’s DACA is still in full swing and Trump has tried repeatedly to give them amnesty.
- Catch and release has not ended. It’s gotten worst.
- Sanctuary cities are still getting federal immigration dollars.
- Our citizens are still getting killed by illegals.
- Absolutely no money has been allocated to build new wall.
- Amnesty for UACs and their sponsors is now law.
Why? I’ll give you some more bible, the words of Jesus himself:
These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. (Matthew 23:23)
Trump and all the supposed conservatives’ focus was on this wall. He had no plan or a sorry plan to deal with the perversion, corruption, and usurpation of our commandments, statutes, and judgments. To think we could have solved our problems from a purely executive standpoint is not conservative.
We’ll never make meaningful changes in that manner regardless of how tough the candidate claims to be. A tough executive branch with no plan to deal fundamentally with the perversions, corruption, and usurpation in our government is not a win for freedom but indeed a loss. It’s half-time now. We’re not winning. The lack of progress we’ve made, particularly regarding our southern border, is a serious indication that we need another strategy.
So now what? I don’t know about you. But I don’t like being lied to. Don’t tell me that we’re winning when we’re not. Don’t sign legislation that restricts building of new wall, expands catch and release, and gives amnesty to criminals; and then turn around the same day and tell me there’s a national emergency to build a wall. Shut up!
Where do you go from here? If the Trump train is going nowhere, then where and how do we get off of this thing? There’s a lot of MAGA-maniacs out there that will not hesitate to call you a liberal, or un-patriotic, or all manner of vitriolic nonsense if you dare question all this winning that we’re getting so tired of. Do we have to support this President no matter what?
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. (Exodus 17:11-12)
I know Trump is no Moses. But I don’t see any reason to stay up Trump’s hands if there just isn’t any prevailing going on, or winning. If there was maybe just a flicker of light at the end of this tunnel, then maybe I’d consider giving him the benefit of the doubt. But 2 miles of fence in 2 years is not going to cut it. Illegal immigrants still just walking into our country unabated is not going to work. I want my money back.
Please read my other article on this matter Illegal Immigration, The #1 Reason Trump was Elected.
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