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Should the U.S. declare a national emergency at the Mexico border?

Declaring a national emergency at the Mexico border would grant the government special powers to address issues such as illegal immigration, drug trafficking, or border security. Proponents argue that a national emergency is necessary to rapidly allocate resources, strengthen border enforcement, and protect national security. Opponents argue that such a declaration could be an overreach of executive power, misrepresent the scale of the problem, and divert attention and resources from more effective, long-term solutions.

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 @TheHillbillyLord  from Maryland  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, the illegal immigration crisis is threatening our country and its borders. We need to declare a national emergency and urge immediate action to deport all the illegals and stop any further illegal border crossing into our country. The Latin Americans and Hispanics are bring their poverty and other problems to us.

 @B2K9QQ5 from Arizona  answered…4mos4MO

No, we’re not at war. Illegal Immigration would probably slow down if the process to become a citizen in the U.S. didn’t take so long. Drugs are everywhere in the U.S. and don’t just come from Mexico. Also if people want to take drugs and potentially kills themselves, that’s on them as long as it’s not forced on anyone.

 @B3534WX from West Virginia  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, but only if we focus on working with the Mexican government to take down the cartels and other malevolent actors both in Mexico and Central and South America.

 @B32H2TG from Minnesota  answered…3mos3MO

The one's that are committing crimes should be sent back, but the other one's don't deserve to be deported.

 @B2WFWZF from Ohio  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, the government's only duty is to protect it's citizens. Border security is national security. If random people can just hop across the border, what would stop our adversaries from sending spies across the border?

 @9992HTR  from GU  answered…3mos3MO

No, the USA should open up its borders and let in more immigrants. Diversity and compassion are a strength.

 @B42N2KP from California  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, and we should use military force against the cartels and any Mexican forces that do not comply.

 @B2YLFK9 from Texas  answered…3mos3MO

Not necessarily, I feel like we need to be more worried and focused on the illegal immigrants who are criminals and are hurting our nation.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…6mos6MO

Biden's Trash Talk: President Calls Trump Supporters "Garbage" Over Racial Jokes

President Biden sparked backlash on Tuesday when he appeared to compare supporters of former President Trump to garbage after commenting on a racist joke a comedian made at a Trump rally days earlier likening Puerto Rico to an “island of garbage.”The White House in a statement argued that the president was referring to the rhetoric at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday as “garbage.”“The President referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage,’” deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.It also provided a fuller transcript of the comment, which included an apostrophe with “supporter’s,” to indicate Biden was referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s “demonization of Latinos” as “garbage.”Hinchcliffe delivered a comedic set at a Madison Square Garden rally for Trump on Sunday in New York City that mocked Latinos, Jews and Black men and included a joke comparing Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.”And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage.’ Well, let me tell you something. I don’t — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or a Puerto Rico, where I’m from, in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been,” Biden said, according to the transcript provided by the White House.In a post on X, Biden himself asserted he was referring to the rhetoric from Hinchcliffe.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…7mos7MO

Israel Kills Replacement Hezbollah Chief

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his forces have killed the replacement for slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in another blow for the Lebanese militant group.Netanyahu, in a video address to the people of Lebanon, confirmed that Hashem Safieddine, who was expected to replace Nasrallah, was killed amid speculation of his death in a strike last week.“We have degraded Hezbollah’s capabilities,” Netanyahu said. “We have taken out thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah himself and Nasrallah’s replacement, and the replacement of his replacement.”It was not immediately clear who Netanyahu was referring to on the replacement of Safieddine, who was the chairman of Hezbollah’s Executive Council and a cousin of Nasrallah and has not been seen or heard from since an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday.Local Israeli media also reported on Tuesday that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told troops that Safieddine was likely killed.Nasrallah was killed in a late September strike, shortly before Israeli forces moved into Lebanon to take the fight against Hezbollah on the ground. Israel has since moved operations to the southern coastline of Lebanon and continues to hammer the country with airstrikes.Most of the commanders and high-ranking officials in Hezbollah have now been eliminated by Israel, which has been fighting against the Iranian-backed militant group for more than a year but has dramatically stepped up its attacks in the past two months.

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