(12-14-2018 10:27 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(12-13-2018 10:38 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  In '13 under Obama, all 54 Dems in the Dem Senate voted to:
*double length of border barrier w/ Mexico
*spend $40B on border security
*end diversity visa lottery
*double # of border agents to 40K
What amazing new facts emerged to cause an extinction akin to the dinosaurs here?

And Dems have shown willingness to compromise and fund portions of the wall and increase further funding under Trump in exchange for a permanent legislative fix for Dreamers. Yet Trump and the Reps don't want to play in the sand box unless they get their way completely.
Did you forget that?

But they voted for all of that once, and now they are holding it hostage for one more thing. This is democrats' idea of compromise. You give us everything we want, and we won't give anything in return.

Agreeing to what they've already agreed to isn't giving anything in exchange.

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the wall. I'd give it up to get a true merit-based immigration system (which interestingly, despite Trudeau's whining, is what Canada has), raise the hurdle for amnesty to legitimate grounds, increase legal immigration, and permanent guest worker status for those here illegally, including the DACA kids. And any non-citizen who serves a full enlistment in the military with an honorable discharge gets fast tracked.