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    It seems Mr Big Mouth blew the deal.

    From the NYT:
    The immigration authorities planned to continue making arrests throughout the week. They identified at least 2,000 targets of the operation, but may ultimately arrest far fewer. In most such operations in the past, only 20 to 30 percent of the targets have been apprehended.

    Because agents cannot legally use force to enter the homes of their targets, they rely on the element of surprise to be successful, suggesting that the current, highly publicized operation could yield an even smaller proportion of arrests.
    Back in the 70's I was running a plant (my first one) in Linden NJ--just outside NYC. By far, the majority of the work force were from Columbia and although this was long before E Verify I have to believe most were here illegally.

    They had an underground that was amazingly active--and accurate. If they got wind of ICE activity in the area they didn't show up---it shut the plant down!

    Because of that experience I had watched the current dog and pony show from the WH with "expectations"----and nope---I wasn't disappointed.

    I do not support illegal immigration---but this is almost comical
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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    The speaker of the house and third in line to the presidency telling all illegal immigrants to obstruct and resist arrest probably did not help much either except she is not only Ms. Big Mouth she is a diseased partisan who could care less about the crisis as long as her party prevails in 2020. Now I await the next Trump rant....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Honda View Post
    Now I await the next Trump rant....
    Man, oh man. That's a daily event.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UTAH View Post
    Man, oh man. That's a daily event.

    Hunter
    Yeah I got drawn back into it again after sitting out. Need to rethink that. Same old stuff everyday. I think Trump is doing a decent job and others hate his guts. Not going to change.
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    I think you're right on, Honda.

    Hunter
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    Well, Tom, you are right. I'm one of those who like what he is doing, but not what he is saying.

    Just think what would have happened if FDR had announced D Day a few days in advance. It's a good thing we didn't have Twitter way back then!
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