Friedman: Solution To Immigration Is A ‘High Wall - wants Pelosi to negotiate w/Trump

[anatta]

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman explained on Wednesday on CNN how he thinks the U.S. government can solve the situation at the border, following his trip there.

Friedman’s appearance on the network corresponded with his op-ed from the day before, in which he described the port of entry at San Diego a “troubling scene.”

“Wolf, I’m as radically pro-immigration as they come. But, it’s pretty clear to me and unless we can assure a significant number of Americans that we can control our border, we’re never going to have proper immigration flow. I think we need, we desire, and that we actually have a moral responsibility given our history as a nation of immigrants,” Friedman stated.

We have a president who actually, when you think about it, Wolf, he has the chops with his base.
If he were to sit down, call Nancy Pelosi up, say ‘we’re going up to Camp David. You bring your immigration team, I’ll bring mine. I’ll leave Stephen Miller at home,’ and we will actually sort out a compromise here.
Where, cause Democrats were ready to fund more border security, but at the same time we’re going to create a legal pathway for people here, limits the number of ICE arrests and we’re going to have a rational inflow of people,” he continued.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/24/n...n-border-wall/

[StoneByStone]

Tons of illegals come here by plane and by underground tunnels. But, sure, a wall will solve everything.

[anatta]

Friedman is a fake expert on the middle east, and a leftist Russiaphobe - but he's not stupid.

It took a trip to the border for him to see what we see every day on the national news; but he's finally past the
Democratic mantra of "it's a manufactured crisis" on the border.

Of course Pelosi is not, so the festering problem continues daily

[anatta]

Tons of illegals come here by plane and by underground tunnels. But, sure, a wall will solve everything.

they don't come by plane -they overstay visa,but with VISA overstay we still know who they are ( to get a VISA)
and we can control their immigration.

New fence designs have deep footers, and are much more difficult to tunnel under.

But I see you too haven't seen the hundreds of people walking across the border in groups constantly shown on the news which a border wall would stop

[USFREEDOM911]

Tons of illegals come here by plane and by underground tunnels. But, sure, a wall will solve everything.

Please show where ANYONE has suggested that the wall will "solve everything"!!

[anatta]

Please show where ANYONE has suggested that the wall will "solve everything"!!

no one solution solves everything ( as you know) but it will stop this

[USFREEDOM911]

no one solution solves everything ( as you know) but it will stop this

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY.

Even a journey of 1,000 miles, begins with a single step; but liberals seem to believed that if a solution doesn't solve 100% of a problem, then there's no reason to even begin.

[StoneByStone]

Please show where ANYONE has suggested that the wall will "solve everything"!!

“The whole day left me more certain than ever that we have a real immigration crisis and that the solution is a high wall with a big gate — but a smart gate,” Friedman wrote, which Blitzer read on the air.

Did you even click the link?

[StoneByStone]

But I see you too haven't seen the hundreds of people walking across the border in groups constantly shown on the news which a border wall would stop

Yes, but it won't solve the problem, which is what Friedman is saying.

[USFREEDOM911]

“The whole day left me more certain than ever that we have a real immigration crisis and that the solution is a high wall with a big gate — but a smart gate,” Friedman wrote, which Blitzer read on the air.

Did you even click the link?

Are you suggesting that his comment referenced ALL immigration, instead of the stated CRISIS??

[StoneByStone]

Are you suggesting that his comment referenced ALL immigration, instead of the stated CRISIS??

There is no crisis. And when you say something is "the solution," it means it's the one thing you have to do to fix the problem.

[USFREEDOM911]

There is no crisis. And when you say something is "the solution," it means it's the one thing you have to do to fix the problem.

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT, those 10s of thousands of illegal border crossers are just on holiday.

And no it doesn't mean it's a SINGLE SOLUTION, it means you have something that can be used to address a part of the problem.

[dukkha]

Yes, but it won't solve the problem, which is what Friedman is saying.

dude: Friedman said this

solution is a high wall with a big gate —— but a smart gate,”

the big gate is immigration policy comprehensive updating but also the high wall is the border wall

[cancel2 2022]

There is no crisis. And when you say something is "the solution," it means it's the one thing you have to do to fix the problem.

There are times when you actually make sense, sadly this isn't one of them.

[Jack]

It's a 'political' stance in the realm of 'Vote-getting'.
Trump is able to 'prove' to the American Voters that HE supports Working Americans while Democrats are Elitists, totally ignoring the Working Class and their Problems.

It's like Hillary focusing on Transgender Bathrooms while telling Coal Workers she'll be eliminating THEIR jobs.

--->If Trump was really concerned, he would have taken this up when he had a Republican Congress<---

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman explained on Wednesday on CNN how he thinks the U.S. government can solve the situation at the border, following his trip there.

Friedman’s appearance on the network corresponded with his op-ed from the day before, in which he described the port of entry at San Diego a “troubling scene.”



We have a president who actually, when you think about it, Wolf, he has the chops with his base.
If he were to sit down, call Nancy Pelosi up, say ‘we’re going up to Camp David. You bring your immigration team, I’ll bring mine. I’ll leave Stephen Miller at home,’ and we will actually sort out a compromise here.
Where, cause Democrats were ready to fund more border security, but at the same time we’re going to create a legal pathway for people here, limits the number of ICE arrests and we’re going to have a rational inflow of people,” he continued.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/24/n...n-border-wall/