Victor Davis Hanson
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They've gone through the system and they've fled. So we've got about 2 million people we have to deport. And it's very hard when you have 600 sanctuary city jurisdictions and you have uncooperative local authorities in blue states. And it's very expensive. And they haven't got enough authorization from Congress. And so Donald Trump is very impatient.
Because they've got half the problem solved, but that problem of letting them in, it was easier to solve than asking them to leave. And what they need to do is start the deportations in mass of violent criminals, and they're going to have to find some way, I think Pam Bondi has been working on it, to coerce these blue state renegade officials to follow state law.
Because they've got half the problem solved, but that problem of letting them in, it was easier to solve than asking them to leave. And what they need to do is start the deportations in mass of violent criminals, and they're going to have to find some way, I think Pam Bondi has been working on it, to coerce these blue state renegade officials to follow state law.
Because they've got half the problem solved, but that problem of letting them in, it was easier to solve than asking them to leave. And what they need to do is start the deportations in mass of violent criminals, and they're going to have to find some way, I think Pam Bondi has been working on it, to coerce these blue state renegade officials to follow state law.
As far as the cutting off, that's mostly a... Donald Trump can only do that on the federal level. And most welfare or electric bank transfer, most of it, not all, but is state and local. But there are a lot of people under federal reimbursements for Medi-Cal or Medicaid, I should say. We call it Medi-Cal in California.
As far as the cutting off, that's mostly a... Donald Trump can only do that on the federal level. And most welfare or electric bank transfer, most of it, not all, but is state and local. But there are a lot of people under federal reimbursements for Medi-Cal or Medicaid, I should say. We call it Medi-Cal in California.
As far as the cutting off, that's mostly a... Donald Trump can only do that on the federal level. And most welfare or electric bank transfer, most of it, not all, but is state and local. But there are a lot of people under federal reimbursements for Medi-Cal or Medicaid, I should say. We call it Medi-Cal in California.
Medicaid, and more importantly, we have a big abuse of the Social Security Disability Program. It's a multibillion-dollar expansive program, and a lot of people who come here know that, and they get on disability on the federal level. So what he's saying is...
Medicaid, and more importantly, we have a big abuse of the Social Security Disability Program. It's a multibillion-dollar expansive program, and a lot of people who come here know that, and they get on disability on the federal level. So what he's saying is...
Medicaid, and more importantly, we have a big abuse of the Social Security Disability Program. It's a multibillion-dollar expansive program, and a lot of people who come here know that, and they get on disability on the federal level. So what he's saying is...
we've got to stop this in california they we passed 187 there's a big myth jack that pete wilson who was that he was just he and he suffered terrible uh popularity problems because he backed 187 that passed by over 60 percent of the california population and that led uh to a democratic renaissance under Jerry Brown. That's not true, actually.
we've got to stop this in california they we passed 187 there's a big myth jack that pete wilson who was that he was just he and he suffered terrible uh popularity problems because he backed 187 that passed by over 60 percent of the california population and that led uh to a democratic renaissance under Jerry Brown. That's not true, actually.
we've got to stop this in california they we passed 187 there's a big myth jack that pete wilson who was that he was just he and he suffered terrible uh popularity problems because he backed 187 that passed by over 60 percent of the california population and that led uh to a democratic renaissance under Jerry Brown. That's not true, actually.
There was, after we passed 187, Pete Wilson still enjoyed favorable, always did favorable popularity ratings. The courts will say, if you're here, then you're an American, basically, and you get everything. And that's not legally apt. And so, I'd mentioned that very controversial period. In 187, I was a professor at Cal State Fresno, and we had just demonstration after demonstration.
There was, after we passed 187, Pete Wilson still enjoyed favorable, always did favorable popularity ratings. The courts will say, if you're here, then you're an American, basically, and you get everything. And that's not legally apt. And so, I'd mentioned that very controversial period. In 187, I was a professor at Cal State Fresno, and we had just demonstration after demonstration.
There was, after we passed 187, Pete Wilson still enjoyed favorable, always did favorable popularity ratings. The courts will say, if you're here, then you're an American, basically, and you get everything. And that's not legally apt. And so, I'd mentioned that very controversial period. In 187, I was a professor at Cal State Fresno, and we had just demonstration after demonstration.
It was really, and they were burning the American flag, and some of my own students were doing it. And I ventured out there and said, do not wave the Mexican flag if you don't want to go back there, and don't burn the American flag if you want to stay here. It's incoherent. And we saw that again with those, when they shut down 101, the protesters were doing just that.
It was really, and they were burning the American flag, and some of my own students were doing it. And I ventured out there and said, do not wave the Mexican flag if you don't want to go back there, and don't burn the American flag if you want to stay here. It's incoherent. And we saw that again with those, when they shut down 101, the protesters were doing just that.
It was really, and they were burning the American flag, and some of my own students were doing it. And I ventured out there and said, do not wave the Mexican flag if you don't want to go back there, and don't burn the American flag if you want to stay here. It's incoherent. And we saw that again with those, when they shut down 101, the protesters were doing just that.
That's not a good thing for the Democratic Party, everybody. If you're here illegally, do not protest against immigration, your immigration status by burning the American flag and do not wave the Mexican flag, because that suggests to an outsider, whether that is a fair impression or not, that you love Mexico so much that you don't want to go back.