Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Border apprehensions hit lowest level since March, USCIS credits Trump" video.

I agree but you don't go from 100 mph to 0, instantly. If you can drop this much every month, that's not only good, it's great. Let's see what the next few months brings so we can really assess whether it's working or not.
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@RSTI191 Not yet, but it is hopeful that we're going in the right direction. If you really thought that June would see 100,000 arrested and July....0 arrested, then you're only fooling yourself. It has gone down and if you're responsible for that job, you'll feel as if you should keep it up. If it goes down again this month, keep it up. This isn't going to be a sudden magic stop. It's hard work and determination and I'll bet 0 will never be achieved. The idea is to get the numbers to go down, consistently, until they get to a point that is manageable.
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@turdferguson6157 Please stop with the talk that divides the country. It's people like you that cause the hate and dissension that's drawing the line in the sand, separating families and breaking up friendships. If there IS a reality that someone isn't getting, show that person what that reality is. You're no better than an 8 year old in a schoolyard, yelling insults and bullying those that he doesn't like. Grow up......PLEASE.
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@jimmilne5549 Now, you're doing it. Vague insults accomplish nothing. Open and honest discussion, however, does just that. As long as you behave the way that you are and the way that you feel Trump behaves, there will never be a solution at the border. Just 2 groups of people yelling over a metaphoric wall of their own making. Like a bunch of children. EVERY country in the world has immigration laws and standards. EVERY country in the world insists that you go to official checkpoints to register your entry and the reason why you want to visit. You MUST have a passport to enter and then demonstrate your reason for entry and when you expect to leave. Try it, yourself. Get on a plane and go to Italy without a passport. See how far you get and how many happy tourist pictures you'll take while you're there. I'm guessing zero pictures. This isn't a US/Mexico border issue. This is an international issue and involves every country on the planet. I get why you don't like Trump and I can't blame you for that, but this isn't about Trump, because if it was, you'd be able to go to Italy without a passport....and you can't.
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@lordbread2083 I can't speak to that because I can't see into the future. Also, what's the difference between Trump's wall, Bush's fence and Obama's barrier? Nothing, except the size and scope of it. EVERY country in the world demands a passport for entry. Britain, France, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Iran, Kenya.....EVERY ONE OF THEM. Yet for some inexplicable reason, we have these people that believe that the US is racist if they insist that you have a passport if you want to enter at the southern border. The ONLY reason that the wall may never get built is due to the same people that believe that ONLY the US should not be allowed to ask for a passport for entry and to control their own borders. That's the only reason.
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@Thebobbyman Yes, there is. The wall that is being proposed is also bringing with it a road, so border patrol agents can monitor activity more effectively. Way better than having to walk through miles of desert to monitor the borders. It's set up a line, which isn't easy to cross, that any potential illegal can see and understand that this isn't to be breached. If you're on your own side of the wall, you're good. If you're on the other side, you're in violation of a law that forbids illegal entry into another country. EVERY country in the world has these laws. That's why you need a passport to travel. It also makes it easier to set up surveillance equipment, so agents can be used in a more effective way. It's a clear cut guide for aerial surveillance, so they can monitor activity on both sides of the wall and then the roads, built while building this large, comprehensive wall, can transport the trucks and agents quickly to any problem areas. That's only a start. There is definitely a point to the wall. The point is only lost if you're politically motivated and allowing that to cloud your perception.
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@Thebobbyman "Seems like a waste of money" The agents that work on that border don't "seem" to agree with you. They say it would make their job a LOT easier. The immigrants that are dying are the ones who are trying to cross in the middle of nowhere. They're dying of exposure and heat exhaustion because they want to avoid those fences and barriers. Yes, you do have to go to legal points of entry. If you don't, you're in violation of United States Code 1325. That's the law. On top of that it's easier to get there because that's where the roads are and food and water is available so they don't face the perils of the desert. The only reason that they would walk through a desert, instead of a paved highway, where they might even get a ride, is because they KNOW that they don't qualify as a true asylum seeker. They want in anyway so they try to circumvent that requirement by sneaking in through the desert.
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@jimmilne5549 Did you not read my comment at all? I said that you have good reason to NOT like Trump. I'm talking to you about YOUR attitude and it's no different than Trump's attitude. Behaving in the same way that he does solves NOTHING and it is only serving your own sense of superiority. Like it or not, he IS the president and for the US to accomplish anything as a nation, right now, you have to work with him. You either sulk and hate on him, in effect accomplish NOTHING as a nation, or you put aside your personal differences and see what can be accomplished. I do that every day at work. There are people there that I don't see eye to eye with, but that isn't a good enough reason to stop working with them. If it was, our company would go bankrupt and right now, I see the US going through the worst cultural crisis of my lifetime and the Democrats aren't all innocent in this. They are absolutely refusing to work with the president and like an employee who won't work with others they are accomplishing nothing.
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@lordbread2083 I guess you didn't read the part of the road that will be built while making this wall, that will allow border agents and their trucks to get to problem areas quickly and effectively, did you? You didn't read how surveillance equipment could by easily installed on the top of that wall to monitor activity on both sides of the border, either. You didn't see where I said that it makes a clear demarcation line that everyone can see, nothing vague about it, that makes it easier to know where one can detain people or not. It's not just the wall, it's everything that goes with it. All you did was repeat an earlier comment and not address ONE point that I made.
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@jimmilne5549 Trump is only dividing because the Democrats are allowing the division to happen. He has a stance. They have the freedom to disagree but they're doing more than that. They're refusing to work with him. Anyone that does visit him at the White House is vilified and shamed. That's they're contribution to the division. They can still work with him and at least come to terms on things that they do agree on....but they don't. That's division, as well. One side has to be the bigger side. If Trump is unwilling than it has to be the other. If the other is unwilling, then they're both responsible. Then all you're doing is pointing and blaming. That's childish on both ends. "Not my fault, it's his fault" is the argument I got from my kids.
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@lordbread2083 Sorry about that. I had you confused with another commenter who basically said the same thing. My bad. However, if you read my comment about all the side benefits, you will get the gist of what I'm trying to say. A solid road must be built to carrying the heavy equipment and the materials to build the wall. That road will become the patrol road that will carry agents and their trucks to problem areas. The wall will also be able to carry top notch cameras and surveillance material to monitor activity on both sides of the border, with lights to pinpoint that activity at night. It marks a clear line that tells aerial surveillance exactly where the line is and who would be subject to arrest. That wall is essential to using modern technology in an effective manner. Putting up a wall alone isn't everything. It's all that goes with it that makes it effective.
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