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2019-04-03 Home Front: Culture Wars

Trump's Border Closure Would Devastate Texas, Maybe Some Others

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Posted by Bobby 2019-04-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 This seems more delusional than anything else. The Mexicans would be hurt harder than we would. The majority of imported US goods come from overseas or Canada, not Mexico. And frankly, economic consequences must be considered only in tandem with national security consequences. I would rather shut the border and have a temporary local economic contraction than permanently open the border to these invaders.

Posted by Vernal Hatrack2366 2019-04-03 00:26|| 2019-04-03 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 This is like the argument to not defend yourself in a fight because you might bruise your knuckles.

Or the argument to let the rapist 'have his way with you'...

Posted by CrazyFool 2019-04-03 00:37|| 2019-04-03 00:37|| Front Page Top

#3 many of the crossings in Texas are freight only or people only

just keep the former open and the latter closed

Posted by lord garth 2019-04-03 00:41|| 2019-04-03 00:41|| Front Page Top

#4 One Hundred and Fourty One Billion Dollars a Year this kind of Immigration costs.

If you are for this, you are a Traitor.
Period.

Posted by newc 2019-04-03 01:11|| 2019-04-03 01:11|| Front Page Top

#5 This House and Senate have evaded their responsibility in any possible form. They are now subjecting the Citizens of the United States to a no limits influx of ANYTHING. The US Senate is a leaky condom, and the Democrat house is poking holes in the condoms.
Bad Seed

ANYONE in the Congress supporting this open borders is a Security Risk to their Constituents.
Whether they know it or not. Traitors on your very responsibilities.
You allow this Turmoil on borders?
These are Foreign Nationals! Of Whom, you know not.

If you are a Sitting House or Senate Member in the Entire of the United States, and are not actively stopping this Border Invasion, You have No Position by the Electorate. Now we Deport. Wholesale.

No one told you to invite all of thee People to MY House. Not this way.

Posted by newc 2019-04-03 01:16|| 2019-04-03 01:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Odysseus or Ulysses the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and our current Washington 'elite' have much in common. Odysseus could not conquer Troy with conventional siege tactics so he build a wooden horse.

The Trojan Horse is a story from the Trojan War about the subterfuge that the Greeks used to enter the independent city of Troy and win the war. In the canonical version, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the Greeks constructed a huge wooden horse, and hid a select force of men inside including Odysseus. The Greeks pretended to sail away, and the Trojans pulled the horse into their city as a victory trophy. That night the Greek force crept out of the horse and opened the gates for the rest of the Greek army, which had sailed back under cover of night. The Greeks entered and destroyed the city of Troy, ending the war. Wiki

Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-03 04:40|| 2019-04-03 04:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Texans will survive and prosper as more than $100 billion dollars/year stays within US borders.

If trade is so good for America, then why isn't the Texas border region one of the nation's most prosperous, instead of poorest?

Posted by Sonny Glimp8519 2019-04-03 05:20|| 2019-04-03 05:20|| Front Page Top

#8 This is the same Dallas Morning News that regularly rails about the US taking advantage of the poor in Mexico by sending factory jobs down there. I kind you not.

Posted by ed in texas 2019-04-03 07:28|| 2019-04-03 07:28|| Front Page Top

#9 JUST DO IT! DJT, that is why I voted for you! STOP THIS invasion! TAKE care of business, PLEASE. The slugs in in d.c. have been paid off way to long. IMO

Posted by ranture 2019-04-03 07:43|| 2019-04-03 07:43|| Front Page Top

#10 The cotton trade with the UK was very important for American trade. Sort of zero'd out by 1863 as other events took front stage.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-04-03 07:49|| 2019-04-03 07:49|| Front Page Top

#11 sonny g

just having a border crossing can be either good or bad for a city

In the 90s after NAFTA, the Mex-US trade grew rapidly and the one border crossing in downtown Laredo started having enormous back ups which actually became a barrier to commerce. In the late 90s a new crossing west of town was opened which handled freight exclusively. The back ups in downtown ended and Laredo's employment grew faster than the US as a whole or Texas as a whole.

In a sense this ended up working too well because by late 2018 many, many Mexicans were crossing into Laredo each day for daytime jobs.

Posted by lord garth 2019-04-03 08:15|| 2019-04-03 08:15|| Front Page Top

#12 San Ysidro and Otay Mesa crossings from Tijuana - the back up is around 150 trucks as BP/ICE are pulled from commercial lanes to deal with the influx of illegals.

Almost as if this economic pain is a message to Messico and the Chamber of Commerce that pain will be shared

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-03 08:37|| 2019-04-03 08:37|| Front Page Top

#13 When the massive fed deficit crashes the economy and everything around all these people turns into slums over night this country will suddenly become these knuckle dragging politician's worst nightmare.

Posted by Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2019-04-03 08:44|| 2019-04-03 08:44|| Front Page Top

#14 My fear as well. Let's hope and pray that never happens EC.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-03 10:08|| 2019-04-03 10:08|| Front Page Top

#15 Well over $1 billion in trade crosses the U.S.-Mexico line every day, according to the U.S. government

Believable, considering the amount of meth available.

the business community in Texas and beyond is now bracing for things to get worse.

I know, the people of Houston and Austin having to mow their own lawns right?

You know this whole thing is bullshit when the talking heads threaten an avocado crisis. And poor Margie, not able to go to dinner. Sikofthisitman.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-04-03 10:28|| 2019-04-03 10:28|| Front Page Top

#16 What's it going to cost us/day if we don't close the border? If we don't close the border there will hordes coming across every day.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-04-03 11:52|| 2019-04-03 11:52|| Front Page Top

#17 It's difficult to bluff when folks on your own size are too stupid to undersatnd the point.

Posted by rjschwarz 2019-04-03 12:31|| 2019-04-03 12:31|| Front Page Top

#18 War is always expensive. We are at war whether the dimwits in Congress understand it or not. We can take the Chamberlain approach or the Churchill approach. I prefer Churchill.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-04-03 13:25|| 2019-04-03 13:25|| Front Page Top

#19 I prefer the answer of "Handle it like the Romans."

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-04-03 13:34|| 2019-04-03 13:34|| Front Page Top

#20 Media's worried about avocados.
Ah'm worried about Tequila.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-03 14:12|| 2019-04-03 14:12|| Front Page Top

#21 Maybe a wiff of grapeshot.

Posted by SR-71 2019-04-03 17:20|| 2019-04-03 17:20|| Front Page Top

#22 this country will suddenly become these knuckle dragging politician's worst nightmare.

America's Gaza.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-04-03 22:30|| 2019-04-03 22:30|| Front Page Top

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