THE MEMO Trump's big immigration gamble. BY NIALL STANAGE. President Trump is gambling on his immigration policy. But its a risky bet. The president is going full-steam ahead with the hard-line approach that his team believes fueled his election win last year. Whether he can bring the country with him is another matter.
On Tuesday, the administration announced a host of changes to immigration enforcement. The shift includes the hiring of thousands of new Border Patrol officers, a major expansion in the number of people subject to expedited deportation and the establishment of a new office focused on immigration crime.The announcement came in two memos from the Department of Homeland Security. The documents reiterated Trumps plan to press ahead with his famous promise to build a wall along the southern border with Mexico, and underlined his administrations opposition to the policies of so-called sanctuary cities. Meanwhile, a new, revised version of Trumps earlier executive order suspending travel from seven majority-Muslim nations is expected soon though that release has been delayed until next week. Trump has asserted that he is a standard-bearer for the forgotten men and women of America who feel that their nation has changed for the worse Casinoslots South Africa. Weve defended other nations borders while refusing to defend our own, Trump said in his inauguration address. Earlier this month on Twitter, he wrote, The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed! Trump aides make no bones about their belief that his immigration stance was fully endorsed by the electorate last November. White House spokesman Michael Short told The Hill, He campaigned hard on this issue and won 306 electoral votes the most for a Republican nominee since 1988. Short also noted a Harvard-Harris Poll survey, exclusively provided to The Hill, which found that 80 percent of voters believe cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should turn them over to the immigration authorities. Trump himself tweeted about that poll on Tuesday afternoon a sign that the president political antennae are closely tuned to public opinion on the issue. Advocates for stricter immigration policies also believe Trump is on the right side of public opinion. This is one of the reasons why he is president, said Ira Mehlman, the media director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a group that seeks to stop illegal immigration and reduce legal immigration. Improbable as it was, he ended up winning the election based on addressing the real concerns that the American public has had over immigration, as well as some other things, Mehlman added. The polling on the issues is not so clear-cut, however. Trumps election win could just as easily be seen as coming despite his immigration stance, rather than because of it. Election Day exit polls showed that a clear majority of voters 70 percent believed illegal immigrants should be offered some form of legal status. Only 25 percent favored deportation. Those same exit polls showed Trumps proposed border wall with Mexico was supported by 41 percent of voters but opposed by 54 percent. Findings like that bolster liberal confidence that Trump is making a political misjudgment in pressing ahead. People roundly reject the idea of mass deportation, said Tom Jawetz, the vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a liberal group. The American public does not support building his border wall. The American public does not support, and is increasingly opposed, to his Muslim ban. Trump supporters would contest that view. Polling on the travel ban is inconclusive so far. The most recent major poll, from the Pew Research Center, showed a very clear majority against it: 59 percent to 38 percent. But three other surveys not long before, from Quinnipiac University, CBS News and CNN respectively, showed a closely divided public. Debate will also rage for years about how big a part Trumps immigration stance played in his election victory especially when it comes to the key Rust Belt and Industrial Midwest states that sealed his win. In Ohio, a full 36 percent of voters believed illegal immigrants should be deported, compared to just 25 percent nationwide. In neighboring Pennsylvania, the figure was 31 percent. But Trump also won Wisconsin and Michigan, where the pro-deportation vote was almost indistinguishable from the national norm, at 26 percent and 27 percent respectively. Terry Madonna, a public affairs professor and polling expert at Pennsylvanias Franklin and Marshall College, argued the importance of immigration as a primary factor in the election is overstated. He asserted that the economy, jobs and wage stagnation were more potent. But he added that immigration played into a broader picture of cultural anxiety among Trump supporters. For many, many voters in small-town and rural America, they wake up and think they are living in a strange land a land of immigration, of gay marriage and of the people who want to take my guns away,he said. That side of it played a role too. On Wednesday, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) toured a section of the border with Mexico for the first time. In a statement, he promised that the Republican Congress would work with Trump in securing the border and enforcing our laws.Whether that approach bears political dividends or extracts a price remains to be seen.
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[Mark:] Whoa! Hi. Okay. [Jack:] Let me just scooch my hand closer to yours! [Mark:] (Laughing) Please don't. What does this button do?
[Jack:] Eh.. [Mark:] Oh [Wade:] Oh [Mark:] OOOOOOHH [Jack:] Oh [Wade:] Oh I guess we're playing! [Mark:] OOOOHH [Mark:] You assholes are about to get a face full of bullet because I— [Wade:] Oh yeah? [Mark:] —am just an old pro at this one. [Wade:] Oh! [Mark:] Okay... [Jack:] Oh god... [Wade:] NO! [Jack:] Aw bye gun! [Jack:] Oh my god this is the worst. [Mark:] Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah you guys just need to— you gu- well- keep it up—the complaining—because that means I'm gonna win. [Jack:] The bullet is mine! [Mark:] Okay, good job. Have you opened your gun yet? [Jack:] No. *Laughs* [Mark:] See, there's your problem. *Laughs* [Jack:] Did you?! [Mark:] No, but I'm gonna! [Jack:] Okay... [Wade:] Oh! My bullets, I just threw them all at you! [Jack:] OH shit [Jack:] Oh shit okay [Mark:] I- thank you for the excess bullets *Laughs* [Jack:] If I just shake my gun at you, [Mark:] Uh! Oh! Oh! [Jack:] Does that work? [Mark:] I got it! I got it! You guys are boned! You guys are so boned. [Jack:] Oh, fuck! I dropped my gun! [Jack:] Oh my god. This is like a fucking exercise in madness. [Mark:] You don't know madness until you know what I've got (inaudible). [Mark:] WOOOOAH! NO! All right [Jack:] I have gun open, I have a bullet in hand, I'm about to put it in. [Mark:] NOOW [Jack:] My bullet's backwards though, does that matter? [Mark:] Now [Jack:] Is the game gonna be.. forgiving? No, do you think it's gonna be forgiving? [Mark:] Alright, I got a bullet. [Wade:] Shit. I have no bullets left. [Mark:] Hang on. [Jack:] Okay [Jack:] (Laughing) I can fucking see your arm [Mark:]Shut up, it's gonna work, it's gonna work. [Wade:] Wait, do I have a bullet in my hand? [Mark:] Oh, come on! [Jack:] Okay, I'm just touching my bullet. There you go, nice bullet... [Mark:] Wait I got it okay. I just gotta get it in the gun. I don't get why when you don- when you stop moving your mouse, your arm still moves! [Mark:] Okay. That doesn't.. [Jack:] Yeah, what the fuck? [Jack:] Okay. I can't grab this [Jack:] fuckin'.. [Mark:] I can't see if I *Laughs* The way you're holding your gun, it's like you've got to casually perched on two fingers. [Jack:] Ugh, this fucking sucks man [Mark:] This doesn't suck, you suck. [Jack:] Well, it's a bit of a fuckin' 50-50 situation here man Please, can some of you figure this out and shoot me in the head? [Mark:] No [Wade:] I can't get it in! [Jack:] Can you grab the bullet for me? Can you... [Mark:] Which one, this one? [Jack:] No, not you! My fucking hand. [Mark:] This one? [Mark:] I can't grab it either so it doesn't fucking matter. [Wade:] You were gonna help him get a bullet? You wouldn't help me get a bullet [Mark:] I wasn't gonna help him I was gonna taunt him, but it didn't work cuz I- Oh come on! No! NO! [Jack:] (Inaudible) [Wade:] WHY WON'T THIS GET IN THE GUN!? [Mark:] It's-s-s cuz you're stupid and it's- your dumb! I can't- they're too far away! [Mark:] AUUUGGHH [Mark:] Just- NOOOO I got a fingy on the gun I am rotating it into position [Mark:] I have got the [Jack:] Oh my god.. [Jack:] No [Mark:] Nooo [Jack:] NO [Jack:] NO [Mark:] You've got it. No, I got it [Jack:] No, no, give me the gun. Give me the gun! [Mark:] No, don- do- DON'T you dare [Jack:] Give me the gun [Mark:] Don't you slap my gun around. [Wade:] Have you gotten a bullet in yet? [Mark:] I have not. [Jack:] If I had, I'd have won! [Mark:] You guys are boned in the extreme. [Jack gasps] [Jack:] If I can grab a bullet, I am so golden right now. [Jack:] You don't even have your gun in your hand! [Mark:] No, no! I- I'm not gonna have my gun in my hand. I'm gonna keep the gun on the ground! [Wade:] Open! [Wade:] OPEN! [Jack:] (Laughing) I can just see your shadow. [Mark:] I see the gun glitching the hell out on your screen. [Mark:] Okay [Jack:] My hand is here. The bullet is touching it, but the bullet no go in finger. [Mark:] I'm not wearing pants by the way. I just thought you'd all like to know that [Jack:] How? How? [Jack:] How (Inaudible) [Mark:] Don't touch my gun. Do not- if you touch my gun I will murder you [Wade:] Open this for me! Yes, yes! [Mark:] Yes...Hang on... Whoa what is your head do-? That guy's drunk obviously he deserves to be shot. [Jack:] Did you get it in? [Mark:] I got it in...uh oh! Wait, that's the wrong way, hang on... [Jack:] OH MY GOD! [Jack:] That's a precarious position! [Mark:] I don't like you holding my hand, but don't, no, ah shit no! No, hang on, everybody hold on! NO! The bullet popped out! WHAT! NO! (high-pitched screams) NOOOO! AUUUGGH! [Jack:] Oh I dropped my gun. It's all over. It's all over. Now my gun's over there! [Mark:] I can't reach it, I can't reach it. [Jack:] Look at my fingers, like party on man! [Wade:] Can you open my chamber for me? [Jack:] I don't even have a gun man. [Wade:] I know. You're dead. So, you can help me win. [Mark:] Well, I mean two of us have to be shot before the end of this so I guess at least two of us- [Jack:] TWO OF US HAVE TO BE SHOT?! [Mark:] YES, two of us. NOOO COME BACK! [Jack: (repetitively)] I don't care! [Mark:] We can do this! We can murder each other! You just gotta belieeve! [Wade:] I can't push that gun! [pewp pewp noises] [Jack:] YES! OH FUCK! (inaudible) [Jack:] I want to break my own teeth somebody just shoot me. [Mark]: We're trying man. We're trying! My guy-- sometimes his fingers pinch a lot, and sometimes they don't pinch at all. [Mark]: It's cuz if--what is hap--? What is-- why is there a chair on the table?! [Mark:] Oh I got it. I just need to-- No not the - NO NOT THAT WAY. TURN THE OTHER F*CKING WAY Wade, flailing it like an idiot doesn't help. [Wade:] That's how I opened the chamber the last two times! [Mark:] You gotta push the button! [Wade:] There's a button?! You guys have no idea, the pain... [Mark:] We're doing the same thing, Wade! [Wade]: You guys don't understand Jack: You guys don't understand..what it's like to have a Wade brain playing this game You guys are playing with your normal human brains, I'm full Wade over here. Ok, I'm back where I was... Wade: Is that how you're loading it? YES it's how I'm loading (Mark noises) how do you think I'm loading it?? Wade: I thought you were holding (inaudible) Jack: Oh, just, just please, please end me Oh, you still have to pull the trigger Yes, I have to, I have to, no, I have to pull the trigger I have to cock it back and then pull the trigger Jack: Ohhhh my god Hang on, I just need to get this gun in a proper Uh, gun receiving position Jack: Can I just throw my gun at someone hard enough to kill them? No, don't touch my gun if I swear to god, Wade. I swear get the fuck away from my gun Right now Okay, you're too late my gun is cocked. I'm ready to rock, who's gonna get it Eenie Meenie Alright hang on, I'm gonna line up the shot, ok, yeah let me know if this is on target [Jack]: Oh wait wait, I have to look at you as I do it Okay here comes the bangy finger Here comes the wangy ka-bangy Okay, don't you move your head It's - I'm not moving. It's okay I'm gonna shoot you Jack: I'M RIGHT HERE, I'm right here I'm just gonna go for a body shot Just a maxim- I can't pull the tri- How do I pull the trigger? OOOOO Grab the bar I know I know you want to end the suffering, but I think I have to shoot Wade Just because I don't think I physically can Pull the trigger Wade: Oh, so that's how it's gonna be is it? Yes. I'm going for it, this is gonna be the one Jack: What have you done?! All right now, it's just the two of us All right, let's call that a winner, let's call that a winner I- Let's call Wade won cuz he's the first one out of this nightmare Oh hey, whoa (unintelligible male noises) Jack: Oh no. I already knocked my drill over. NOOOOO (Your hand is in my way) Got it got it got it got it got it I got one! I got one I got it. I got it. I got it. Jack why did you drop yours? You see us? Jack: I-I knocked it over by accident. Like ass you did! Man this game's loud now all the sudden Can you turn mine off? Okay hang on wait, okay? I'm setting that down (bomb exploding noises) That scared the shit out of me (Mark, I'm sorry) Why are you doing that? Why is why is my arm going this way? What is happening? Why, no Guys I See only my crotch. What is happening? What's happening to me? You're so right there, Jack Jack: I, fuckin, I'm TRYING my best Wade: Try better Wade, we can do this, we can do this (inspirational piano music) Don't ask questions Ok, alright, yeah, rip it off rip it off grab it grab it rip rip the lid off bundle it off Just push it! Push Just push it Which way are you pushing? Who's- there, push, push Okay, I've got two minutes. Alright perfect. Oh wait. I got it. Oh, I ripped a, uh oh (more noises) AHHHHhhhh Well then Yes, yes yes, yes, okay, she's off oh, it's off its off, okay Noooo, NOOOOOO Wait no we're fine It's- I think it's fine Okay, you got it you got it No uh oh It's fine. Read the instructions Jack: I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING There we go, I tossed the lid away (laughs) We're both doing the same thing we're like lost in a fuckin rave or something Wade: B2, I got B2. We need C1 C1, got it. Oh my god, you're a genius. Okay, those are all down. Remove fuse A Fuse A. It's it's under the sheet under the sheet, someone move that sheet very carefully. I think we're good on time We maybe got a minute but we should probably book it Yes! Oh... Jack: Oh B's back in. B went back in...and now you knocked it out again Oh fuck, shit AhhHHHH Set the knob to one and enter the code one five zero six four four oh oh oh that's good (bomb explodes) We push it, there we go oh, I don't know where it went, but I'm ok with it, I got it I got it We're good. Guys, my arms are broken, guys Oh no... Guys. What is- what is happening to me. I can't move. I can't even look. You. It's all on you guys I'm going into the- I see the bomb VERY closely (simulaneous uh oh's) OH MY fucking god. I don't think we can do it guys. The only thing we've been able to do is kill one of us I got a bad feeling about this. Just grab it and lift. Ah okay. You're right. You're right. You're right when you're right, you're right Jack: The worst part about this is if you don't get the grenade off in time, if you pull the pin and don't throw it you're fucking dead You don't know that at all. You guys are fucked. You guys are Fucked Almost got that pin, you guys woulda been fucked Jack: Ok, different plan of attack here Gentlemen... Don't you call me a gentleman You... Delightful person Come on the pin won't come out! It's almost as if they don't want you to just be able to pull these out willy-nilly Maybe you have to grab it, like you know finger. Maybe you have to like you know what I'm saying guys I totally get you man. The finger and the grab You get me? Let me know if you guys are getting me Like comment and subscribe if you're getting me. Ring that bell if you're getting me Oh, oh, oh come on Eh I did it. I did it wait hang on, I gotta throw it NO AGH it went behind me. I don't know where it is. God, help, help me Ohhhh I'm alive Fireworks! (grunts) Oh, that's how you're gonna be huh? Well two can play that game mister Really. Can they? Well apparently two can, I don't know if three can play that game mister, but I'm getting it alright, ok prove it, prove it Prove it, bitch. Sorry I'm not as good at bullshit games as you are. Oh, okay alright. What about Wade? What about Wade. What about Wade. Yeah? He's just a bullshit human being Cmon guys Oh, I got it. I got it. Okay. All right who's gonna get fucked who's gonna get fucked okay Probably you. You don't know- Maybe that's the only way to win You have to blow yourself up You better throw it Yeah, it's not- Whoop My arm is not cooperating guys DO IT I'm gonna do it, I just have to- I want you to do it I want you to do it. I want you gonna do it, guys (noises you make when you realize you're about to die) Jack: There he goes... Oh wow Oh god your grenades are still exploding. They're very potent grenades I'll have you know (another bomb explodes) Jack: YES. I win The only guy that couldn't do it wins. That's such bullshit Wade: I thought I had time to hold the grenade why'd it blow up right away?? I don't know, I don't know- You held yours for like 10 minutes! That's cuz I'm better than you! I bet I can blow up your assholes Oh god my hand's stuck Oh god, guys, guys Well it looks like it's just you and me Wade: I didn't even have the fucking box open All right, it's me the guy that can do this, and you the guy that can't...I think you have a better shot at this All right, well a little flourish on that, all right. Here we go. I did it! I did it! All right. I've got my pin out Better throw it Aw come on I was just about to get you I was just about to- ugh Jack: Aw look at that flip! Whoa yeah baby Ow, fuck I wasn't trying to blow myself up it just happened. Was getting pretty stupid, pretty bullshit Why are you even still here? Subscribe to Markiplier. - Do we have to text people this? - Whos Josh *****? - THAT'S MY BOSS! - Okay, what is text roulette? - This is gonna be dangerous - She's so private - Is your password the same?
- Yeah. - Can I give it to her locked? - Um, are we texting these to people because that's really not gonna go over well. - I'm gonna scroll through and find somebody to text. - Aye, dios mio. - I haven't talked to him in forever. - John O. - I just went on a date with John. - Too bad. - Alright, I'm gonna spin it. - "It's been a while, but got plans for Valentine's Day?" I'm really sorry. - Oy vey. Well, he was a nice guy. - I'm gonna land on Cliff. - Cliff is one of my fraternity brothers. - YO. Whatchu mean 'me, you and some whipped cream?' Wow bro, I didn't think it was like that. - This is suspenseful. - I'm really nervous. - Kate. - Oh yeah! - "I'll try it once but bring lots of lube. " - Oh this is cruel! - She answered. "YES PLEASE!" - She wants some action! - I think he's engaged. - Oh well. - Now its my turn. - Mom and dad? Is this both of them? - What a dream! - It's a group text. - GROUP MESSAGE. OH MY GOD!! - Uncle Russ K****** - My Uncle! - Something not dirty& - Nooo!!!!!!! - That's terrible. - Send. - Can't wait. - This is your uncle. Who'd you mean to text? - Uh. - What are you talking about? It doesn't sound good. - Whos Josh *****? - THAT'S MY BOSS! Uh...NOOO - Me you and some whipped cream, tonight! To your boss! - Sabrina and I had a pretty good date last Sunday and I'm supposed to go on another one tomorrow so please don't ruin it. - Me you and some whipped cream, tonight? " Excuse me, question mark." - I'm gonna cry myself to sleep. That one actually had some potential. - That was so much fun! But now we have a lot of damage control. - I have a lot of damage control to do. - That was a little mortifying with the whole boss situation. - A married boss with his pregnant wife. -Yea - pregnant. - I think we should do this, as like, a drinking game. - Can we borrow this wheel? We'll bring it back. I much prefer the raw edge. This small verse from this section seems to serve as an explanation: I don’t know. This is strange. Nothing is responding properly. Is it me? The computer? Life? Most of the poems are rants probably best spoken out loud, like one I particularly enjoyed about people who wear sunglasses indoors and why. I envisioned the poet wearing sunglasses while reading it and really playing it up for the audience. There’s not a lot of rhyme to the verses, but I was glad. I think this type of book, with its mix of poems and art, would have seemed even more “greeting card” like had the poems contained a more metric verse. That aside, some of the poems do have sing-songy titles which I found to be distracting like “IntentionsIntentlyIntended” and “Dancing Daisies.” Most of the time, I enjoyed the poem more itself after having ignored its title all together. My favorite poem of the lot was actually one of the more simpler ones called “He Brings Yellow Flowers to the City.” For me, it’s the best example of the type of word art a poem should convey. It paints a very clear and distinct picture and leaves the viewer/listener maybe wanting just a bit more, but left with a rambling of their own thoughts that can take them in any direction. Here is the poem in its entirety: There’s a man On the street corner Selling yellow flowers To passersby. He’s tall and so So thin With inch thick black rimmed Glasses worn high On his face. Salt speckled thick hair Sweeps over his eyes And a long, glowing white Cigarette stands erect Under his nose. He shaved this morning, But he’ll need to again soon People, people Take a flower and Carry it in the city. Yellow flowers are here! As for the art, it’s an odd mix of shapes, repeating patterns, and doodles, reminiscent of and probably inspired by the likes of Warhol, Escher, and Van Gogh. Most of it, for me personally, didn’t really create a connection between it and the poetry. I also felt some of the art would have been better had it been printed in color when it came to pieces that used specific shapes, but that would have definitely increased the cover price of the book itself which is unfortunate. I think the connection is lost due to a lack of color. The artwork with a border is also not symmetrical in size to the poems with borders, that while not really necessarily, does create an odd balance when you are looking at two pages at once. Therefore, I write my essay to talk about this creation of Chazda Albright.
Here’s an example: My personal tastes in art lean more toward the doodles and sketches although a large carpet on my living room floor displays a repetitive pattern of squares and circles resembling martini olives that I believe Mr. Warhol himself would have loved. I certainly appreciate pop art, but I think the lack of color is what turned me off to most of the pieces in this book. But, I did particularly like the sketches that were meant to resemble people. Here’s one of my favs called “unartist.” The biography of Ms. Albright in the back of the book lets us know that she is self-taught, but has had a number of personal art exhibitions throughout the western US and in Germany. She has written some erotica under a pen name and is currently at work on a fantasy thriller screenplay. I commend Ms. Albright for using self-publishing to its full potential in creating both a work of art and a collection of poetry that is exactly what it should be: a presentation of one’s true self. Like a good museum or a good book, I enjoyed my time here. So, that is it for today's review. Thank you so much for reading! I hope you liked it. If you did, and even if you did not, please share your opinion the the comments section below. I am very interested in what you have to say, it helps me to make my blog a bit better every day. Thank you again and have a nice day! xoxo |
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