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I will never waver from my sacred duty to defend this Nation and its people. We will get the job done.
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“It would seem from the public Gazettes that the Minority in your State are preparing for another attack of the – now – adopted Government; how formidable it may be; I know not. But that Providence which has hitherto smiled on the honest endeavors of the well meaning part of the People of this Country will not, I trust, withdraw its support from them at this crisis."--George Washington, the Father of our Country, in defense of the Constitution, Sept. 7, 1788
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DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
The current situation at the southern border presents a border security and humanitarian crisis that threatens core national security interests and constitutes a national emergency. The southern border is a major entry point for criminals, gang members, and illicit narcotics. The problem of large-scale unlawful migration through the southern border is long-standing, and despite the executive branch’s exercise of existing statutory authorities, the situation has worsened in certain respects in recent years. In particular, recent years have seen sharp increases in the number of family units entering and seeking entry to the United States and an inability to provide detention space for many of these aliens while their removal proceedings are pending. If not detained, such aliens are often released into the country and are often difficult to remove from the United States because they fail to appear for hearings, do not comply with orders of removal, or are otherwise difficult to locate. In response to the directive in my April 4, 2018, memorandum and subsequent requests for support by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense has provided support and resources to the Department of Homeland Security at the southern border. Because of the gravity of the current emergency situation, it is necessary for the Armed Forces to provide additional support to address the crisis.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 201 and 301 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), hereby declare that a national emergency exists at the southern border of the United States, and that section 12302 of title 10, United States Code, is invoked and made available, according to its terms, to the Secretaries of the military departments concerned, subject to the direction of the Secretary of Defense in the case of the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. To provide additional authority to the Department of Defense to support the Federal Government’s response to the emergency at the southern border, I hereby declare that this emergency requires use of the Armed Forces and, in accordance with section 301 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), that the construction authority provided in section 2808 of title 10, United States Code, is invoked and made available, according to its terms, to the Secretary of Defense and, at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, to the Secretaries of the military departments. I hereby direct as follows:
Section 1. The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of each relevant military department, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, shall order as many units or members of the Ready Reserve to active duty as the Secretary concerned, in the Secretary’s discretion, determines to be appropriate to assist and support the activities of the Secretary of Homeland Security at the southern border.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and, subject to the discretion of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, shall take all appropriate actions, consistent with applicable law, to use or support the use of the authorities herein invoked, including, if necessary, the transfer and acceptance of jurisdiction over border lands.
Sec. 3. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.
DONALD J. TRUMP
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I would have preferred that the President demanded the removal of the poison pills in the budget bill, but understand why he did what he did. I am not going to second-guess the only president since Reagan who has fought for me and mine.
Since President Reagan left office, there have been countless pretenders wishing to claim the mantle of Reagan while doing the absolute minimum to deserve it. This town is chock-full of fakers who are at best conserva-tish--having sold out long ago to global corporations, or to careerism or who are in fact crypto-leftists themselves.
Democrats, who have been anti-American since Vietnam, have moved on; they are now post-American. The only time they get excited is about foreigners. They have little use for actual Americans. They want to dissolve ICE, dissolve citizenship, dissolve borders and dissolve the People, and elect themselves a new one. One that will in turn elect them permanently and forever, under the Swamp's Complete Theft of Every Election in America.
This was never going to be easy. The rot has gone too deep for too long. They came so close with their Jezebel, they thought their coup against George Washington's Peaceful Transfer of Power was a done deal. That's why they're so desperate. Their false god is dying before their eyes.
By his honest patriotism, communications skilz and his defense of American traditions, President Trump has inherited President Reagan's mantle without even trying. Let's help this man.
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"...140 characters, you say?"
"Yes, Mr. President."
"If it keeps you close to the American people, Donald, I'm all for it."
"Thank you, Mr. President."
"No--thank you, Mr. President."
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The last Democrat president illegally
* declared a One-Man Nuclear Treaty with Iran
* decreed another One-Man Climate Treaty (by calling them by another name)
* unilaterally decided to suspend Immigration Law ("Deferred Action") and write his own.
* appropriated $7 billion for insurance companies
* used the IRS as a political weapon
* allowed his Sec/State to run a worldwide Bribery Empire out of the State Dept.
* perpetrated a criminal and seditious coup attempt on voters using the entire government as a weaponized arm of the DNC.
But we're supposed to worry they might misuse Emergency Declarations, too? Democrat, please.
By contrast, President Trump is using his lawful powers properly to defend the nation--indeed, the very concept of nationhood. Nor is it against the will of Congress as expressed in the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
ps: What if the President unilaterally suspended laws like Hussein did? He should withhold funding from Planned Parenthood--and call it "Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals".