Straight Talk from The Donald...

ETcallhome said:
thanks for making my point, that's why we want a free open border. Borders are nothing but palm greasing stations. The republican party is polluted and can't survive without their loyal 20% who are afraid of anybody that doesn't look like Mommy.
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To be fair, since most cross border freight is not physically examined, CBP also uses paperwork examination to look for deviations from a company's normal course of business. The theory is, if today's commercial invoice (this data is transmitted in advance) looks oddly different from yesterday's commercial invoice, maybe that's not Company A's goods in that seacan. So what's in the seacan?

But mainly it's about collecting duties and taxes. : )
 
Ricter said:
Well if you have any proof that officers have been re-tasked to paperwork examination, please share it.

Edit: by the way, the paperwork examination, while sometimes attributed to security, is actually mostly about ensuring Uncle Sam gets every penny of duty and MPF (tax) he's owed. That is, to enforce and collect on the tariff schedule that already exists. The US has far more of these than either Canada or Mexico. Canada used to have more, but dropped them to help their import/export businesses.
So go, Drumpf, crank those tariffs up! Great idea!
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I don't have proof. That's why I'm using words like "perhaps" and you're using word like "can't" and "know".

As for the post on the wall by the engineer, I haven't given that the time it deserves (just got out of interview) and will do so tomorrow morning.
 
Tsing Tao said:
I don't have proof. That's why I'm using words like "perhaps" and you're using word like "can't" and "know".
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I don't need proof of DHS staffing levels and role assignments to state it is true that officers working on paperwork authenticity and accuracy does not mean there can't be other officers prohibiting entry.
 
Ricter said:
I don't need proof of DHS staffing levels and role assignments to state it is true that officers working on paperwork authenticity and accuracy does not mean there can't be other officers prohibiting entry.
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Ok, then. So neither of us knows whether or not the focus would be more on immigration if that was the directive, and less on paperwork. But we can say for sure that it is possible to focus on paperwork and immigration together.

Whew, glad that's settled.
 
Tsing Tao said:
Ok, then. So neither of us knows whether or not the focus would be more on immigration if that was the directive, and less on paperwork. But we can say for sure that it is possible to focus on paperwork and immigration together.

Whew, glad that's settled.
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Especially possible when you hire so many new border guards (thank you, President Obama) that you can even delegate some to full time paperwork examination.
 
Ricter said:
Especially possible when you hire so many new border guards (thank you, President Obama) that you can even delegate some to full time paperwork examination.
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You'd almost think we have no immigration problems with such stellar performance by Obama!
 
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