Negotiations on a border wall continue. Supposedly a deal has been reached. It is not clear if real progress has been made. The Democrats apparently dropped their proposal to limit the number of detained immigrants caught inside the U.S. to a daily average of 16,500. There is currently no such limit.
This is insane. That’s like saying that the number of people detained for murder, assault, robbery, rape, etc., in this country should be limited to a specific number each day. Do the Democrats want to encourage more crime in America? That is just what this proposal would do. Hopefully this was fake bargaining position so that they could say that they compromised their position. However, I doubt this is the case. The fact that such a position is ridiculous is irrelevant to them.
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