President Trump will secure the border, put American workers first, bring back law and order, and unleash America’s vast energy wealth. “We’re going to put America first! We’re going to Make America Great Again!” -President Donald Trump

Fact Check: Donald Trump is lying. The right to seek asylum was incorporated into international law following the atrocities of World War II. Congress adopted key provisions of the Geneva Refugee Convention into U.S. immigration law when it passed the Refugee Act of 1980. UNDER THE LAW, people arriving at the U.S. border have the right to request asylum without being criminalized, turned back, used for political stunts or separated from their children no matter how they arrive here, including walking over the border. No president has the power to block asylum seekers under current law. DONALD TRUMP never "closed" the border. In November 2018, Trump issued a proclamation barring the entry of migrants unless they entered at ports of entry. The same day, the administration issued new regulations making those who entered the U.S. illegally between ports of entry ineligible for asylum. Trump’s proclamation largely relied on Section 212(f) of the INA, the same section cited by House Speaker Mike Johnson, arguing that President Biden already had the authority to “close” the southern border. THE COURTS, however, blocked Trump’s effort. A federal District Court judge in California temporarily halted Trump’s effort, after concluding that barring migrants who enter outside of designated ports of entry from seeking asylum violated federal immigration law, international law and “the expressed intent of Congress.” “Whatever the scope of the President’s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,” the judge wrote. THE U.S. COURT OF APPLEALS, in a 2-1 decision in December 2018, denied the Trump administration’s emergency motion for a stay of the District Court’s order. The Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court, but its motion to stay the District Court ruling blocking enforcement of the policy was denied. “THE PRESIDENT does not have the authority to close the border under 212(f),” Denise Gilman, co-director of the Immigration Clinic and law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, told us via email. THE PROBLEM we're facing is due to a surge in immigrants that began under Donald Trump. To handle the surge, the border needs more resources, but Republicans have blocked every effort to increase resources. That means there is no other choice but to release immigrants until their asylum hearings can be held. That now takes YEARS. REPUBLICANS manufactured the border crisis to help Trump get elected. Today, 98% of immigrants who arrive at the border willingingly turn themselves in to border patrol agents to request asylum. Once that happens, the must be let in. It would take an act of Congress to change the law. Republicans are blocking that too.

Why didn’t he do any of that in 2016? He doesn’t care one whit about America—he cares about himself, and selfishly ran because he wants others to pay his legal bills. America first, my foot.

President Trump will unleash America’s vast energy wealth (right into his personal bank account). Those fines aren't going to pay THEMSELVES, friends).

All from jail?

Republicans can't govern.

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He didn’t before what makes it different now? That’s right he is running in it. Instead of passing the Bipartisan Border Bill you let Trump dictate your Votes! #GOPBendOverForTrump #RepublicanBorderCrisis #RepublicansAreTheProblem #StopVotingRepublican

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