This is very plain. Donald Trump would USE the border issue to keep attention on him during his run for president.
And this is my memory, he did say to a national audience through the television media, during his Senate campaigning in 2018, that "The Wall" would always keep the attention of his audience if their interest was waning. Of course, he said it so other Republicans can use the idea in their campaigns.
Donald Trump has made undo cuts in funding to foreign interests and as a result, the people of the Northern Triad have migrated to the southern border seeking work. Donald Trump has created the so called "national emergency." He is attempting to keep a campaign promise that should not have been made in the first place.
There are problems with some undocumented people that have criminal records and their interpretation of freedom in the USA. They are used to violence and as a result, think little in using a gun if they get their hands on one. The occurrence of such lawlessness does not rise to a national emergency.
The GUN problem is a national emergency, including the fact gun stores, do not adequately secure the weapons in their stores in a way that prevents theft. There needs to be a bill that promotes sale stores and warehouses to secure their place of business to end burglary.
Gun stores have a particular problem in that they carry large inventories of guns, various other weapons and ammunition. I believe as a result they have sale stores that would require additional investment to better secure the premises from theft. The sale store owners are not making such investments, but, defer monies to purchases of more guns to sell.
The ability to steal a gun has to be brought under control and a bill WITH AVAILABLE FUNDING and/or AVAILABLE CONTRACTORS TO DO THE WORK should be passed to save lives and thwart criminals from using guns in their crimes.
The emergency is obvious, it is the easy availability of guns in the USA and not the Undocumented. There are Ports of Entry for asylum seekers and looking for work is not an issue of asylum. However, any fear of death is an asylum issue. There need to be more immigration courts, too. The open vacancies of Border Patrol officers need to be filled as soon as possible rather than the hiring freeze Trump has imposed to reduce the number of federal employees. Being short handed of enough officers/agents is a matter of safety, especially for the Border Patrol.
