border-security

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    Releases ≠ Crossings: Border “Zero” via Definition Hopping

    ByHugh Jass

    When the headline starts with “Not one illegal alien was able to get into our country,” it’s running a paperwork shell game: it treats “release” like “crossing,” so the conclusion looks spotless even though the process is doing separate, bureaucratic things. Definition hopping turns a messy border into a clean story—if you never change the form.

    The “truth” version stamps the logic as “That is an exaggeration.” It points out that CBP says encountered migrants weren’t released into the country, then admits that some people still evaded arrest at the border—and, crucially, that a “zero-gotaway day” had not happened yet. Bottom line: NO RELEASES ≠ NO CROSSINGS.

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    Kill the Solution, Then Blame the Crisis: “Block the Fix, Blame the Problem”

    ByMoses Pray

    Here’s the public arithmetic: “BLOCK THE FIX. BLAME THE PROBLEM.” Then, in the very next breath, “THEN CALLED FOR MORE BORDER PATROL AGENTS ANYWAY.” The meme puts it on Trump’s shoulders, but the moral math is bigger than one name: if you’re blocking the compromise and selling the mess as proof, you’re not fixing anything—you’re cashing in on panic.

    You can’t kill the solution, watch the crisis keep circling the drain, and then ask for a bigger bucket while claiming you’re the only one who cares. Mercy isn’t a prop, and safety isn’t a talking point. Public dignity means funding what works first—then standing there like an adult, not like a blame-shifting salesman with a press conference voice.

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