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Want to ignore 26 laws to destroy protected wildlife refuge in order to build Trump's wall for him? Sure! No problem!
Want to do anything that might benefit the poor? "No you stupid progressive. This must be your first election because you don't understand how anything works. Everyone knows that we need a quorum of both houses to convene in a graveyard at midnight under a blood moon on the third Tuesday of the month, in accordance with the infield fly rule. Then, we wait for the appearance of the Great Pumpkin, so that we may know how to proceed."
Here's what looks like an answer: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/30/joe-biden-forced-build-donald-trumps-border-wall/
TLDR: This is a 2019 law passed by Congress during the baby hands administration. The Biden administration has been pretty careful not to overstep other branches of government(I think as a direct response to how flagrantly and harmfully baby hands used executive action), and while Biden returned wall money taken from the DoD, the rest of the wall money was explicitly designated by Congress for building the border wall in 2019 and Congress will not cancel that legislative order(wall funds), despite Biden asking Congress to cancel the 2019 wall funds law since arriving in office in 2020.
This post is misleading, the money is being legally used for a legislatively required purpose and any federal laws are being broken legislatively by Congress as a result of baby hands in 2019, not the Biden administration.
Cool. The talking points are out.
I know, this thread was crazy without any real answers. At least now there's legislative and executive record out there.
Yeah, now there's excuses for waiving 26 laws in order to enforce one of Trump's laws. Hooray.
Just one excuse, the law that Congress won't repeal since they're down with the wall, but yea.
Well, as long as you're honest that you're making excuses.
As far as "excuses" go, respecting the Constitution and the legislative process are pretty good ones.
Well, at least you were accidentally honest about making excuses until I pointed it out.
You got the wall you and Biden wanted. Congratulations on all the dead ocelots.
I was quite deliberately honest.
Biden actively campaigned against the baby hands wall to Congress, who decided to uphold the 2019 law baby hands created.
You can thank the last administration for the ocelots.
Which executive branch waived 26 laws to enforce 1?
Trump's administration.
As documented here, on May 15th, 2019
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/15/2019-10079/determination-pursuant-to-section-102-of-the-illegal-immigration-reform-and-immigrant-responsibility
The diaper administration active in 2019, thank you for asking!
Spoken like a true John Oliver, bravo and agreed
Well, my main concern regarding the border wall no matter who is trying to build it, is the destruction of protected wildlife refuge and habitat, being that I'm an environmental conservationist. It pains me to hear about wild-lands and woodlands being clear-cut in the name of greed or something that doesn't make much sense.
I live not too far from the section of wall Biden is gonna build for Trump. I worry about the ocelots.