Newt Gingrich has announced the Resentment and Fear theme words of the upcoming election will be Kavanaugh and Caravan (referencing the poor people walking north in Central America). Keep these numbers in mind as the GOP agitates their voters:
Trump threatens military action if Mexico doesn’t stop immigration “onslaught” https://t.co/XES5zb8sul pic.twitter.com/unKVyRBI4M
— The Hill (@thehill) October 18, 2018
We had 1.6M arrests for illegal crossing in 2000 with about half the Border Patrol agents we now have. We’ll close this year with around 400K arrests. By historical standards, there is nothing close to a border crisis, much less one demanding the use of the military. https://t.co/wvlfhgr9gv
— Roque Planas (@RoqPlanas) October 18, 2018