The Border. Great post from someone who lives there.

[Nevilledog]

[BootinUp]

1. Biden wants the House to pass the Senate bill. nt

[walkingman]

2. The Deplorables are responsible for this mess and it will continue

as long as they think it favors them politically.

Fight the power!

[Texasgal]

3. 100% AGREE!

People that do not live here or are not nearby, have absolutely NO CLUE how our border towns and regions work. These places are micro communities that run by the ability to cross the border. People from BOTH sides of the border cross it daily for different reasons. The "close the border people" have no idea the financial impact this will create! UGH!

[niyad]

4. I lived in San Diego for years, basically thought of SD and Tijuana as a

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unit, the same way I thought of El Paso and Juarez when I was in southern NM. Constant flow back and forth, back and forth. Calexico. Texico. A more inclusuve way to live. What a thought. As that one lumber company sign said, "Don't build a wall. Build a deck. Invite everyone."

[Cha]

8. I lived all over San Diego Co

for 18 years from '74 to '92 and it was a Wonderful place to be!

Lots of trips to Baja back and forth with ease.

[niyad]

9. It was indeed. I was only there from '86 to '93. Miss it always.

[Cha]

11. Hey we were there at the same times

in History!

My daughter was born in San Diego.. in '68 the first time we were there so it was more than 18 years.

ETA~ I miss it, too, so much!

[niyad]

12. We may have even met, spoken with each other, or passed by each other.

I spent a few minutes the other night wandering down memory lane. Looked up Croce's and Horton Plaza and the Gaslamp District. Spent a lot of time there, and so many other wonderful places.

[Cha]

14. Good on you, niyad.. it Does

sound wonderful!

I forgot Colorado.. I went back to Lakewood , Colorado to stay by my Mom for a couple of years in 1990 before I jetted off to Kaaui in '92 in time for the Big Hurricane on 9/11.

Got to keep track of my timeline!

[niyad]

15. I know what you mean about the timeline. Having grown up in the

military, and working with them, and just loving to travel anyway, it can be hard to keep track of sometimes. I do love it here on the Front Range (no hurricanes, very few tornados, earthquakes, etc.), but my heart will always belong to the West Coast.

[niyad]

5. The bot that responded to her could barely construct one coherent sentence.

[4lbs]

6. I remember years ago when Dumpy was around that they began bleating about migrant caravans

and thousands of illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico, from places like Guatemala and other parts of Central America.

Faux News even had a reporter go there to try to report on the 'crisis'. There was a huge crawl on the screen that was saying something about thousands of illegal immigrants at the border.

Well, instead of thousands, they showed two Mexican dudes walking to work and looking at the camera, kind of confused.

Whoopsie.

The reporter tried to claim that it was later in the day and thus all the people in the caravan must be gone (even though it was like 7:00am Pacific time), or they must have gotten wind they were coming so everyone scattered (thousands of people? Scatter where, exactly?).

The other Faux News "Friends" were hemming and hawing trying to come up with excuses too.

[Bayard]

7. This is a keeper

Thanks!

[Warpy]

10. I remember back before Reagan

Seasonal farm workers, mostly men, would come north from Mexico during planting season and work farm jobs clear through to October. They mostly saved their money, taking it back with them to support their families in Mexico. They didn't stay. Mexico was home. It might not have fit a right winger's definition of a secure border, but it worked.

Reagan was the one who pushed that "security," making border crossings more difficult and preventing seasonal workers from traveling back and forth. So they brought the families along and they stayed, most of them doing miserable jobs in meat packing, getting their kids educated, and generally trying to get ahead.

Every single stinking Republican has made it worse.

Now there are complaints that crops are rotting in the fields because there arn't seasonal workers to harvest them.

If we don't put the brakes on these idiot right wingers, we're going to get one hell of a lot hungrier.

And all that stupid TFG can come up with is "deport all undocumented workers." You know, during a labor shortage.

Jrsus H. Christ.

[Tickle]

13. So Mayor Adams is lying?

I'm confused, the Texas wiring across the Texas border I thought was recently put there. Is that not true?