{"id":24094,"date":"2021-02-02T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T21:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=24094"},"modified":"2021-06-17T16:37:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:37:38","slug":"capitol-hill-fence-hypocrisy-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/02\/02\/capitol-hill-fence-hypocrisy-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Erecting Wall at Capitol Building Reveals Hypocrisy and Reaffirms Wall is Needed at Southern Border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In response to the January 6 attack\nof the U.S. Capitol, acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman has called for\na permanent wall to surround the U.S. Capitol building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn light of recent events, I can unequivocally say that vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made to include permanent fencing, and the availability of ready, back-up forces in close proximity to the Capitol,\u201d Pittman said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Erecting a wall at the Capitol building reaffirms the need for a wall at the nation\u2019s southern border. Majorities of Americans support<\/a> construction of a fortified barrier to help secure our borders and maintain public safety. However, they have often been stymied or outright ignored by prominent Democrats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Pelosi declared a border wall \u201cimmoral<\/a>,\u201d while Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called it \u201cunnecessary<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pelosi and Schumer also didn\u2019t seem to like walls when they were built to protect President Trump and the White House. Last June, the White House erected barricades around Lafayette Park after a series of intense protests. In response, these two specific lawmakers sent a letter<\/a> to President Trump urging him to \u201ctear down these walls.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, when asked about the idea of a permanent wall around the Capitol building, Pelosi\u2019s office deflected and stated:<\/a> \u201cThe speaker looks forward to\u2026[a]final assessment in order to understand what infrastructure changes are necessary to ensure the safety of the U.S. Capitol Complex.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, Schumer said<\/a> he \u201cwould tend to defer to the experts as to what is the safest way to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These meandering responses expose\ntheir rank hypocrisy. They are not ruling out support for a security fence\naround the Capitol while opposing not only the southern border fence (for the\nnation) but fencing for the White House when the opposing political party was\nin office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The political gamesmanship here is\nunmatched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any notion that building a barrier\naround the Capitol building is effective or necessary but is not at our\nsouthern border (or the Trump White House for that matter) is a disgrace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The southern border continues to experience large waves of migration and a fortified border barrier is necessary more than ever. Recent migration trends at our southern border should cause immediate concern. Border apprehensions have climbed every month since April<\/a> even with COVID-19 travel and border restrictions. Last month\u2019s apprehension totals were the largest for December in roughly two<\/a> decades. While not all of these individuals pose national security threats, many in fact do, as seen by the thousands<\/a> of migrants arrested for previous criminal convictions in the last few years. And, everyone who enters our country without a medical testing and a period of quarantine poses a dire health risk, including the introduction of new strains of COVID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The threat at our southern border is very real and just like for the Capitol building, many experts and studies have affirmed that a barrier is essential for the nation\u2019s national security and public safety. The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have repeatedly highlighted the effectiveness and necessity<\/a> of a border barrier. In December, Congress approved $1.4 billion<\/a> in federal funding for the wall, further showing support for a fortified barrier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a barrier is to be permanently\nbuilt around the U.S. Capitol building due to existing threats and expert\nanalysis, the same logic must be applied to our southern border. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Pelosi voting for<\/a> the Secure Fence Act of 2006\u2014which provided hundreds of miles of border\u2014 and Schumer helping negotiate a bill<\/a> in 2013 that provided barriers to the southern border, the two have demonstrated they can support the southern border wall, and must not continue to act in self-interest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to the January 6 attack of the U.S. Capitol, acting Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman has called for a permanent wall to surround the U.S. Capitol building. \u201cIn light of recent events, I can unequivocally say that vast improvements to the physical security infrastructure must be made to include permanent fencing, and the<\/p>\n

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