As Trump vows to shut the border to illegals, Gavin Newsom makes a suspicious trip to El Salvador

While the Trump Administration demonizes those who are fleeing violence from Central America, California is committed to lifting up our immigrant communities and understanding the root causes of migration," Newsom said in a statement. "I am looking forward to traveling to El Salvador in April to talk with the nation's leaders and activists while deepening the bond between our families and communities.

From the Salvadoran perspective, his reception is likely to be warm from the Salvadoran government, which benefits hugely from the remittances sent home by El Salvador's mostly illegal aliens, allowing it to finance itself and employ ever larger numbers of bureaucrats without having to house, educate, or medically care for its nationals. This is one reason why remittance economies tends to underdevelop a country, according to the World Bank.

Last year, in fact, that game was going full speed. El Salvador's remittances hit a record $5.47 billion. Literally one out of six Salvadorans now lives in the U.S., and 680,000 of those make their home in benefit-rich California. Salvadoran politicians actually campaign for office in California, owing to the sizable number of Salvadoran voters, many of whom are here illegally, signaling that there's a lot of work to be had for the newest (and least likely to be legal) migrants in the states now, most of which is coming from California. From the Salvadoran private sector, maybe not so much, given that the country is losing a critical component of its work force and is already looking at labor shortages even as the government grows bigger and more powerful from the remittances. Big California Daddy coming in to scoop up more of the Salvadoran labor force may well prompt some anger and disgust in those quarters.

It's nothing but a bid to trawl for votes, legal or otherwise, since legality no longer seems to matter to California's ruling class.

He's as transparent as crystal glassware on that. It's about time he be called out on it - and maybe sanctioned, too — at the national level.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/as_trump_vows_to_shut_the_border_to_illegals_gavin_newsom_makes_a_suspicious_trip_to_el_salvador.html

>>5980769

And don't forget this:

US halting aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

The United States will no longer provide foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

A State Department spokesperson told The Hill in a statement Saturday that the agency was directed to halt aid to the so-called Northern Triangle countries and was directed to do so by President Trump.

"At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle," the statement said. "We will be engaging Congress as part of this process."

The Hill has contacted to the White House for comment.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said in a statement Friday that she signed a "historic" regional compact this week with representatives of the Northern Triangle countries. She said the countries agreed to "combat human smuggling and trafficking, crack down on transnational criminals fueling the crisis and strengthen border security to prevent irregular migration."

President Trump on Friday said that the countries "set up" migrant caravans according to CNN.

"We were paying them tremendous amounts of money. And we're not paying them anymore. Because they haven't done a thing for us. They set up these caravans," he reportedly said.

https://thehill.com/latino/436579-us-halting-aid-to-el-salvador-guatemala-and-honduras

>>5980899

Agree. It's time.

CaliFag born and raised.

Our beautiful state has been invaded and elections stolen.

They've raped our natural resources, destroyed our schools, and taxed us to death (and beyond).

No more.

>>5980911

Where's Hillary?

>>5980978

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