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"You can see what happened here and Trump is not wrong when he talks about how border crossings were quite low. They were running about 74,000 a month when he left office. And they, in fact, did shoot up. Some of it was some things Biden said and some ways that they put a moratorium, for example, on deportations.Enjoy...
"But in fact, we did get up here almost to 300,000 a month."

"Following Israel's move into the Al Qonaitara province of Syria, the Israeli forces infiltrated and established military checkpoints in Sad Al-Mantara (Dam), where bulldozers and machinery were also reported to have arrived during the Christmas break.
It is hard not to draw parallels with the Islamic State (IS), which initially took control over important water resources in Syria and Iraq; IS was using water to further its military and political aims. Capturing large dams and reservoirs on the Euphrates and Tigris - This always played a crucial role in IS's expansion strategy, which ultimately was to control the region's most important water resources -
In January 2016, Tobias von Lossow a PhD fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs Middle East and Africa Division (SWP), wrote a very interesting piece on the topic of:
Water as a Weapon, describing the Islamic State (IS) strategic interest in Dam and reservoirs. Funny how Israel is borrowing the same avenue."
Comment: The US has 'fallen into shadow' a dimming twilight from which there may be no return.