DHS Gets Funding. A Lot of Funding. || June 11, 2026

If the "blue wave" pans out, there is enough anger to overcome any number of Trump's successful moves to, "flood the system." Yes, he has destroyed what was left of institutional democracy, but the people on whose coattails he rose to power have good reason to compromise with the political Left (and the Left with the Right) to undo this madness by ridding ourselves of Russ Voight and Stephen "Pee Wee German" Miller.

Confusing. The Mexican cotton pickers of my youth are gone with technology. Most workers are concerned with AI eliminating jobs (kiosks replacing fast food workers) and robots picking apples more gently than humans. And that hasn’t even started. Now we need more illegals to do jobs that many of which may be eliminated because out birth rate isn’t supplying them?

The US Congress has been dysfunctional for well over 50 years. They keep the Constitution on life support only to trot it out like Weekend at Bernie's. The US has not had a grasp on immigration for over 50 years. They don't want to fix it! All they want is the issue! Like many things in Congress. I am surprised Peter acts as though it differs from my statement. That makes Peter disingenuous or naive." I suppose Peter was rather happy with all the illegal flooding in. He can now hire someone cheaply to clean his toilet and mow his lawn. To hell with the Constitution, then not to mention the death and mayhem to the real citizens. Peter is great at talking about Trump and his budget, but I never hear him talk about the money going to support illegals. No, illegal immigrants do not pay for themselves because those low-paying jobs don't carry benefits, like healthcare. We pay for it, straining every other service, like education. But that's okay; we pay for it. Peter needs to read the early works of economist Paul Zane Pilzner and to recognize that human ingenuity has solved almost every problem humans encounter through Economic Alchemy. The boy just can't keep his TDS in check every time he mentions Trump; Peter goes off the rails. By the way, Peter, since the Democrats have pretty much declared they are now the Socialist Party, you didn't mention the destruction of that party at all. Does that mean you are a socialist and don't believe that the party hasn't or isn't in motion to implode?

Impeachment?

Trump care about his pretorian guard

Nothing wrong with having immigrants come here legally. It isn't like illegal immigration is the only option. They could come through the front door. I am happy to have immigrants come here, legally. Honestly, legally, visibly, honorably. Front Door immigration. It's a concept.

I think you are not up to date. Optimus is coming. It will provide labor 24/7, no lunch, coffee, or sick days. In other words ONE robot will out work TEN humans. And when you train one robot, all robots have access to that know-how. So essentially no schooling, no training beyond the 1st one, Virtual learning etc. So instant market adoption. One million by 2027. 10 million by 2030. AI to run management, organization, bookkeeping, And all of your BS is just that.

Next step is LEGAL means of entry for work or citizenship with constant controls so we do not return to the mess that past administrations allowed to pile up due unwillingness to manage or willing non-management. Concurrently, a path to citizenship is needed for some of those already here. Trump has hinted at his willingness to do this. We’ll see

We need to stop conflating immigrants and illegal aliens. I have seen nothing to suggest that legal immigration is set to decrease under this administration. Look at the USCIS stats. Why would it be the case that we can only acquire immigrants and seasonal immigrant labor through illegal border crossings? And are you really saying that nursing staff providing patient care are all unvetted illegal immigrants? That would be scary. I don’t understand people who go crazy when people have to come into the country through the door instead of the unlocked back window.

Actually not against lower population, short term hurts but causes either innovation or higher wages for everyone. They tend to be followed by booms and we need the boom for people to be able to ever purchase a house.

The premise of this video is that the only immigration is illegal immigration, and that the undocumented works contribute by being paid unlawfully low wages. What about legal immigration for properly screened qualified people?

This is a F'ing ridiculous amount of money. I hope the holding facilitiest are being upgraded FIRST. I like Peter's last comment "whether he is in office or dies". America and the world choose either and soon.

Anybody else go looking for a stray kitty cat listening to this? 😹

And still no government Tomans for the rest of us.

Elon said his robots will do most of this stuff.

Trump has effectively ceded U.S. dominance to China. Elect a President who bankrupted casinos, brilliant.

Latest data shows net immigration into the United States has fallen drastically. In fact we are experiencing negative net immigration not seen since the 1920s/30s (history buffs knows the severe consequences of labor shortages), more people are leaving the US than coming into the US taking their skilled labor AND wealth to other countries. Even Mexicans in the US are now going home taking their labor and money to start businesses in Mexico. The only ones coming to the US are from failed states or those that are desperate. Long story short, the entire US is going to start experiencing labor shortages (1.2M immigrant workers have left/deported) in critical areas such as agriculture, construction and healthcare. One thing to note is when skilled immigrants leave they set up somewhere else and aren't coming back. For those who don't get the connection: WWI killed off or disabled many able bodied young Germans (estimated 2M killed/3-5M wounded/disabled). This produces severe labor shortages that crippled Germany's economy leading to economic near collase (on top of the war reparations). This produces severe populism that gave rise to Hitler during the Weimar Republic.

So… how much long term damage is this going to cause? I’m in Canada but we parallel the US pretty closely but probably on a more extreme scale due to our horrible demographics and puny fertility rate. (My wife and I in our 40s had a couple of kids: they are now a 6yr old girl and a 8yr old boy so we’re doing our little part for North America lol) I am very concerned for my children’s future. Fun Fact I was born in 1973 just like Peter! lol. And have little kids!! 🤪

Could this accelerate Trump being the last President of the USA? Meaning this system is now devolved beyond repair and something else will rise from the ashes of the old political system. With or without the nasty civil war bit….

Automation and robots will fix the lack of kids. Japan has started that transition. EU is destroying itself from within with poorly non educated people from the harmful MENAPT countries

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Damn, that is blunt and direct.

Oh, I see now. So without any oversight, it'll just go to the Trump family through some kind of contract.

I don't suppose we can fund the court system and actually process immigration paperwork so people can come inn leagally?

What a world. Going to be nuts as we begin to actually shrink the real economy. Welp, then immigrants will be unnecessary. Fiscal disaster is coming faster, enjoy the ride folks. Spend those coupons fast.

Now that we have PLENTY of money for immigration it is time to really fix the system. We need to develop tracking tools for non citizens and an entry process for workers that takes less time and is easily revocable. We need immigrants but not folks here illegally. As long as there are job demands there will always be pressure to fill the gap whether it is formal or illegal.

I think this is over blown. Ag is automating everywhere. And it's working. On housing we have a good amount of unused homes already and if you are deporting people, their homes become available. Besides, it's not like this current crop of 18-30 are having many children. On senior care AI is already eliminating jobs. A pivot to healthcare is a good fit for a lot of those in ai deleted positions. New construction is a bit of an issue but the labor isn't the main problem. It's the permitting, inspections, and regulations around it. New construction has become a lot less labor intensive but it's the red tape that drags it out.

I'm sure a portion of that money will surely find it's way into Trump crime-family pockets somehow.

The US congress has been functionally useless for well over a decade (maybe more than 2). At this point they are just a platform for tv and Youtube clips. They have abdicated their duties to the executive branch and the permanent administrative state.

more funding = more graft = more investigations in front of congress and tv, can't double your inputs and halve your workforce and have growth

should not have had an open border for 4 years huh?

Can't wait until a new admin get in in less than 3 years and completely reverses every single policy. Our structure makes it so hard to plan business and economics long-term.

Vengeance 2028

Soon it will be taking about what next. Only 2 more years.

Peter, you forgot that the tech bros are planing to replace all of us with AI and robots. I'm sure you have opinions about that.

We are so screwed

Not sure about PZ's take on this. Really exaggerated and lacks any nuisance view of how the federal government and workforce actually functions. Completely downplays the significance of potentially losing both chambers in the midterms.

So we are really going to pretend Trump is the first president to front load legislation? lol this has been a growing trend in Washington because both parties know they lose power in the midterms so they use the unity of the first 2 years to front load so their priorities survive the midterm reshuffling.

Now he's just like his adolized Putin, with a subservient Duma... Can't think of a worse leader...

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The border needed to be secured. Illegal migration was and still is out of hand. Even assuming immigration is good for the economy, a question remains...how much is enough and how much is too much such that it destroys everything else about a country? Honestly, "who will pick the lettuce?" doesn't work for me anymore. For one thing, there are machines that do it now. For another, lettuce is not critical to survival. Healthcare is critical of course. But now we hear AI will replace much of the technical work of diagnosis and treatment leaving basic nursing care in a lurch. That's a legitimate problem and there are others but it doesn't justify an open door immigration policy. In the end, I need to see a workable non-destructive entirely new immigration law and policy before dropping the current program to clean up the immigration mess. That's unlikely to happen in the next several decades at the current pace.

If Congress wants to maintain the power granted the by Article I of the Constitution, they need to exercise those powers. The last tie Congress passed an Appropriations Bill was 1997. 'Nuff said.

Show us the kittens Peter!