Border Wall & 'Invasion'
2015
2015-06-16 Trump first pitched building a wall and made promises that Mexico would pay for it.
https://www.npr.org/2016/04/05/473109475/trumps-plan-to-make-mexico-pay-for-the-wall
2016
2016-09-01 During an election speech in Phoenix AZ, Trump made another guarantee to the crowd that Mexico would be paying for the wall.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45908
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37241284
2017
2017-04-05 During a Congressional hearing, John Kelly acknowledged that illegal drugs from Mexico “mostly come through the ports of entry”. It took until around August before some began to speculate building a wall would not actually stop drugs from entering the US.
https://www.c-span.org/program/senate-committee/border-security-and-public-safety/475195
https://www.factcheck.org/2017/08/will-trumps-wall-stop-drug-smuggling/
2018
2018-01-25 More people began to question the infrastructure planning of the border wall.
2018-11-07 During a statement in the White House, Trump used the language “invasion” when referring to immigration at the border. It is important to keep this in mind because Habeas Corpus has a suspension clause dependent upon any “rebellion or invasion”.
2019
2019-01-08 During an address at the Oval office, Trump made his case for what he said would be a $5.7B wall project. He reiterated that Mexico would pay for it.
2019-02-15 Trump declared a national emergency to transfer military construction and treasury funds to the tune of $8B into building the border wall, and the ACLU sued.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R45908
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37241284
2021
2021-07-26 A news article quoted JD Vance as saying, ”…you can’t have so many people coming to the country at a time when our own families aren’t replicating themselves…”.
https://baptistnews.com/article/jd-vance-has-an-odd-way-with-words/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2022
2022-03-17 Then Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance stated on Fox News with Tucker Carlson, “They can’t win re-election in 2022 unless they bring in a large number of new voters to replace the voters that are already here. That’s what this is about. We have an invasion in this country.”
2022-04-05 In a JD Vance campaign commercial as an ‘America First Conservative’, he said, “Are YOU a racist? Do you hate Mexicans? The media calls us racist for wanting to build Trump’s wall. They censor us, but it doesn’t change the truth. Joe Biden’s open border is killing Ohioans, with more illegal drugs, and more Democrat voters pouring into this country. This issue is personal. I nearly lost my mother to the poison coming across our border. No child should grow up an orphan.” [approved by JD Vance. Paid for by JD Vance for Senate Inc.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3qYJoSV0lI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRPLCso0Sw
2024
2024-03-28 Michigan State Representative Matt Maddock posted on social media during March Madness, “Happening right now. Three buses just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort? @petehoekstra”.
https://x.com/matthewmaddock/status/1773143040724451761
2024-07-18 During the RNC, Trump once again used the language “invasion” when referring to immigration.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/31/politics/immigration-invasion-trump
2025
2025-01-20 Trump signed executive order “Guaranteeing the States Protection Against Invasion”
2025-04-17 American citizens including licensed doctors and attorneys began receiving legitimate but erroneous DHS emails telling them to leave the country, stating “It is time for you to leave the United States”.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doctor-email-immigration-leave-country-rcna201698