and it has created a preferential tax structure in republican states. the 2017 tax law limits state and local tax deductions to just $10,000. it is driving from new york, new jersey tax earners to miami. they are worried the cap will hurt their constituents. i think their tax returns will be a shock this year real estate values really have been suffering in the region because of it. president trump trading shots with new congressman over the green new deal. tobacco use is spiking again among teens.
trump will reject it. the fox news host has the president s ear, of course. and he railed against the agreement last night, tossing in this message for any republican who backs it. if you are a republican senator or house member and you re too weak to take a stand, then it s probably time for you to retire. go home. let somebody who is willing to fight take your place. $1.3 billion? that s not even a wall, a barrier. i m going to settle this tonight and we will get back into this tomorrow. any republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain. more resistance to the deal coming from the conservative house freedom caucus. chair meadows says, quote hardly a serious attempt to secure the border. and jim jordan of ohio, while giving a great speech in el paso, congress was putting together a bad deal on immigration. the president doubling down
it is 30 past the hour. emerging from talks last night, they declined to get into the details. but richard shelby told reporters, quote, we got an agreement on all of it. we have been working feverishly to put all the particulars together. and that s all we can tell you. a democratic source says the deal includes $1.4 billion for 55 barriers in the rio grand valley. that is well short of what president trump was demanding for his border wall. and funding for 40,000 beds i.c.e. can use to detain undocumented immigrants, short of what the white house wanted and the same as current funding levels. one major ironye is the funding for border barrier is only slightly more than current funding, $1.3 billion.
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paso dropped 34%. later in 2008, construction started on a border fence. meantime, from 2006 to 2011, violent crime went up 17%. city officials in el paso, republicans and democrats, appear fed up with this president s misrepresentations. they passed a resolution on monday saying they are disillusioned by president trump s lies regarding the border and our community. they are offering to meet with mr. trump so he can become properly informed. possible democratic challenger beto o rourke slamming the president s call for a border wall at his own march a few hundred yards away. oh, this is inspirig. this is the border standing up for itself. this is el paso selling our story. no one can tell it better than we can. a safe, strong community. that s who we are. later o rourke told supporters el paso was a safe