GOP Blocks Power Move by Rep. Who Proposed Electrified Border Fence
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WASHINGTON (AP/The Blaze) — Republicans eliminated a potential liability with Latino voters Friday by refusing to give the top spot on an immigration subcommittee to a congressman who once proposed stopping illegal immigrants with an electrified fence.
The expectation was that Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, House Judiciary Committee chairman, would choose fellow Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa to be the next chairman of the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship and other related issues.
Instead he chose California Rep. Elton Gallegly, who is considered an immigration hawk, but who is less likely to make explosive comments that make him an easy target for critics.
Efforts by The Associated Press and King to talk about the development Friday were unsuccessful. A spokeswoman for Smith did not return phone and e-mail messages from the AP requesting comment.
Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, said the choice for the subcommittee chairmanship was Smith’s. He said Boehner did not make a recommendation.
By choosing Gallegly, Republicans get a subcommittee chairman whose public comments are less likely to be incendiary and won’t GOP hurt efforts to become more Latino-friendly, while depriving Democrats of an easy target in the run-up to the 2012 presidential elections.
Alfonso Aguilar, executive director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, said the decision is a clear message Republican leadership doesn’t want to antagonize Latinos.
King was the top Republican on the same immigration subcommittee in the last Congress and was expected to be in charge when Republicans took control of the House.
In 2007, Rep. King suggested on the House floor that an electrified fence could be put on the border to stop illegal immigrants. “We do that with livestock all the time,” he said then.
King also accused President Barack Obama of favoring blacks and referred to settlement of a discrimination lawsuit filed by black farmers and Native Americans as “reparations.”
But he has his supporters for his tough talk on illegal immigration. On Wednesday, he introduced a bill to deny U.S.-born children of immigrants automatic citizenship. Smith has said he only wants to advance legislation that has widespread support from Americans.
Angie Kelley, an immigration expert at the Center for American Progress, said Gallegly is quieter than King on his immigration views, “but his restrictionist roots are very clear and they run very deep.”
Gallegly helped create the pilot program that led to the E-Verify system, got an amendment passed in the House to deny education to children of illegal immigrants and other tough measures. But in 1995, he sponsored a bill that would have given legal status to agricultural workers.
Roy Beck, president of Numbers USA, which lobbies for tough immigration laws, said his group has given Gallegly an “A” for his career work on immigration and is happy with his appointment to the chairmanship. But he said King will continue to be a force as vice chairman of the committee.
“If this was about trying to muzzle an outspoken member,” Beck said, “it is not going to be very effective.”
Associated Press writer Kevin Freking contributed to this report.
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Comments (109)
puck30
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:58amJust build the Damn fence Already! We are spread out in 129? 139 countries? 1400 more troops going over to that ‘pit’ so Lindsey Grahamnisty can look good on Sunday tv?
Yet we leave the back door wide open.
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:55amOur National Guard should be placed at the US borders…..to control, close and enforce the borders. Therefore, the only profiling would be….anyone attempting to enter illegally.
Report Post »Race
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:50am*******. Shoot down the folk with real solutions in homage to political expediency. I‘m voting third party candidates next election if you retards don’t pull your heads out of your butts.
Report Post »Tyr
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:48amI don’t know about the rest of Europe, but in the Scandinavian countries if you are found to be there illegally (overstay your visa, entered illegally, expired passport, etc.) you are locked up until you can provide money for your own transportation out of the country. Then you are escorted to the airport, port or border. Of course if you try to cross into another Scandinavian country you will probably be arrested by that country on the spot. Normally, you are put on a Persona Non Grata list and will never be able to obtain legal entry and subsequent illegal entries could get you locked up for up to 50 years. At least it was that way in the seventies (been there, done that, got the t-shirt).
Report Post »meddlehead
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:48amThe GOP does not need lightning rod big mouths holding chairmanship seats. We need protectionists that can articulate their points without sounding like Alan Grayson.
Report Post »MissCherryJones
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:47amAt this point, I’m not so sure I oppose an electrified fence. The problem of illegals is ridiculous. Was it just last week that the article came out about the girls scaling the fence in under a minute? We have to do SOMETHING. Maybe do like the military: build 2 fences, 50 yds apart, manned by Marine snipers, motion detectors and the occasional mine. They might be able to climb one, but the sure as heck aren’t going to make it to the other.
Report Post »As far as King’s proposed bill, I say hell yes! The 14th Amendment was written for a single purpose: making freed slaves legal citizens (I think they truly paid their dues). Automatically making anyone born here an American citizen right out opens the door for SO much abuse. Oh wait….
Helldogger
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:46amGive the Border Patrol & ICE the same authority as Game Wardens & go after employers & landlords. Bust a few places like Tyson Foods & Pilgrim Foods, film it while they load up every white person in the office from the CEO to the receptionist & load ‘em on the bus to the border to do 90 days building the fence, then let ‘em go to court. I promise, there will be a mass exodus.
Report Post »meddlehead
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:45amPredators calling in gunships. We already have the practice.
Report Post »Stopit
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:37amchildren, an electric fence does not kill the cow…it just teaches it to stay away from the fence
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:55pmIf you lived in the country you would know that an electric fence is unpleasant but not fatal. I’ve brushed up against them more then once in my lifetime. One word of warning, don’t be stupid enough to urinate on one. It may not kill you but you might wish that it did.
Report Post »Vyger
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:26amI’m going to call Mr. Smith’s office and ask him where he is getting his information from. The MAJORITY of AMERICANS want this situation dealt with. And an electric fence would be the first place to start.
And huge fines for companies found hiring illegals.
And no Federal funds for cities who harbor illegals.
And an co-ordinated effort to streamline the LEGAL immigration process (in other words it should probably be privatized if we actually want it to work efficiently)
Report Post »Carbine1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:26amIf worrying about RACE is the problem here[[ALWAYS EVERYONESBLEM][White woman ,black race, and queers, and latinos]ALWAYS worrying about THEIR RACE and GENDER.].If EVERY WHITE MAN[and you notice] [ I said MAN] would vote against these COMMYS in Washington D.C. then WE would have a VVVVVAAAAASSSSSTTTTT majority in this country. Come on WHITE MAN get your head out of your ass and read the real picture here. Even the white woman is in bed with a COMMUNIST now.
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:20amA fence, electrified or not, will not work. Removing the opportunity for illegals by enforcing the law is what will stem the tide. Arrest and deport the illegals, and arrest and prosecute Americans who give jobs or other services to illegals. Require verifyable identification of anyone applying for employment, college, licenses, credit cards, loans … whatever … give illegals no reason to come and no reason to stay.
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:20amI was thinking land mines would at least give them a random sporting chance, but then again I consider mexico my enemy so I’m all for treating it as war.
Report Post »Carbine1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:19amI see NOTHING wrong with electrifying the fence. Give them the last shock of their life. I wonder if this were to come into policy. Would the Mexican Government even bother picking up the bodys of THEIR CITIZENS.
Report Post »WhiteTeaParty
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:21amAnother Tea Partier with another racist comment.
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:44pmIt‘s always about race isn’t it WhiteTeaFarty:
It just couldn‘t be that because they’re entering OUR SOVEREIGN COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. Oh no, it’s RACISM!
You’re a dufus. The race card has been overused so much we NO LONGER CARE!
You JACKWAGON!
Report Post »hulagu
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:50pmWhiteteaparty,explain to me how Carbines’ comment was racist. Were you just injecting some sarcasm?
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:31pmWhiteTeaParty, please point out the racism in Carbine1 comments. I have looked and cannot find, so any help would be appreciated.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:19amI say a few sharpshooters would be more effective than any fence….
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:15amSo we expected some change??? What a joke. The only latino vote they should care about are the ones who obey the law, respect our country, OUR FLAG!!!! and they will get those. What bunch of sorry sob’s. I’m beginning to feel like many others – why even vote?
Report Post »Carbine1
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:13ami SEE nothing WRONG WITH ekectrifying the fence. I have even thought of this one. Give them the last shock of there life. I wonder if the [SO-CALED] government of M
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:58pmHow about taking the illegals from here, inserting a chip that works like a dogs “invisible fence” collar and sending them home. When they try to come back across the border, they get a nasty shock for for a few hundred yards or so, but not strong enough to permanently damage them. If they can take it…let them stay…I‘m betting they can’t.
Report Post »CrackerSmurf
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:13amWho cares? They aren’t going to do anything either.
Report Post »Chris G
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:13am@ CIVILUNRESTNOW:
I say we need to have BOTH, + a 50′-wide mine field along the border.
Report Post »bigfisher123
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:07amI wish the Republicans would get some courage. Rep. King would pull no punches and be honest. Isn’t this what what we want?
Stopping the illegals at the border is protecting them as well as us. Why should we allow poor Mexicans to be induced into virtual slavery? They are abused and used in the U.S. and should stay home!
Why are so many people so willing to give our nation away?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:18amThis matter on illegal imigration is more than just the southern border; we need to improve the ways we deal with illegal imigration across the board, with all borders and ports of entry. While the majority come from across the southern border, it is not the only way into the nation.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:07amA message needs to be sent to the Latino or Mexicans or whatever you want to call them, that AMERICA is not for sale. If they think they are getting a raw deal here, then they need to go back to their country. We need people to let them know that no more favors.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:16amIf we could get rid of the human rights activists and every one else who is screaming about human rights everytime they even suspect racial profiling we could get somewhere. I live in Az, we know where the illegals are, we know who they are, Sheriff Joe gets sued for human rights violations, or sheriff here in Pinal county gets threats made on his life, officers are shot by drug smugglers. God forbid we do any profiling.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:25am@Untamable
Agree whole heartily. I have many LEGAL imigrant friends who waited years to enter with a green card and worked hard to become citizens; they hate the illegals even more than most native born Americans do.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:58amSnow, I had a friend when I worked for the airlines who was a Mexican who worked under her green card and was married to an American man. They had three children together and she remained a Mexican citizen, she was proud of her heritage and she managed to be here legally.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:27pm@Untamable
Love to hear stories like your friends. Best wishes for them and their kids.
Report Post »diablosho
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:05amI still favor the use of land mines. If we buy them in bulk, we’ll get a really big discount! That’s what I call tax-dollars-in-ACTION!
Report Post »Chris G
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:01amY’all at The Blaze need to hire a proofreader. I work cheap!
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:49amLaugh out loud ie: LOL
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 10:55amWhy are the Republicans concerned about alienating Latino voters?
Report Post »neverending
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:12amSame BS just a different day.
Report Post »civilunrestnow
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:33amTh same way they are afraid to alienate blacks, gay and Jews. They have no spine, never had it, never will. It’s time to make the Republicans the 3rd party TEA PARTY candidates running as T.E.A. TAXED ENOUGH ALREADY
Report Post »meddlehead
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:44amAt the rate they populate, they will soon be the largest voting block. GOP has to go milktoast to keep the precious few thqat they can.
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:57pmthe reason Republicans are concerned about alienating Latino voters is because they are no different than the Democrats and plan to appeal to the illegals religious values for votes.
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 10:38amSomeone has to step up and deal with this problem in reality…
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:09amI guess I have no chance to win an office…I want to shoot them as they come over. Only in the leg though…
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:09amIf the fence were completed and the national guard were sent there to patrol it along with the border patrol we could shut the illegal alien situation down for the most part. Keep the laws that businesses who knowingly hire illegals will have to pay hefty fines.
Report Post »Honestly, we can’t shoot them like dogs (wether we want to or not) or electricute them wich would be very expensive to mantain.
snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:16amAgreed; however, the problems of imigration reform do need to be addressed in a comprehensive and honest method. Not by giving a blanket amnesty as the administration is most likely going to do; and I feel the debate needs to be done in all the states, as a national referendum. Let the will and the calls of the people of America be heard loud and clear.
Piecemeal efforts result in more confusion and chaos across the board; just what the Progressives are still wanting to further pressure our land into the ‘Great Collapse.”
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:22am@Untamable Kate
Agree with you on the fence and the national guard. Honestly I feel we need to pull our troops out of the places like Iraq, Afghanistan and such where we are not needed or wanted, and deploy them in part for securing and patroling the border.
They can back up the border patrol forces with numbers for spotters, and if armed resistance by any terrorists or narco-dingbats occurs, then the real life training takes place.
Or we could also deploy rampaging hoards of groundsqurrels across the area; think of the psyche operation – millions of chattering, rampaging, thundering (?), ground squirrels tearing across the border lands…
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:24amOh..Ok..We have a border problem, but let‘s tip toe around this so we don’t upset the apple cart. We need the voters so we will overlook the illegal immigration issue for now. Do the right thing based on principle…and quit worrying about offending someone. Face it! You are going to offend someone somewhere with any hard decision. HEY…WORD UP REPUBLCANS everywhere…THEY ARE CALLED BALLS. Grow a set will ya?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:32amHeck..if our state would ask for volunteers to patrol the border as an ARMED civilian force or militia I would go in a heart beat. I have no doubt they would have more than enough volunteers to do the job. Must be ARMED civilians. And I don’t mean armed with a camera and walky talky. Must be able to use lethal force. Face it folks….this problem is never going away or begin to get better so long as we leave the issue up to the politicians. Sorry! but that’s the truth.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:37amKing also accused President Barack Obama of favoring blacks and referred to settlement of a discrimination lawsuit filed by black farmers and Native Americans as “reparations
Look at the statement extracted from the article above. Rep King is absolutly right. I followed this issue a good while. The initial claims amounted to about 18,000 when Barrys DOJ came in, there were reports that that number was up over 60 to 90 thousand, I think when the bill was signed it ended up over 30,000. Barry used this discrimination lawsuit as a back door “Reparations” nothing more for slavery repayments. I seen that this will amount to $50,000.00 per claim. @ taxpayers expense. SERIOUS matter here. DOJ should be before Issa explaining and giving up documents to justify the number of claims. Down right dayum thieves Inside the Beltway.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:12pmMexicans cross the border to find jobs. If businesses stopped hiring them, they’d stop coming. They’re not here sight-seeing. Why doesn’t the obvious occur to anyone here? Seems to me you simply can’t bring yourself to blame the people who hire these people.
The very idea of building an electrified fence along our 2000 MILE border with Mexico, and patrolling it, is ludicrous.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:17pmThe only Latino votes I care about are those from the Latino’s who hold an allegiance to America.
Stop making “Latino-friendly” an issue – they’re playing into the class-warfare trap. LATINO IS NOT A CLASS, IT’S A RACE, AND RACE IS INCONSEQUENTIAL.
Some will say that Latino is a culture, but that‘s only a relevant consideration if there’s a conflict between the Latino culture and the culture of America (as laid out in the Constitution), which is a culture of freedom of speech and individual liberty.
Your heritage means jack squat in the American culture, but you’re welcome to it – just don’t expect special treatment, because another part of the culture of America is that all men are created equal.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:26pmWhy is an electrified fence a bad idea? It shouldn’t be lethal, of course, but if the fence gave off enough of a jolt to make it impossible to hang onto (e.g., same shock as from a Taser) that would certainly be a deterant to Mexican burglars who try to break into America.
We need to stop being panty waists and get serious about protecting America. Our infrastructure is crumbling from overuse and our social welfare programs are broke – we can‘t afford to keep telling Mexico’s poorest citizens and felons, “Come on over, the tacos are warm.”
Rickfromillinois
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:49pmThe whole argument that the illegals only come here for jobs is bogus. They come here for the social programs, the free medical (yes it is free, they just go to an emergency room), free education for their kids, and free food. How many go back to where ever the came from when they can’t get a job compared to how many stay and live off the tax payer? Yes, punish businesses who knowingly hire them, but to say the only reason that they come here is because of the jobs is a canard.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:57pmHow soon they forget … We surround them and they work for us … not the illegals. Talk about A.D.D. November 2nd wasn’t that long ago.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:15pm@A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Report Post »Sorry, but you are very wrong. While it is true that most illegals are brown and of Mexican origin, Latinos come in all races and race mixes (predominantly among the poor). Latin America is made up of many nations with distinct cultures and incredibly diverse subcultures, but within the US they are best described as an ethnic minority.
EgoBrain
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:17pmI’m not opposed to an electrified fence.
Report Post »But I really find the words, “Latino friendly” O-freaking-FFENSIVE.
untameable-kate
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:21pmRick, I agree with you wholeheartedly. These “poor people” steal work from my business all the time because they will work for far less than I can. Our poverty is like living in the upper middle class to them. I read a stupid book about a year ago and in it the author stated that a fruit picking alien cut himself badly and kept getting turned away from hospitals until he bled to death. I almost tore my hair out over that. Just think how many ignorant people will read that and believe it.
Report Post »click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:22pmjzs, once again you have mis-read the Tea-Leaves. I for one want the government to go after any and all lawbreakers, so I’m all for the government marching into any employers place of business and looking for illegals. Fine the employer, then kick out the illegals from US soil. But in the meantime we MUST plug the hole in the dam by securing the border… all of it!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 1:24pmCatB: How soon they forget … We surround them and they work for us … not the illegals. Talk about A.D.D. November 2nd wasn’t that long ago.
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I woke up, REALLY got it, after the radical Dim Congress used the lame duck session to pass all the commie cr*p that was pending (midterm election results), with the help of corrupt Repubs. Now I know for sure that the Repub machine absolutely, categorically does not work for us. We are just lucky when their agenda coincides with ours.
mcfinch
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 2:20pmWhy don’t they do something useful?
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Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 3:30pm@kryptonite,
“Latin America is made up of many nations with distinct cultures and incredibly diverse subcultures, but within the US they are best described as an ethnic minority.”
Ethnicity is not a class, Constitutionaly speaking. When you become a citizen of America, you are agreeing that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. We are the human race.
But if we make culture an issue, then that‘s actually treating one another like we’re different, when in fact we are not very different from one another. If you want to belong to a certain culture, then go ahead – that’s freedom in America, it’s your choice. But don’t expect me to like it or respect it. As Americans, we all agree to be treated the same under the Constitution, without regard for our culture or ethnicity.
Report Post »FreeMan5771
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 3:35pmSomeone will have to eventually step up and deal with this.
Hey guys, the Muslim worlds are incompatible with Western Culture.
Translation: NWO won’t work unless we all agree to Sharia Law under the rule of China. To think otherwise is to live in LaLa Land fellas.
I don’t know about you, but for me Sharia Law under Chinese world-wide rule is unacceptable, especially solely just to have a uniform one-world government. Talk about suck supreme.
So since it won’t work, and we are never going to really have a New World Order where everyone gets along and a few elitists who missed out on the 1200s will get to play lords and serfs, let’s quit being tolerant of the drug cartels and other scum that crosses our southern border by the thousands each day.
Wanna come to America? Then do it the right way, will ya! Will our leaders PLEASE start acting like the USA is still a sovereign entity instead of just another voice in the NWO. Remember, it won’t work, it’s not working, it will NEVER WORK, so why keep pretending it will.
Why ruin the ENTIRE WORLD and why ruin the USA? And for what? Nothing.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 3:57pm@A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Report Post »I couldn’t agree more. I was simply replying to your statement that latinos are a race. They are not. When I said ethnic minority, it enables the gathering of racial/ethnographic population distribution, and that is basically it. As far as I am concerned, the hyphens have only divided us as a nation, and it is a liberal ploy. I am all for the melting pot paradigm.
ltb
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 4:23pmuntameable-kate, good point. If you have two businesses, one owned by someone who hires Americans at $15/hour and a competitor owned by someone who hires illegal aliens for $7.50/hour, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the one breaking the law has the advantage. Whether it’s a corrupt business that’s “too big to fail” or giving unfair advantages to unethical businesses that hire criminal immigrants, Liberals make crime pay.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on January 10, 2011 at 7:32am@jzs Mexicans cross the border to find jobs.
The latinos, not just mexicans come here for much more than jobs. They come here to have anchor babies so they cannot be deported. They come here because they are told in thier countries, that Americans will give them free food, medical care, housing, etc.Many come here to commit crimes, as they can profit more from Americans than poor mexicans. Some come here for jobs without any intention of assimilating, turning the US into Mexico Del Norte. Shut the border down. It is an invasion with great damage done to the US.
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 12:52pmYea, claymore mines and approx two dozen sniper teams deployed along known infiltration routes would go a long way in discouraging others.
First, SECURE THE BORDER prior to ANY other discussions of immigration reform or anything!
Second, we need to close the “baby citizenship” loophole that the courts erroneously created.
Then punish severely employers that are caught hiring illegal aliens (I really don‘t care if they’re offended because I‘M OFFENDED that they’re entering my country ILLEGALLY.)
Finally, imprison all illegal aliens for a mandatory two years at HARD LABOR then when their prison time is up – DEPORT THEM BACK TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
I think those measures would also go along way in discouraging others to come to America illegally.
Basically, I’m for any techniques that actually work in stemming the tide.
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