Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told the Republicans — it has been published widely by many of you — that he didn’t want to fix the issue; he wanted to use it to attack me. That’s what he wanted to do. It was a cynical and a – extremely cynical political move and a complete disservice to the American people, who are looking for us to — not to weaponize the border but to fix it.
He wants to prove he’s tougher on immigrants than a far wing wing nut job.
He wants to convince independents and light blue/light red voters that he is doing something because it’s his weakest issue and he is currently being accused of complacency/making the border worse. He’s not trying to go further right than Trump.
He is going to the right though, and a clear issue here is that many independents are actually on the left of. democrats. We’re not a cohesive group or a “party”.
And he is fucking over the border. We know what we need to solve it- increased funding for more clerks/judges/legal aid
But that’s not funding for their salary raises/expenses, or the corporate/billionaire mega donors subsidies and tax breaks. So fuck even trying that.
I’m not saying one way or another if it’s a good idea, I’m just saying what the calculation is
Biden is limiting migrant crossings to 2,500 per day in an attempt to keep migrants from being homeless in sanctuary cities.
Trump forcibly separated parents from children, deported the parents and detained the children in facilities where they were physically and sexually abused, while outlawing immigration of Muslims and “suspected Muslims.”
Yup. They’re the basically the same thing.
You don’t think families are still getting separated?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-separated-parents-u-s-border-agents-overcrowding/
I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I’m saying it’s not the mandated protocol by the President’s Executive Order, as it was under Trump.
He’s trying to prove that using policy on a group that goes on vibes. They won’t be convinced until he starts using undeniably racist statements they’ll insist isn’t racist.
