The Democrats said the wall was racist and xenophobic and wasteful when Trump wanted to build it. Now far left Alum is complaining that Republicans blocked funding for it. Can’t make this stuff up folks.
PS that border security bill was garbage. Biden and the Border Czar had all the tools at their disposal to rein in the mass illegal immigration but refused to do anything until they realized it was a big threat to their chances of staying in power.
Not surprised that our resident bellyacher would think the border security bill was "garbage".
I've never said I was against more border wall construction. I've always thought of it as another tool in the toolbox, to be used strategically with other measures.
The border security/immigration reform deal represented a good faith effort to find a bipartisan path forward. Of course the legislation had flaws, but it would have been the most sweeping immigration bill in decades, something to build on over time. It included new emergency border restrictions, major changes to asylum, expanded the use of "alternatives to detention", and authorized funding for new/replacement border wall construction.
Passage of the bill would have demonstrated that the Ds and Rs in Congress can work together to address critical issues, which has been missing over the last 8-10 years. It would have served as a new starting point for deeper conversation and necessary additional reforms. The bill had support from the right-leaning Border Patrol agents union and left-leaning Center for American Progress.
Executive level actions are not going to solve the problem. At best, you would be kicking the can down the road. And some of those actions would be tied up in the courts for years. Our immigration system needs a major overhaul, which can only be achieved through congressional action.
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