Why Biden won’t close the border.
The vast majority of American voters acknowledge the borders are open, that Biden refuses to act to close them, that illegal immigration is hurting the country in myriad, that our security is threaten by the countless unvetted terrorists entering our country but wonder why Biden refuses to act.
The Hill presented an interesting and intriguing report on how this supposed ‘moderate’ became the progressive- Marxist border radical.
3 reasons Biden won’t close the border
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...11a111a9&ei=19
For more than three years, critics of President Biden have watched dumbfounded as he has resolutely refused to close the southern border. Unfettered illegal immigration has led to deaths from fentanyl poisoning, outbreaks of once-rare diseases like measles and tuberculosis, surging crime in sanctuary cities, heightened national security concerns — and abysmal approval ratings for the president.
Though he has denied it, Biden has had the ability at any time to reimpose the guardrails erected by former President Trump, who instituted the “remain in Mexico” provision, demanded Mexico help slow the north-bound caravans, ended the Obama-era “catch-and-release” practice, built sections of border fencing and introduced other measures that reduced illegal crossings. In his first weeks in office, Biden undid more than a dozen Trump-era rules, and has now allowed now more than 5 million people to flood into the country.
Abdication of responsibility on the border has become a top political headache for Biden, and yet — other than blaming Republicans for not passing an immigration law that he dishonestly claims would have solved the problem — the president has been unmovable.
There are three possible reasons for his stubborn embrace of a policy that even his Democratic colleagues opposed not so long ago.
First, Biden still depends on the far-left flank of his party, without which he would not have become president, and progressives Democrats favor an open border.
Second, welcoming millions of undocumented people into the nation, and attracting them to sanctuary cities in states like New York and Illinois, helped staunch a threatening loss of political power for Democrats.
Finally, another possible rationale for not closing the border is the impact on inflation, Biden’s biggest political vulnerability. The 37 percent increase in food prices since 2019, the more than 20 percent hike in electricity costs, soaring rents and car prices — the struggle of millions of Americans to make ends meet — has put Biden’s reelection bid in jeopardy.