White House says immigration control is a problem but Republicans are to blame
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"'This is one area where our policy is dictated by politics, arguably moreso than any other,'" a reporter said during Thursday's White House press briefing, quoting AOC. "What is your response?"
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she agrees, and that the GOP is doing the dictating.
"The first day of this administration, [President Joe Biden] put forth a comprehensive immigration piece of legislation," she said. "While he's taking steps on his own, Republicans have made this an incredibly political issue. They have turned this into political stunts."
Chief among those stunts is a series of busing programs initiated by Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, whereby immigrants can take taxpayer-funded trips from the southern border to major cities. Those programs have put enormous strains on several blue destinations, most notably New York .
Republicans mostly argue that Biden should enforce existing laws to secure the border, but the White House disagrees.
"The president has said, 'Hey, let's do this in a bipartisan way,'" Jean-Pierre said. "'Here's the funding that we would need to actually try to fix what's going on, and to work on what's going on at the border,' and they refuse. They, meaning Republicans in Congress, want to make it a political issue."
The first day of this administration, [President Joe Biden] put forth a comprehensive immigration piece of legislation," she said. "While he's taking steps on his own, Republicans have made this an incredibly political issue. They have turned this into political stunts."
Chief among those stunts is a series of busing programs initiated by Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) and former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, whereby immigrants can take taxpayer-funded trips from the southern border to major cities. Those programs have put enormous strains on several blue destinations, most notably New York .
Republicans mostly argue that Biden should enforce existing laws to secure the border, but the White House disagrees.
"The president has said, 'Hey, let's do this in a bipartisan way,'" Jean-Pierre said. "'Here's the funding that we would need to actually try to fix what's going on, and to work on what's going on at the border,' and they refuse. They, meaning Republicans in Congress, want to make it a political issue."
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Does she think the sky is tangerine too?....
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Perhaps it's a stupid question to some, but who is in charge of immigration law enforcement?
Yes, because the gop has blocked all meaningful immigration reform legislation in Congress ever since the Reagan Administration...
Do you agree with that?...
That’s because republicans learned during the Reagan administration that democrats are lying pieces of shit who renege on their promises and can’t be trusted to keep their word.
“Meaningful reform”= democratic attempts to make the problem worse.
Apprehensions on the southern border were about 400K in 2018, 750K in 2019, 400K in 2020 (COVID), 1.6+M in 2021 and almost 2M in 2022. There is no limit on how many may seek asylum. The current laws and system cannot handle this. And this is only the southern border. In 2019 there were almost 600K Visa overstays, in 2020 almost 700K -- this looks like as least as big a problem as the southern border. The system was designed to handle about 1/4 the current volume. Congress needs to get off its collective ass and do something or allocate vast amounts of money for what would be a largely useless stopgap. I don't see Congress moving to do either.