The Quote Below—More Misinformation from the Media
“At the time, in the summer of 2019, it was an easy question for Joe Biden. The future president was in Iowa, speaking to the Iowa Asian and Latino Coalition, a now-defunct PAC that vetted every major candidate for the Democratic nomination. Shaimaa Aly, an immigrant from Egypt, asked how Biden would end Donald Trump’s ‘horrible treatment for our asylum seekers’ and refugees. ‘He’s changed the law on asylum seekers,’ Biden said. ‘He can’t do it.’
“This week, Biden changed how asylum-seekers will interact with the law, with an executive order that allows non-citizens to be deported quickly unless they arrive at an official port of entry. Progressives called it a “return to Trump-era policies.” Trump called it “all for show.” The ACLU, which successfully halted Trump’s asylum limits with lawsuits, promised to sue and win again. . . . Trump’s framing of the issue is still horrifying to Democrats. . . .
“But three years of stories about migrants surrendering, asking for asylum, and roaming freely until far-off court dates have taken a rough political toll. In polling conducted for Gallup and the Pew Research Center, support for mass deportation has surged since 2020; support for deporting ‘all’ noncitizen migrants jumped from 37 percent to 50 percent, driven by Republicans and conservative independents. . . .
“The Democrats who embraced Biden’s move this week were usually in tough races — Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, Montana Sen. Jon Tester — and had endorsed bipartisan legislation that would have included the same changes. More wary Democrats could at least excuse that legislation as the price Republicans were demanding as a condition for approving more aid to Ukraine. Trump’s public opposition helped kill that bill, forcing Biden to act unilaterally, or not at all. . . .
“Republicans have given Biden no credit for his switch, and the White House didn’t expect any. ‘The Biden announcement might be the first small stirring of acknowledgement on the left of center that asylum is, potentially, a problem,’ said Mark Krikorian, the executive director of the restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies. ‘Liberals have been mugged by the reality of open borders.’. . . – He’s Using the Tools Donald Trump Used: How Joe Biden Became a Border Hawk, David Weigel, Yahoo!News, 6/7/24 [Link]
Fact Check of Above Quote: Illegal alien advocates are in a difficult spot with a national election coming up. As even this article concedes, public outrage against illegal immigration is rising. And it doesn’t bode well for the reelection of Joe Biden, who has systematically dismantled immigration law enforcement and opened our borders to illegal migration. To escape the political consequences of their actions, the alien advocates have shamelessly concocted the false narrative expressed in this article.
It claims that Biden is not so much the open-border enthusiast as some think. He really hoped that an immigration bill introduced earlier this year in the Senate would restore order the border. But, according to this narrative, that didn’t happen because Republicans, encouraged by Donald Trump, defeated the bill. Allegedly, they did so because Trump cynically wanted the border to say open so he could use it as a campaign issue. When the bill lost Biden decided that he had to issue his executive order to stop the chaos the border.
Illegal alien advocates express outrage against Trump and dismay about Biden’s supposed about-face. But it’s all for show because they know very well that the Senate bill, despite a few crumbs it tossed restrictionists, was laced with loopholes which would have left the open-border status quo pretty much intact. And the same pretty much applies to the executive order, assuming that it even goes into effect.
Biden issued his edict with the full knowledge that alien supremacist groups, such as the ACLU, would challenge it in court—which they have done. The fix is probably in, with the administration probably preparing to offer token legal opposition to the plaintiffs and allow them to win. Then Biden could tell restrictionists: “Look I tried, And to the open border crowd he could say: “Look, nothing has really changed.” It’s a win-win proposition for the Biden campaign.