Biden's pivot: Why the president is moving to the right in 2024 on immigration: VP Harris- absent

Comment #9

grwurston — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:03:28 GMT

Yeah MD, it's like telling a kid a dozen times don't touch the burner when the stove is on. Eventually they learn the hard way.

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MADDOG10 — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 23:37:54 GMT

grwurston, You can lead a Mule to water, but you can't make it drink.

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grwurston — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:33:01 GMT

You're so clueless. Keep believing the msm and you'll stay clueless forever.

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noise-gate — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:02:50 GMT

* Hello, the Maga base is not growing, two: Independents left him in 2020 & there is no there there. You guys are under the illusion that even if he gets the nomination- he gets the Presidency. McCain got the nomination, so did Dole & look where that got them? Your guy has " to much baggage " it's that simple. <br />* The guy has indicements, lawsuits coming out of his ears & in Maga world- they ALL false. Everyone is against him, he should be so lucky because he never steals or tells lies. He... [ More ]

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grwurston — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:23:17 GMT

Trump doesn't need 60-80% of conservatives to win. If he gets that from conservatives and Indy's he's a shoe in. But the D's may still try something. I could say what I heard it might be, but you don't want to hear about it, so I'll keep it to myself.

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noise-gate — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:49:20 GMT

* He may control the party, but the voters are the ones that puts you over the top. He bragged about being instrumental in getting RoeVWade pulled out of the Supreme court and sent to the States- the idiot thinks women<br /> have forgotten. They are passed with both him & the party. Now they attacking Taylor Swift- boy do these idiots know how to step in it. It's gonna be a bloodbath come November & then the circus will once again come to town with the " it was rigged" again folks.... [ More ]

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noise-gate — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:37:18 GMT

* Unbeknownst to you- Ukraine needs support, and a majority on the Hill want to aid democracy but the Maga wing is taking orders from the loser. They have absolutely nothing to show the American people, except Hunter Biden investigation. <br />* What will backfire, is the assumption that Trump will win the election on " border talk" alone. The fool can't talk about inflation, that's coming down, he can't talk about the economy- that's outstanding,better than his claims of his being the best in... [ More ]

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grwurston — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 03:29:11 GMT

Biden doesn't need a bill or law to close the border. He can just sign an executive order. He's telling the R's if you want the border closed you have to give me money for Ukraine. That will back fire on him big time. The public is tired of spending billions on Ukraine while he's ignoring the problems at home, particularly the border.

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noise-gate — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 01:22:00 GMT

<br />* Remember when Trump walked across the lawn with members of his cabinet, carrying a Bible & holding it up in front of the church? That was for the Evangelicals in the party- in effect saying " no matter what they do, God is with me, so don't abandon me." Joe has also painted Republicans in a corner- they keep talking about Open borders, so there is a solution in the works & if they back off from it- 45 cannot claim that it's a problem & only he can fix it. Biden can simply tell the voters... [ More ]

Original Blog Entry: Biden's pivot: Why the president is moving to the right in 2024 on immigration: VP Harris- absent

eddessaknight — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:46:29 GMT

Biden's pivoting Right: Why the president is moving to the right in 2024 on immigration

Joey Garrison Lauren Villagran USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON Two years into his presidency, Donald Trump warned that he would close the southern border entirely if Democrats kept blocking funding for his proposed border wall.

It was the type of Trump rhetoric about the U.S.-Mexico border that Democrats regularly scorned as xenophobic.

But now , President Joe Biden is using similar language seeking a border shutdown as he urges Congress to pass a bipartisan bill under negotiation by senators to address what Biden has started to call the border crisis.

Biden said the proposal would be the toughest and fairest set of border reforms in U.S. history and includes new presidential authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed.

If that bill were the law today, I d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly, Biden said Saturday to Democrats in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Biden's push for a bipartisan border bill one that also would include funding for Ukraine and Israel marks a seismic shift to the right on border and immigration politics that has built over the past year.

Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Biden is trying to strip Republicans of one of their most effective wedge issues, setting up a potential case that House Republicans who have refused to back a bipartisan border bill stood in the way of long-discussed action on the border.

Yet the discussions are a far cry from a comprehensive immigration bill Biden sent to Congress on his first day of office that sought to restore humanity and American values to our immigration system by offering pathways for citizenship to undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

The discourse has become which of the parties can be harsher on border enforcement, said Melissa Gilman, co-director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas, Austin, School of Law.

Gilman said the political posturing ignores the reality that the border has never been the subject of policies more stringent regarding screenings for entry, expedited removal of migrants and other areas.

I have to think it's mostly because the Republicans have succeeded in creating a lot of fear around migration issues and have had success in doing that, Gilman said.

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For years, Republicans have rallied their conservative base and tried to appeal to independent voters by accusing the left of being soft on border enforcement.

Republicans are historically viewed more favorably on border security. A USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll in October found more Americans, by a 50%-41% margin, trust Trump the front-runner for the Republican nomination to handle immigration over Biden.

Biden's tone has changed after record daily border crossings over the past year. The president has also heard from Democratic mayors who have raised concerns about needing additional resources to handle the influx of migrants in their cities.

No, it's not, Biden said this month when a reporter asked him whether the border is secure. I haven't believed that for the last 10 years, and I've said it for the last 10 years.

Republicans have taken cues from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, whose hard-line tactics at the border including installing razor wire along the Rio Grande appear to be influencing the tenor of the national immigration debate.

Meanwhile, House Republicans are ratcheting up the border feud further by moving to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, arguing he has refused to enforce the nation's immigration laws.

Although the text of bipartisan border legislation isn't finalized, senators have discussed giving the Department of Homeland Security power to shut the border down to migrants crossing illegally when daily crossings exceed a daily average of 4,000 over a one-week period.

And if migrant border encounters surpass an average of 5,00... [ More ]