No. of Recommendations: 9
It is time to fix the problem and not look for things to hide behind. If the Senate Dems cannot face up to lasting border control, then maybe waiting to see what Trump will do is a better alternative. Still waiting on amendments to make the Senate Bill more acceptable.
The bipartisan drafters of the current bill offered a fix for the problem, and came up with a bill that consists almost entirely of immigration restrictions. All offered in exchange for Ukraine and Israel funding, not corresponding concessions on immigration issues. Not even a DREAMER provision! And it's been rejected by Republicans in response to DJT's instructions.
There's nothing that Trump can do that would be a better alternative. His efforts to refuse asylees the opportunity to file their claims were shut down by the courts - as were Biden's subsequent efforts to do the same with modest tweaks. Just like Biden, Trump will lack the legal ability to expel asylum claimants without a hearing. Just like Biden, Trump will lack the detention capacity to keep the claimants in detention until their hearing. So just like Biden, Trump won't be able to provide any alternative to the current situation.
If you want to fix the problem, you have to adopt legislation to fix the problem. Because Biden both needs Ukraine funding now and wants to make this issue go away before the election, you'll never get a better chance to actually fix the problem than this opportunity. And you should be thanking Abbott - not Trump - for getting the chance to adopt the most restrictionist immigration bill in thirty years, and criticizing Trump for blowing it for you.
