On CNN’s “AC360” broadcast on Wednesday, CNN political commentator and former Obama adviser Van Jones responded to reports that President Joe Biden is considering stricter executive measures on the border, calling the move was motivated in part by the fact that there were “too many”. We have a lot of people coming across the border, even Democrats,” Biden said. “We’re floating these test balloons to see what the response is.”
Mr Jones said:[H]This is reality. We all have too many numbers before we say we have to do something. Some Republicans say if even one illegal alien shows up, we should shut down the entire border, build a wall and never open our doors again. For some it might be 10, for others it might be 100,000, 1 million, 5 million, 50 million. At some point, the numbers are too large even for Democrats. And now we’re in a situation where Congress won’t act, Republicans won’t let Congress act, there are too many people coming across the border, Democrats too, and the president is like this. Some kind of action will be taken. In reality, a court could invalidate it. Also, to your point, he’s floating these test balloons to see what the reaction is. But if Republicans are going to politicize this issue and refuse to act, Biden has to do something. ”
He added, “Republicans would rather keep the borders open for political purposes than to keep the country safe. Biden is trying to do something, so I hope he gets it.” hoping.”
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