The White House has told friendly reporters that President Joe Biden may announce new border security rules to partially reverse pro-immigration policies that will hurt his 2024 re-election chances. Ta.
The announcement is likely to be made before the March 7 State of the Union address.
politiko report February 21st:
The Biden administration is considering a series of new executive actions and federal regulations to curb migration at the U.S. southern border, according to three people familiar with the plans.
NBC report:
The measure, which is still weeks away from finalization, is an effort to reduce the number of immigrants crossing the southern border illegally, as immigration remains a top issue for voters in the 2024 presidential election.
These leaks may be aimed at quelling inevitable opposition from Biden’s coalition of ethnic political minorities, chamber of commerce progressives, and pro-immigration investors and donors. expensive.
However, if these groups demonstrate protests and file lawsuits, it could give Mr. Biden a political advantage. new york times report February 21st:
Regardless of the outcome, a legal battle could allow Biden to win. try to neutralize One of his biggest political vulnerabilities is the turmoil on the southern border. Republicans have repeatedly used the border crisis to portray Biden as weak on enforcement. A legal battle could shine a spotlight on Republicans’ refusal to grant border enforcement powers through legislation.
Van Jones, a Democrat, suggested on CNN Wednesday that Democrats would benefit even if the proposed asylum restrictions were pointless. “That has to be fixed: Biden was willing to strike a deal.” [with the failed Senate plan]”Republicans would rather keep our borders open for political purposes than to keep our country safe,” he said, adding, “Biden is trying to do something.”
“The audacity is incredible” from the White House, said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies.
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He said the purported changes would likely expire in November 2024. Because the purpose of these leaks is to make it seem like the president is responding to a border crisis, even though the president has denied that the border crisis has even existed for three years.
Many polls show that the public condemns the damage caused by Mr. Biden’s pro-immigration policies.
Biden has welcomed more than 6 million illegal immigrants into American workplaces, communities, schools, hospitals, and welfare rolls. And recent polls show that the public rejects Democratic efforts to blame Republicans for Democratic policies.
Krikorian said it will be difficult to change the flow of people from the border. [policy] I don’t believe this administration would do that. ”
But regardless of the realities at the border, the White House’s announcement could sway some independents who don’t follow politics closely, Krikorian added.
It will be the president himself who appears to have changed his mind…that’s what the White House wants.It’s not a stupid tactic and they might be able to pull it off…I could see them insisting on ridiculously excessive levels of immigration. [in January 2024] is successful because it is a little lower than before and some people have become accustomed to this unacceptable situation.
But Biden’s policies have already released more than 6 million poor immigrants into American communities. This immigration has led to much media coverage of immigrant poverty, welfare spending, crime, and political debate. “I don’t think a lot of the problems in these sanctuary cities are going to go away, of any kind. kabuki [theater] The regime is engaged at the border,” Krikorian said.
Additionally, the official leak ignored many of Biden’s pro-immigration policies that led to the huge influx.
The leak says nothing about Mr. Biden’s massive, and likely illegal, proposal to provide parole and employment to more than 1 million poor immigrants.
The leak also does not suggest that authorities will impose legal penalties on CEOs who hire cross-border immigrants or undocumented people.
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The leak does not say that authorities will resume regular deportations from the United States or seek to deport the roughly 1 million illegal aliens who have lost all appeals in court.
The leaks do not mention the possibility of firing Biden’s pro-immigrant Border Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, even though he was impeached by the House of Representatives on February 13 for refusing to abide by the nation’s laws. .
Instead, the proposed curb is vague, conditional, and likely contains loopholes ignored by establishment journalists.
Politico reported:
Among the ideas being discussed is using a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit immigrants from seeking asylum between U.S. ports of entry. The administration is also discussing tying the directive to triggers. That means it would only take effect if a certain number of illegal crossings occur, said the three people, who were granted anonymity to discuss the private review.
The administration also plans ways to make it harder for immigrants to pass the initial screening process for asylum seekers, essentially raising the “credible fear standard,” and expediting the expulsion of those who don’t meet these high refugee standards. We are also discussing how to do this.
of new york times report:
But people with knowledge of the proposal said Mr. Biden could invoke the authority to act under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, which allows the president to do things that are “detrimental to the national interest.” Those who are determined to have the same status are permitted to have their entry suspended. US. ” During his presidency, Trump used the same authority to impose travel bans on people from several Muslim-majority countries.
But media coverage of pending curbs is unreliable, in part because many D.C. reporters echo Democratic talking points.
For example, the four reporters who wrote this article new york times The article claimed that “the Biden administration has spent years curbing immigration, including limiting asylum for people who transit through Mexico on their way to the United States.”
In fact, Biden and his agents have been encouraging illegal immigration since January 2021.
