Trump’s cynical sabotage of immigration reform

“Border agreements that actually reduce the flow of illegal immigration are [President Biden] Politically. ”

That’s Sen. Kevin Cramer (RN.D.) exposing the cynical Republican game on fixed borders.kramer Said He unashamedly explained his opposition to immigration reform:

In Mr. Cramer’s mind, taking aggressive action on immigration would hurt Mr. Biden’s most likely opponent, Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Once again, it appears that Congressional Republicans are withholding support for immigration legislation that would resolve the dire human crisis at the border solely because President Trump does not want to hand Biden a political victory in an election year. is.

Mr. Kramer is one of many Republicans who have appeared on right-wing radio, internet and TV shows to vehemently argue for the need to fix the border. And their attacks had an impact.a CBS/You Gov poll conducted this month It turns out that 70 percent of Americans disapprove of Joe Biden’s handling of immigration issues.

Republican wariness over Biden’s handling of the border crisis has made immigration a top issue for Republican voters in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

fox news poll It was found that 41% of Republican voters in both states named “immigration” as the “most important issue.”

A month before voting began, a national Fox poll ranked the economy as the top concern for Republicans.

But now because of the stock market record high price As inflation slows, Trump’s Republican Party is focused on attacking Biden on the border issue.

35% of Republicans say immigration is an important concern; In a December FOX pollonly 5% of Democrats and 14% of independent voters approved.

President Trump’s focus on Biden’s border issue has drawn attention after Trump failed to address the issue during his presidency.

He famously promised to build a wall, but failed. He famously promised to make Mexico pay for the wall, but failed. He famously tried to broker immigration reform through Congress, but failed.

But now President Trump and the Republican Party are making a cynical bet that years of failure will be forgotten and that Biden’s attacks on immigration will pave the way for a return to power in this year’s election.

Congressional Republicans, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louis.), say any measures that provide funding to U.S. allies at war (Israel and Ukraine) are part of a larger agreement that includes increased border security. claims.But Mr Johnson and MAGA hardliners are turning away. Biden-backed $14 billion package Improve the immigration system and provide relief to local governments bearing the brunt of the immigration crisis.

Mr. Johnson’s ironic gesture is reminiscent of the 2013 U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) who brokered a bipartisan immigration deal that included increased border security.But Rubio ran away from my bill Out of fear, as a right-wing radio host dismissed the bill as “amnesty for illegal immigrants.” Rubio concluded that this would undermine his own ambitions to run for president.

Republicans are once again taking a hardline stance, complaining about the border security problem and blocking plans to fix it. They even make racially provocative claims that Democrats support open borders to co-opt racial minorities who are more likely to vote Democratic.

President Trump says immigrants arepoison the blood of the nation”

The realities of immigrants fleeing political oppression, poverty, and violence under current U.S. asylum laws are conveniently ignored by President Trump. At the outset of his 2016 presidential campaign, he described most people crossing the border as rapists and criminals.

Polls have consistently shown for years that voters support orderly and legal immigration.

They don’t want to see families separated at the border. They don’t want to see desperate people being exploited as cheap labor by corporations and street gangs.

President Trump sees no political advantage in praising America as a nation of immigrants with a functioning immigration system. He considers it politically negative.

Even two Republican appointees to the Supreme Court, Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, sided with the three liberal justices on the court last week. order Texas has called for the removal of inhumane razor wire at its border that can harm and kill desperate people crossing into the United States in search of a better life.

Historians now agree that Richard Nixon and his top foreign policy aide Henry Kissinger: Intentionally took steps to sabotage Vietnam peace negotiations in 1968, to increase Nixon’s chances of election. In other words, he caused death, international chaos, and violent political division at home. That pain still haunts us.

last year, New suspicions have emerged Republicans adhere to a long-standing theory that all the Americans were working to delay the release of the Iranian hostages until after the 1980 election in order to overthrow President Jimmy Carter.

In 2024, President Trump is doing the same thing regarding the immigration crisis.

HuffPost report Last week: “Donald Trump on Wednesday told Senate Republicans to “abandon” a bipartisan agreement to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to be declared the winner ahead of the 2024 presidential election. informal pressure to do so. ”

How ironic!

Juan Williams is a writer and political analyst for Fox News Channel.