Biden border policy a problem for Dems

 Newsweek:

For all his eagerness to repeal the Trump administration's immigration policies, President Joe Biden shows no interest in replacing them with other ideas. His approach to the border crisis is to avert his eyes from it altogether. This jarring lack of leadership is a top issue heading into the midterms—well beyond Texas and the border states.

The statistics speak for themselves. President Joe Biden ended the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, and America experienced a 379 percent increase in illegal migrant encounters during his first year in office. The number of encounters has surged even higher this year. Reports of disputes and meltdowns in the White House over the crisis reveal a president who has lost his grip on his own party and staff.

Americans of all political stripes are paying attention, and what they see are record levels of illicit border crossings, overflowing detention centers, and migrants being released into the interior of the country or bused to liberal cities by the thousands. Suddenly, this isn't a faraway problem affecting a few states. It belongs to all of us. No wonder only a paltry 34 percent of Americans approve of President Biden's handling of immigration.

Of course, Democratic leaders aren't letting pesky public opinion get in the way of their efforts to further limit enforcement at the border. Their latest strategy is to halt Title 42 of the Public Health Services Act, which delegates to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the authority to restrict entry into the U.S. during a public-health emergency.

You might think the Biden administration, which fired American workers for declining to get vaccinated, would agree with the rationale for preventing the entry of unvaccinated illegal immigrants. Not quite. It filed a motion earlier this year to halt Title 42, which a judge overruled. Now the administration is appealing the decision until it finds a like-minded judge.

The rollback of Title 42 would be catastrophic, sending a message across Central and South America that our southern border is wide open. It would further intensify the illegal drug trade that is costing lives across America. In 2021, CBP's Laredo field office seized 588 pounds of fentanyl—an 11-fold increase over 2020. Is President Biden unaware that fentanyl overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45?
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Only a tiny minority agree with Biden's open border policy.  It should right be a political problem for those who support it.

See, also:

'Triple threat': Three conservative Texas Latinas aim to convert border Democrats

And:

 Border communities seethe as Democrats seek money for Martha's Vineyard migrants

And:

 White House becomes 'irritated' with Fox News border reporter Bill Melugin

Melugin reports include drone films of migrants pouring into the country across the Rio Grande into south Texas.  It makes a mockery of Biden administration's contention that the "border is secure."