Biden's border blunder

 Washington Examiner:

President Biden faces an early test of his immigration agenda.

With illegal border crossings expected to rise, Biden has little time to steer sweeping reforms through Congress. Without new laws, he could be forced into a choice between either maintaining the Trump administration's enforcement measures and disappointing liberal immigration activists or seeing a rise in illegal immigration of the kind the GOP has predicted.

The number of people encountered at the southern border was higher each month in the fall than the same months last year. Former President Donald Trump's appointees claimed that more people are seeking to travel to the United States without authorization because of Biden’s promises to help people illegally residing in the U.S. A recent unsuccessful attempt by Central Americans who formed an 8,000-person caravan to the U.S.-Mexico border days ahead of Biden’s inauguration was the latest indicator of continued irregular migration from the Northern Triangle.

If the uptick in migration continues to increase toward the 2019 humanitarian crisis range, Biden could face a tough decision.

Biden has limited time to forestall the problem.

“I think that they won’t be rolling back many of the existing policies until they have a new set of protocols, infrastructure, and policies in place,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, an immigration expert at the Bipartisan Policy Center. “And that’s a race right now.

"Can they get that done quickly enough to manage any new increase in arrivals without making the situation at the border worse?" Brown asked. "And quick enough for immigration and human rights advocates? And in a way that is safe in terms of health protocols for migrants and [Customs and Border Protection] and other border personnel?“

Proponents of the sweeping reform bill that Biden sent to Congress hope that it would defuse the situation at the border.

“The Biden administration’s legislative proposal includes solutions to the root causes of the increase in refugees arriving at our border," said American Immigration Lawyers Association Executive Director Benjamin Johnson.

“President Biden shouldn’t fall into the trap of thinking that we have to choose between enforcing our laws and treating people fairly and humanely," Johnson said.

Still, the prospects are murky that Biden will get his way in Congress. His legislation has received a cold reception from the GOP.

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The problem is that Democrats care more about the illegal migrants than they do about the lives of border residents and the jobs of minorities in this country who will have to compete with the cheap labor Biden is facilitating.  Democrats not only want the cheap labor, but they also want to use the migrants to be counted in the census so that Democrats can steal House seats in Congress. 

This creates something of a dilemma for Democrats because they are beginning to lose the votes of Hispanics who live on the border and have to put up with the illegal migrations.

What Democrats call "sweeping reform" looks like throwing money at the countries these people are coming from.

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