It’s almost like the Brandon regime had all these powers to restrict illegal immigration, but, intentionally chose to do the opposite
White House weighing executive actions on the border — with immigration powers used by Trump
The White House is considering using provisions of federal immigration law repeatedly tapped by former President Donald Trump to unilaterally enact a sweeping crackdown at the southern border, according to three people familiar with the deliberations.
The administration, stymied by Republican lawmakers who rejected a negotiated border bill earlier this month, has been exploring options that President Joe Biden could deploy on his own without congressional approval, multiple officials and others familiar with the talks said. But the plans are nowhere near finalized and it’s unclear how the administration would draft any such executive actions in a way that would survive the inevitable legal challenges. The officials and those familiar with the talks spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to comment on private ongoing White House discussions.
Trump did not need Congress to do anything: he already had the statutory authority to restrict illegal immigration and those demanding asylum. He used them, despite Democrats always suing. For those who were caught, he should have shipped them to sanctuary cities like several did, such as Greg Abbott
The exploration of such avenues by Biden’s team underscores the pressure the president faces this election year on immigration and the border, which have been among his biggest political liabilities since he took office. For now, the White House has been hammering congressional Republicans for refusing to act on border legislation that the GOP demanded, but the administration is also aware of the political perils that high numbers of migrants could pose for the president and is scrambling to figure out how Biden could ease the problem on his own.
White House spokesperson Angelo Fernández Hernández stressed that “no executive action, no matter how aggressive, can deliver the significant policy reforms and additional resources Congress can provide and that Republicans rejected.”
Blah blah blah. Republicans in the House should pass a hardcore bill that significantly restricts asylum claims, and forces them to apply outside the U.S. A bill that immediately deports all caught illegally in the U.S. Allocates lots of money for the wall and border agents. Allows states to surge their own forces and block the border. And so much more.
The question with Biden, though, is, “will he do something or is he just making noise?” A further question is “if he actually does something, will he go back to an unsecured border and what he’s done for the past 3 years if he wins in November?”
A president of illegal aliens, by illegal aliens and for illegal aliens.
Joe Biden – Americans last! pic.twitter.com/oTBIIJMsBD
— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) February 22, 2024
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