IS BIDEN SERIOUS ABOUT THE BORDER

IS BIDEN SERIOUS ABOUT THE BORDER?

By: Derek Varsalona

It is an election year, 2024, and the Republicans are serious about border security. President Biden is taking notice of the severity of the issue.  The border is in crisis.  A nation without borders is no nation at all.  I applaud President Biden for finally having the guts to go down to the border and see it firsthand.  I do not know if our border czar, Vice President Kamala Harris has been to the border even once.

On Thursday, February 29, a leap year, President Biden leaped into action on the border with a guess what…an actual visit to our nation's southern border.  He traveled to Brownsville, Texas to see the border firsthand.  Now, the question is he going to do anything about it?  The fact of the matter is that people see what they want to see.  They hear and believe what they want to believe.  Our politicians are no different.  I do not think President Biden will change his view on illegal immigration.  I think he is going to take this opportunity to grant more asylums and amnesty.

President Biden said he is willing to work in a bi-partisan way to secure the border.  But that is impossible since there is too much disagreement on the matter.  The Republicans want a border wall, and the Democrats want open borders with little security.  This is a wedge issue and conceding to Republicans will cost Joe Biden votes.  So expect this all to be for showmanship and nothing is going to get done.  While President Biden might get sunburned, Americans are literally getting burned with the cost of illegal immigration.  As always comments accepted. 

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Andrew Harnik

Source: President Joseph R. Biden. Fact Sheet: Impact of BiPartisan Border Agreement Funding on Border Operations.” Washington, DC: Thursday, February 29, 2024.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/02/29/fact-sheet-impact-of-bipartisan-border-agreement-funding-on-border-operations/