Bait and Switch

Everything that is wrong with American politics is evident in the recent border legislation that the Senate proposed, and the Republicans have rejected. Prior to Joe Biden taking office, our southern border was as secure as it had been in decades. But on his first week in office, Biden signed dozens of executive orders which undid most of what was working to secure our border. He swung the border wide open. He personally created the current crisis at the border, and it started the day he took office. Over 7 million illegal immigrants have crossed our border since January 2021, almost double the previous all-time high. This was a manufactured crisis by Biden and the Democrats. 

For the first three years of the Biden administration, the Democrats have denied that there even was a crisis at our border. In August 2023, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that Biden has “done more to secure the border” and deal with illegal immigration “than anybody else.” In 2022, a year during which we saw 2 million illegal immigrants enter our country, KJP said, “we are doing everything that we can to make sure that we follow the process that’s been put forth. That’s why we have historic funding to do just that, to make sure that the folks that we encounter at the border be removed or expelled.” Vice President Kamala Harris said on Meet the Press in September 2022, “We have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation, including ours and our administration.” And in 2021, the year 1.7 million illegal immigrants enter through our southern border, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas told congressmen on Capitol Hill that “the border is secure and the border is not open.”