Biden says he would veto bill that would enforce the border.

 

Joe Biden. AP.

Joe Biden said he would veto a bill that would enforce border regulations and attempt to deal with the massive wave of illegal immigrants at the border. AP. The bill would restrict asylum claims, fund more border walls and end refugee status from several countries. The bill will be proposed on the same day that Title 42, a Coronavirus measure that stopped large amounts of illegal immigration, will expire. The expiration is expected to lead to an even more massive wave of immigrants. The measure is unlikely to pass in the Senate so it is unlikely Biden will have the opportunity to veto it. Biden has proposed his own solutions for the border crisis but all of them involve allowing more migrants into the country. 

My Comment:

Just another example of both the Biden administration and both houses of congress failing to deal with this issue. This bill would at least do something to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into America but it's unlikely to pass the House, let alone the Senate. And if it somehow does? Biden will veto it. 

And Biden and the Democrats proposed solution? More immigration. Always more immigration. Nothing to secure the border. Nothing to deport the millions of illegal aliens already in the country. Nothing to secure the border. Nothing at all to help the millions of people that are hurt by immigration. 

And it's not like Republicans are that much better. There are representatives that are opposed to this bill because it would mean that companies would no longer be able to hire illegal immigrants. Once again, putting illegals over the people that come here legally or were born here. There are many Republicans that are willing to do something about the issue, but too many of them want more immigration or even an amnesty to the people that so blatantly broke the law. 

Nowhere is the gap between what the government wants on an issue and what normal people want greater than illegal immigration. Indeed, outrage about the issue propelled Donald Trump to the White House. And moving away from the issue in 2020 hurt his chances that year. Had he focused on it he would likely be President now even with all the nonsense we had in 2020. 

To be fair to Trump, he had essentially solved the issue during his term. He built most of the wall, actually deported people and put into place Title 42, which stopped a huge amount of immigration, legal and otherwise. Biden reversed all of those policies and we have reaped the whirlwind. 

Nowhere is the damage felt more than in the housing and renting market. All of these millions of immigrants entering the country need a place to say and that means that the prices of housing and rent will increase even more than they are already. And given the difficulty of building housing these days it's not going to get any better. And that could mean that people won't be able to afford homes or even rentals, which means even more people will end up on the streets.

Biden and the Democrats, and the pro-immigration Republicans, know all of this and don't care at all. They don't care about how much their constituents suffer and will continue to do whatever they want on this issue. Hopefully there will be a reckoning on this issue in 2024. Given how badly Biden is polling lately, perhaps the reckoning is already here.