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December 26, 2023 - A migrant caravan marches through Mexico to the American border chanting slogans. The migrants are looking for a better life in the rich country, fleeing their homes to escape poverty and violence largely caused by decades of US intervention across Latin America. [video]
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By Gregory E. Williams
With Nikki Haley out of the race, Trump and Biden are officially facing off in a presidential rematch. Both of these deeply unpopular politicians are attempting to get ahead by scapegoating migrants and refugees at the U.S.-Mexico border. In dueling publicity stunts, they both went to the border on Feb. 29., hundreds of miles apart in Texas. Despite the polarized rhetoric, there is little substantive difference between their approaches to immigration.
#immigrants#migrant caravan#refugeeswelcome#texas#Joe Biden#Donald Trump#scapegoating#election 2024#Struggle la Lucha
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Migrant caravan #truths
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Don’t believe the lies about Joe Biden and the border.
The GOP lies about Joe Biden and the border are relentless—and they are working. The most frequent criticism I hear from readers who are Democrats is that Joe Biden has failed to address the border crisis. That is simply not true, and those readers have fallen victim to Republican disinformation.
We have to snap out of it! We cannot retreat in defensive embarrassment every time a Republican falsely claims Joe Biden has allowed for “open borders” or allowed an “invasion” on our southern border.
The latest example is an op-ed by Bret Stephens in The New York Times, Opinion | The Case for Donald Trump By Someone Who Wants Him to Lose. Among the many demonstrably incorrect statements included in Stephens’ article is this:
Many of Trump’s opponents refuse to see virtually unchecked migration as a problem for the West at all. . . . Only now, as the consequences of Biden’s lackadaisical approach to mass migration have become depressingly obvious on the sidewalks and in the shelters and public schools of liberal cities . . . .
What—exactly—is Biden’s “lackadaisical approach” to mass migration? Congress sets immigration law—and Joe Biden is enforcing it. Indeed, Biden is enforcing current immigrations laws much more effectively and aggressively than did Trump—a point of contention among many progressive Democrats. See, e.g., The Hill, Progressive Democrat has ‘serious concerns’ about Biden’s ‘heavy-handed’ border policies.
Why are progressives upset about Biden’s enforcement of immigration laws? That answer is explained in a recent article by The Cato Institute, New Data Show Migrants Were More Likely to Be Released by Trump Than Biden.
As explained by Cato Institute article,
In absolute terms, the Biden DHS is removing 3.5 times as many people per month as the Trump DHS did. These figures are important for understanding how each administration has carried out border enforcement.
During the Trump administration, DHS made 1.4 million arrests—what it calls “encounters”—in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (24 months). Of those people arrested, only 47 percent were removed as of December 31, 2021, which includes people arrested by Trump and removed by Biden, and 52 percent were released into the United States.
Under Biden, DHS made over 5 million arrests in its first 26.3 months, and it removed nearly 2.6 million—51 percent—while releasing only 49 percent. In other words, the Trump DHS removed a minority of those arrested while the Biden DHS removed a majority. Biden managed to increase the removal share while also increasing the total removals by a factor of 3.5.
On every metric—in absolute and relative terms—the Biden administration has enforced immigration law more aggressively than did the Trump administration.
So, what changed? Why the misperception that Biden is “soft” on immigration?
First, the absolute number of immigrants fleeing violence in Central and South America is increasing dramatically. That is not Biden’s fault. Indeed, Biden is attempting to address the root causes of forced migration—violence and poverty—in the countries that are contributing most to mass migration into the US.
Second, in the face of a sharp increases in immigration that is overwhelming US border security, Biden has made the wise decision to focus enforcement efforts on immigrants who pose national security or criminal threats in the US. Even with that enforcement focus, Biden’s efforts are significantly more aggressive than Trump's.
Which brings us to the current refusal of House Republicans to authorize $13.6 billion in supplemental funding for border security. If they were truly concerned about the immediate crisis, they would pass the supplemental bill. But they don’t want a solution; they want a campaign issue.
I also hear from readers who criticize Biden for not “explaining” what he is doing to address the crisis at the border. I have two observations.
First, Biden is doing his job by enforcing immigration laws. Biden can’t make new law—that authority lies with Congress. So quit blaming Biden for Congress’s failure.
Second, if you want to know what Biden is doing, check out WhiteHouse.gov. There you will find Fact Sheet: The Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Actions to Increase Border Enforcement. As explained in the Fact Sheet, the Biden administration is
Working with international partners to speed removals and returns. Since May 12, we have removed or returned over 253,000 individuals to 152 countries. This compares to 180,000 removals and returns during the same period in 2019, which was the comparable pre-pandemic and pre-Title 42 period. This was enabled by a more than doubling of ICE international removal flights from the first to the second half of FY 2023 and new agreements with multiple countries to streamline returns.
Deploying a military personnel surge to support border efforts
Expediting family removals nationwide.
Adding DHS holding and processing capacity.
Improving Processing of Work Authorizations and Directly Communicating with Work Eligible Individuals. Only Congress can change the law to allow asylum seekers to get work authorization sooner than six months after filing their claim. Right now, six months is the law.
In short, any objective observer should conclude that Biden is doing a good job under difficult circumstances. If refusing to “send the US military to attack the cartels in Mexico” or “closing the border” is being “lackadaisical,” then the problem is not Biden—it is the fact-free critic who does not understand how US or international law works.
Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter
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New migrant caravan with 600 Venezuelans leaves Chiapas
Some 600 Venezuelan migrants who were stranded in Suchiate, Chiapas, left in a second caravan on Monday afternoon, they said they were tired of waiting for the Mexican immigration authorities to grant them a humanitarian visa to be able to move freely through Mexico.
A first caravan left last Saturday, with almost a thousand people, carrying with it a Venezuelan flag. Now the members of the…
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On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court stated in a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration was allowed to remove the Migrant Protection Protocols (aka the “Remain in Mexico” policy) that required migrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum claims were being assessed.
Was this right? Debate & decide at the link!
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Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds.
#border#crisis#migrant#migrants#migrant caravans#drugs#Fentanyl#immigrants#immigration#illegal#Mike Johnson#Steve Scalise#The Mad Sonneteer#Bud Koenemund#Koenemund#MAGA#MAGA Morons
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Where is the country-destroying migrant surge that was supposed to come after Title 42 ended? Why has no one taken your guns? Why isn't Hillary Clinton locked up? So many questions.
By Rex Huppke
Last I checked, there are approximately 3,756 Republicans running for the GOP presidential nomination, and the vast majority of them – particularly the Donalds Trump and the Rons DeSantis of the world – want voters to know they should be terrified.
Terrified of what, you ask? Oh, I dunno. Socialism. Marxism. “Radical” teachers. Mickey Mouse. Drag queens. “Others.” Pretty much everything, it seems. All the fears. (I’d add spiders to that list, but that’s just me, a liberal scaredy cat.)
Fearmongering is a tried-and-true Republican Party tradition and with the 2024 election cycle about to kick into full gear, it’s mongering season.
REPUBLICAN FEARMONGERING, AND SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY FEARS ARE NEVER REALIZED
So I have a suggestion for GOP voters, from the MAGA loyalists to the (three remaining) moderates to everyone in between. The first GOP presidential debate will be Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. At that event, you should demand answers to the following fear-related questions:
Why is “her” – the Hillary Clinton character in the “Lock her up!” chant – not locked up? Former President Donald Trump was supposed to do that, yet “her” walks free.
Why haven't we been literally invaded by umpteen South American migrant caravans?
Where is the country-destroying migrant surge that was supposed to come after Title 42 ended?
Why aren’t there violent MS-13 gang members on every street corner?
Why haven't the tyrannical Democrats taken our guns?
Why hasn’t Obamacare been repealed?
Where is the GOP health care plan? (Coming in two weeks, I’m sure of it!)
Why, with godless, devious Democrat Joe Biden as President, are Americans still allowed to say “Merry Christmas”?
Why did the COVID-19 vaccines work? Why did they not contain tracking chips that allow the government to monitor us?
Why has the economy not collapsed and why has the American way of life not been destroyed?
Why is there not, as Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon promised in 2022 before not becoming Governor, “a drag queen in every classroom, indoctrinating our children”?
Why haven’t drag shows turned all Americans into drag queens?
YEARS OF FEAR, WITH SO FEW RESULTS – IT'S ALMOST AS IF THEY'RE MANIPULATING VOTERS
Why are America’s big cities not actually dystopian hellscapes?
Why is the murder rate declining when we’ve been told repeatedly that crime is spiraling out of control?
How come our children are able to watch Disney movies without turning gay?
Why are Americans still allowed to speak English?
Why are we still able to hold dear all the things we hold dear?
I WAS SPECIFICALLY PROMISED WIDESPREAD SOCIALISM. WHAT THE HECK?
Why has nobody come to confiscate our guns? We have actual buckets filled with guns in the basement and bullets everywhere and not a single damn Democrat has come to rip them from our hands, cold and dead or otherwise.
Why has virtually everything a Republican candidate or Fox News talking head ever said to instill fear in our hearts wound up being either total nonsense or, at best, an almost bizarre overexaggeration of a relatively minor issue?
Why has America not been transformed into a socialist wasteland?
Why, for the last time, do we still have all of our guns?
You deserve answers to these questions, my Republican friends. Because often, in this big and confusing world of ours, there are inescapable signs that suggest you’re being lied to.
Learning to spot them is an important life skill. Off you go.
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Editorial cartoon by Marty Two Bulls @ m2bulls.com
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By Alejandra Garcia
“Migrants will not become a bargaining chip of the U.S. presidential campaign. Nothing will stop us, we will keep walking,” commented Luis Garcia Villagrán, an immigrant rights activist.
Villagrán, who is one of the key organizers of the caravan, told reporters, “We are fleeing our brutal living conditions. The only hope for these people is to go out, to call attention, and to say that we exist. The only thing we want is to work. The only thing we want are documents to get out of poverty and help our families and children,” he concluded.
#migrant caravan#immigrants#protest#imperialism#colonialism#LetThemIn#Joe Biden#Donald Trump#Mexico#Struggle La Lucha
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Thousands Join Migrant Caravan Moving Through Mexico To U.S. Border
Thousands Join Migrant Caravan Moving Through Mexico To U.S. Border
Another caravan of migrants is heading from southern Mexico to the US border. Telemundo correspondent Randy Serrano reports how their journey coincides with the US-hosted Summit of Americas in Los Angeles. Watch Tom Llamas Top His Stories on NBC News NOW every weekday at 7 p.m. Top Stories Playlist: NBC News NOW is NBC News’ online streaming network where users can find the latest news and…
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MIGRANT CARAVAN LEAVES SOUTHERN MEXICO DAYS AFTER TEXAS TRAGEDY
Thousands of people set off on foot from southern Mexico early Friday morning, undeterred in their efforts to reach the United States even after the deaths of at least 53 migrants in Texas this week highlighted the dangers facing many migrants.The group, mostly of young men from central American countries, included families walking with children and babies in strollers.The migrant caravan began…
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A Caravan of Migrants Is Heading Toward the U.S. Border
A Caravan of Migrants Is Heading Toward the U.S. Border
Thousands of migrants set off from southern Mexico last week in one of the largest caravans seeking to reach the United States in recent years. The mass movement coincided with a recent meeting in Los Angeles, of leaders from the Western Hemisphere, where migration was a key focus.
Though migrant caravans have become a common phenomenon and are usually broken up by the authorities long before…
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Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico
About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border.
The caravan of migrants set out on foot from the city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border, on Oct. 30, walking north toward the U.S.
The contingent, including many women and children, later…
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