{"id":10421,"date":"2024-02-13T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=10421"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T18:17:27","slug":"no-deal-biden-must-secure-the-border-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=10421","title":{"rendered":"No Deal: Biden Must Secure the Border First"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Corey Gustafson<\/p>\n

Corey Gustafson is a university lecturer in American Foreign Policy, cofounder of Dogleg Brewing, and former Republican congressional candidate<\/em><\/p>\n

President Biden\u2019s recent vow to \u201c<\/span>shut down the border<\/span><\/a>\u201d if Congress sends him the recently <\/span>proposed Senate border deal<\/span><\/a> rings hollow and ironic given his administration\u2019s total neglect of the problem since 2021. Border encounters and crossings have surged under the Biden administration.\u00a0Thousands of illegal immigrants cross our borders daily. Caravans of migrants arrive and overwhelm Customs and Border Protection officers, who spend more time processing the hordes rather than preventing illegal drugs, criminals, sex-traffickers, and terrorists from entering our country. During December 2023, total encounters at the border reached an unprecedented <\/span>300,000<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0In contrast, migrant crossings averaged <\/span>51,000<\/span><\/a> per month during the Trump administration.<\/span>
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Any assumption that Biden will now secure the border\u2013given his record since 2021\u2013 defies the current reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The almost sixfold increase in crossings did not occur in a vacuum. They came as a direct result of policies <\/span>revoked<\/span><\/a> by the Biden administration.<\/span> Biden has made a concerted effort to unravel the successful policies President Trump put into place.\u00a0For example, he ended the\u00a0<\/span>Remain in Mexico policy, terminated the Title 42 pandemic border expulsion authority, and of course, opposes any funding for a border wall with Mexico. In addition, Biden encouraged waves of migration when he <\/span>issued<\/span><\/a> a 100 day moratorium of deportations in January 2021.<\/span>
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According to Biden, his adminstration inherited a border crisis that he has no power to stop. In fact, his hatred of Trump and by extension, his policies, has greatly exacerbated the border crisis America currently faces.<\/span>
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Many in his own party and the media blame the cascading foreign policy crises on Biden\u2019s watch as beyond his control. I would argue, rather, that these simply fall beyond his competency. Biden decided\u00a0to ignore the various crises the US and the world face. Whether dismantling Trump\u2019s border policies, allowing a build-up of 140,000 Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, removing the terrorist designation of the Houthis in Yemen, or providing sanctions relief to the Iranians who now sell oil to the Chinese, Biden\u2019s policies have uniformly made things worse in each of\u00a0these hot-spots.<\/span><\/p>\n

This pattern can be described as Biden\u2019s Anything-But-Trump aversion.\u00a0First, his administration enacts radical policies reflecting\u00a0their ideological disdain for all things associated with Trump. As a result, Biden\u2019s chosen policies created\u00a0new crises or exacerbated\u00a0ongoing ones.\u00a0The final stage of the Trump aversion therapy has become the most sinister:\u00a0 Asking Congress for more power and\u00a0taxpayer dollars to \u201cfix\u201d the problems his own administration created. Biden\u2019s self-made southern border crisis and attempt to dupe Congress and Republicans into providing more funding and amnesty will only make matters worse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Republicans must reject Biden\u2019s overtures on the southern border crisis for two reasons. First, the President has the necessary legal powers to secure the border. Biden can simply issue an executive order that reinstates Trump\u2019s border policies immediately.\u00a0Congressional Republicans cannot and should not provide legislative cover so that Biden can avoid the embarrassment of reversing field on his failed\u00a0immigration policies. There is no need to negotiate with Biden when he has refused to enforce existing federal law.<\/span><\/p>\n

Secondly, Republican Senators are chronically addicted to bad immigration \u201cdeals.\u201d The list includes McCain-Kennedy (2005), the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (2007), and the \u201cGang of Eight\u201d compromise (2013). Each caused an avalanche of conservative backlash and failed.<\/span>
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Marco Rubio, a member of the Gang of Eight that attempted immigration reform in 2013, <\/span>learned<\/span><\/a> an important lesson from the debacle: Republicans cannot support any attempt at immigration reform until the border is secured. Establishment politicians took too long to learn this lesson, especially after the wave of illegal immigration that took place after President Reagan\u2019s 1986 amnesty bill. After President Trump\u2019s victory in 2016, largely based on his push to secure America\u2019s borders, conservatives hoped Senate Republicans had learned their lesson. However, the recent push by Senate Republicans is tantamount to another Groundhog Immigration Day in the Senate.<\/span>
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Republicans should not give a moment of consideration to any border\/immigration bill before the border is secured. Measurable security benchmarks must be met before negotiations in Washington begin. DC politicians have lost the benefit of the doubt on solving the immigration crisis in America.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Senate Republicans must recognize that President Biden has attempted to frame for his own benefit\u00a0the border crisis his policies created in the first place. In the process, he has weakened state and local government\u2019s financial abilities to absorb migrants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Capitulating to President Biden on the proposed immigration legislation will make the border and America less secure. Only more Biden administration chaos, waste and failure will follow. Republicans cannot reward Biden\u2019s failed policies by granting more power and taxpayer dollars to an administration incapable of protecting America and securing our borders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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