Morning Jolt: We’re Nearing a Serious Immigration Crisis

Earlier this week, I noted that 40 days of a Biden presidency had taught us that the new administration wasn't as centrist as advertised, but that it was offset by the new president and his team being less competent than advertised. As the first week of March ends, Democrats at all levels are learning that governing is harder and more complicated than campaigning. Biden is stumbling into another major crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing our southern border, Andrew Cuomo covered up nursing-home deaths while writing a book about how well he was managing the pandemic, and some of those allegedly "Neanderthal" pandemic decisions by Texas and Mississippi are cropping up in deep blue Connecticut.

ICE: We Expect Border Crossing by Unaccompanied Minors to Be the Highest in 20 Years

Who could have possibly foreseen that electing a Democratic president who promised to repeal and undo Trump's immigration policies would lead to a rush of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the southern border? ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 05 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 05 2021 We're Nearing a Serious Immigration Crisis Earlier this week, I noted that 40 days of a Biden presidency had taught us that the new administration wasn't as centrist as advertised, but that it was offset by the new president and his team being less competent than advertised. As the first week of March ends, Democrats at all levels are learning that governing is harder and more complicated than campaigning. Biden is stumbling into another major crisis of unaccompanied minors crossing our southern border, Andrew Cuomo covered up nursing-home deaths while writing a book about how well he was managing the pandemic, and some of those allegedly "Neanderthal" pandemic decisions by Texas and Mississippi are cropping up in deep blue Connecticut. ICE: We Expect Border Crossing by Unaccompanied Minors to Be the Highest in 20 Years Who could have possibly foreseen that electing a Democratic president who promised to repeal and undo Trump's immigration policies would lead to a rush of illegal immigrants attempting to cross the southern border? ...   READ MORE

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