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Morning Jolt: The Predictably Disastrous Consequences of Halfhearted Immigration Enforcement

On the menu today: The U.S. border with Mexico is now awash with teeming masses of migrants, with Customs and Border Patrol recording more illegal border crossings than ever before. For the past two years, the Biden administration has offered a policy of ludicrous gaslighting, insisting that the border is secure while talking up the need for a "path to citizenship" for those who have already illegally entered the U.S. Now the Title 42 policy has ended, and as our Michael Brendan Dougherty observes, "Its expiration means the effective opening of the U.S. border." We've seen in the past what kinds of policies can reduce attempts to sneak into the country, but to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, those kinds of policies are unthinkable. Biden warned earlier this week, "It's going to be chaotic for a while." If only the president was in a position to do something about that chaos.

Chaos at the Southern Border

Title 42, the policy that allowed U.S. border and immigration officials to swiftly expel migrants back into Mexico even if they ask for asylum, ended at midnight. This week, the ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 12 2023
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The Predictably Disastrous Consequences of Halfhearted Immigration Enforcement

On the menu today: The U.S. border with Mexico is now awash with teeming masses of migrants, with Customs and Border Patrol recording more illegal border crossings than ever before. For the past two years, the Biden administration has offered a policy of ludicrous gaslighting, insisting that the border is secure while talking up the need for a "path to citizenship" for those who have already illegally entered the U.S. Now the Title 42 policy has ended, and as our Michael Brendan Dougherty observes, "Its expiration means the effective opening of the U.S. border." We've seen in the past what kinds of policies can reduce attempts to sneak into the country, but to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, those kinds of policies are unthinkable. Biden warned earlier this week, "It's going to be chaotic for a while." If only the president was in a position to do something about that chaos.

Chaos at the Southern Border

Title 42, the policy that allowed U.S. border and immigration officials to swiftly expel migrants back into Mexico even if they ask for asylum, ended at midnight. This week, the ...   READ MORE

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