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I feel like you were arrogant and just need to take the “L” here.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/border-crossings-have-dropped-since-bidens-executive-action-but-some-are-still-being-let-into-the-us/ar-BB1oaBoF?ocid=BingNewsSerp
A good bit of the issue could have been solved by Biden doing his job. A bill is just a piece of paper but who is going to enforce it? Paper plus Biden without an election hanging off his head was and is worthless. No paper plus Trump solved a lot of the issue. A good bill plus Trump would be amazing.
GOP succeeded in not falling for a trap where Biden passes a bill claims he solved the issue but enforcing it for 6 months and then doesn’t enforce it after the election.
The left and Biden are not good faith actors on this issue so you can’t bargain your way to a solution. You can only take power.
I have no idea if you sincerely hold your beliefs or just fell for the lefts trap.
This is a pretty goofy response when I explicitly addressed this scenario before it even happened, and is almost certain to go exactly as I said it would have. This article has some good quotes:
A bill would at least pave the way for Trump to take tougher action. No bill + Trump was no better than Obama. The chances of Trump actually passing a more stringent bill are quite low (although not zero).
In the entire previous thread nobody could say how it was a "trap" other than vaguely sneering at their outgroup.
“If” Trump is elected. I agree it gives him more power; I think some did disagree with that. But the most important thing is controlling the executive. Biden can kill immigration if he wants to. Which he did for an election.
Control of the executive has swapped between the two parties with nearly metronomic frequency across all of American history. If Republicans don't win in this election then they'd win in the not too distant future, at which point they'll wish they had passed the bill.
I mean I don’t claim it’s a good thing that the only way to control immigration is having the POTUS.
The bill does nothing. I hope Trump actually does coup so we can protect the border long term.
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