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The Republican House just decided it was all a political game and not a crisis anymore. They've moved onto various impeachment debates rather than finalizing th

The Republican House just decided it was all a political game and not a crisis anymore. They've moved onto various impeachment debates rather than finalizing the border deal. The border is basically a Venezuelan crisis. The bulk this year are former Venezuelans looking for a new home. I'm not quite sure what we are supposed to do with them either... but I know that the policy of stabilizing South American states with our influence is very much frowned upon. So its just a slow-walking disaster. As one of the largest South American countries is collapsing before our eyes, politicians ignore the cause or root of the problem, but instead just make election-year rhetoric to drum up support. ------ Real talk: if people want to stop the migrant wave, the first line of defense is *MEXICO's SOUTHERN BORDER*, not the American border. Even during the Trump years, the bulk of Migrants back then were Guatemala and other countries south-of-Mexico.

GenerWork 3y ago
Biden could deal with this issue today if he wants. He has the executive power to do so, but hasn't done anything other then wring his hands and have the press secretary whine about how he's powerless to do anything.
- dragontamer 3y ago
  Republicans pretend there's a crisis and immediately forget about it a few weeks later. So now the question is: was the "crisis" really there to begin with? Or was this all just a political game to destroy aid shipments to Ukraine?
  - MOARDONGZPLZ 3y ago
    A funny if it wasn’t so sad example of this you can look up is the migrant caravan storyline. I recall just before at least three election cycles the “migrant caravan coming for your jobs trekking from Central America” plays nonstop on right wing news channels, and then totally disappears post election, only to appear again as if by magic just before the next election. Doing a quick search it looks like the largest migrant caravan ever has been making its way to the US since 2018.
    - dragontamer 3y ago
      Note: despite my conspiracy-like talk, I do believe the migrant waves existed. But they were multiple different migrant waves, with different root causes. Venezuela has been a disaster for the last decade but things have really taken a turn for the worse in recent years. Honduras had the 2017 Election issue (and is why during Trump's time, a lot of migrants were coming in from there). Etc. etc. We need to treat the migrant waves as *people*, each with different sets of problems and root causes. In many cases, different migrant waves speak completely different languages (fortunately most of Central/South America are Spanish and Portuguese... but there's a lot of Native American migrants who have unique languages causing issues) ------------ Its clear that its just a political football though. Its just a talking point, without anyone actually seriously considering the actual problem or the nature of it. I think that's what frustrates me the most.
    - apwell23 3y ago
      I never remember a migrant camp in my pilsen chicago neighborhood and migrants pan handling at every walgreens and red light intersections. There is something different.
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GenerWork 3y ago

Biden could deal with this issue today if he wants. He has the executive power to do so, but hasn't done anything other then wring his hands and have the press secretary whine about how he's powerless to do anything.

dragontamer 3y ago
Republicans pretend there's a crisis and immediately forget about it a few weeks later. So now the question is: was the "crisis" really there to begin with? Or was this all just a political game to destroy aid shipments to Ukraine?
- MOARDONGZPLZ 3y ago
  A funny if it wasn’t so sad example of this you can look up is the migrant caravan storyline. I recall just before at least three election cycles the “migrant caravan coming for your jobs trekking from Central America” plays nonstop on right wing news channels, and then totally disappears post election, only to appear again as if by magic just before the next election. Doing a quick search it looks like the largest migrant caravan ever has been making its way to the US since 2018.
  - dragontamer 3y ago
    Note: despite my conspiracy-like talk, I do believe the migrant waves existed. But they were multiple different migrant waves, with different root causes. Venezuela has been a disaster for the last decade but things have really taken a turn for the worse in recent years. Honduras had the 2017 Election issue (and is why during Trump's time, a lot of migrants were coming in from there). Etc. etc. We need to treat the migrant waves as *people*, each with different sets of problems and root causes. In many cases, different migrant waves speak completely different languages (fortunately most of Central/South America are Spanish and Portuguese... but there's a lot of Native American migrants who have unique languages causing issues) ------------ Its clear that its just a political football though. Its just a talking point, without anyone actually seriously considering the actual problem or the nature of it. I think that's what frustrates me the most.
  - apwell23 3y ago
    I never remember a migrant camp in my pilsen chicago neighborhood and migrants pan handling at every walgreens and red light intersections. There is something different.

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