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Biden, of course, didn't allow "unchecked, unlimited immigration into the country" and the accommodations used were not "luxury hotels". These anti-immigration

by dc396 2y ago

Biden, of course, didn't allow "unchecked, unlimited immigration into the country" and the accommodations used were not "luxury hotels". These anti-immigration talking points have been repeatedly shown to simply be lies. If you want actual data to attribute blame, see https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-immigration-policies-made-america-less-safe-heres-data https://www.cato.org/commentary/trumps-immigration-policies-... and recall how Trump caused a bipartisan effort to actually try to fix the immigration mess to collapse.

chrisco255 2y ago
Cato is a libertarian-leaning org and that's just someone's thinkpiece on the matter. Illegal immigration hit record levels under Biden's administration: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-enc... and the Roosevelt hotel: https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosevelt-hotel-migrant-shelter-soon-close https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosev... Unsustainable and terrible waste of money. There are millions of people that would pay money out of their own pockets to come to the U.S., educated people who are self-sufficient and we wasted money on making a bad problem worse.
- klipt 2y ago
  Didn't the democrat legislators write a border security bill, but republican legislators shut it down because they wanted to campaign on lack of border security, which they couldn't do if they actually did their job and passed a bill to fix it?
- dc396 2y ago
  > Cato is a libertarian-leaning org and that's just someone's thinkpiece on the matter. So, the data that is presented and documented is irrelevant and dismissible? > Illegal immigration hit record levels under Biden's administration As did deportations (e.g., https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e41dx425o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e41dx425o) > https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosev https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosev... Yes, the Roosevelt Hotel was used for housing for asylum seekers. US immigration law allows for asylum seekers. Those asylum seekers must be housed somewhere. Certain states (e.g., Texas) transferred asylum seekers to New York City for a (arguably justified) political stunt. New York City used the Roosevelt Hotel. > Unsustainable and terrible waste of money. There are millions of people that would pay money out of their own pockets to come to the U.S., educated people who are self-sufficient and we wasted money on making a bad problem worse. That isn't how US immigration law works. Everyone agrees US Immigration law is a disaster. As I mentioned, there was a bipartisan agreement to help fix it. Trump derailed that effort.

by dc396 2y ago

chrisco255 2y ago

Cato is a libertarian-leaning org and that's just someone's thinkpiece on the matter. Illegal immigration hit record levels under Biden's administration: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-enc... and the Roosevelt hotel: https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosevelt-hotel-migrant-shelter-soon-close https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosev... Unsustainable and terrible waste of money. There are millions of people that would pay money out of their own pockets to come to the U.S., educated people who are self-sufficient and we wasted money on making a bad problem worse.

klipt 2y ago
Didn't the democrat legislators write a border security bill, but republican legislators shut it down because they wanted to campaign on lack of border security, which they couldn't do if they actually did their job and passed a bill to fix it?
dc396 2y ago
> Cato is a libertarian-leaning org and that's just someone's thinkpiece on the matter. So, the data that is presented and documented is irrelevant and dismissible? > Illegal immigration hit record levels under Biden's administration As did deportations (e.g., https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e41dx425o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36e41dx425o) > https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosev https://www.foxnews.com/us/mayor-eric-adams-says-nycs-roosev... Yes, the Roosevelt Hotel was used for housing for asylum seekers. US immigration law allows for asylum seekers. Those asylum seekers must be housed somewhere. Certain states (e.g., Texas) transferred asylum seekers to New York City for a (arguably justified) political stunt. New York City used the Roosevelt Hotel. > Unsustainable and terrible waste of money. There are millions of people that would pay money out of their own pockets to come to the U.S., educated people who are self-sufficient and we wasted money on making a bad problem worse. That isn't how US immigration law works. Everyone agrees US Immigration law is a disaster. As I mentioned, there was a bipartisan agreement to help fix it. Trump derailed that effort.