Buried 30 paragraphs into a New York Times story on President Joe Biden’s “chaotic” immigration policies, the paper reported that the Mexican government warned the Biden administration that its plan to undo President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy would lead to a surge in migrants at the border.
From the story:
“As officials were drawing up migration policy memos, some advisers pushed back against immediately ending the Trump policy — known as Remain in Mexico — arguing that it made more sense to unwind the program slowly, according to several people familiar with the discussions who requested anonymity to talk about the debate.”
“They argued that such an abrupt move, which would open the door to asylum seekers pursuing their claims in the United States, could overwhelm the capacity of U.S. officials. That concern was shared by Mexican officials, who also believed that quickly ending the program could send the wrong message to Central Americans considering the journey north.“
Of course, a surge in migrants from not just Central America, but the entire world, is exactly what happened.
Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez explained why to the Washington Post earlier this year. “When you create a system that incentivizes people to come across, and they are released, that immediately sends a message to Central America that if you come across, you can stay,” Gonzalez said. “It incentivizes droves of people to come, and the only way to slow it down is by changing policy at our doorstep. If they don’t change the policy, the flow of continued migration traffic isn’t going to stop or slow down.”
Gonzalez has been proven 100% correct. Biden’s catch-and-release policies have incentivized millions of migrants to flood our southern border, causing a humanitarian crisis. The only way to solve this problem is to end catch and release by reinstituting Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.
Until Biden admits he was wrong and ends catch and release at the southern border, the crisis will only continue.
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