Does this move makes Biden look desperate?

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Biden's pivot: Why the president is moving to the right in 2024 on immigration

WASHINGTON − Two years into his presidency, Donald Trump warned that he would "close the southern border entirely" if Democrats kept blocking funding for his proposed border wall.

It was the type of Trump rhetoric about the U.S.-Mexico border that Democrats regularly scorned as xenophobic.

But now, President Joe Biden is using similar language − seeking a border shutdown − as he urges Congress to pass a bipartisan bill under negotiation by senators to address what Biden has started to call "the border crisis."

Biden said the proposal would be the "toughest and fairest" set of border reforms in U.S. history and includes new presidential authority to "shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed."

“If that bill were the law today, I’d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly, Biden said Saturday to Democrats in Columbia, South Carolina.

Biden's push for a bipartisan border bill − one that also would include funding for Ukraine and Israel − marks a seismic shift to the right on border and immigration politics that has built over the past year.

Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, Biden is trying to strip Republicans of one of their most effective wedge issues, setting up a potential case that House Republicans − who have refused to back a bipartisan border bill − stood in the way of long-discussed action on the border.

Yet the discussions are a far cry from a comprehensive immigration bill Biden sent to Congress on his first day of office that sought to "restore humanity and American values to our immigration system" by offering pathways for citizenship to undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

"The discourse has become which of the parties can be harsher on border enforcement," said Melissa Gilman, co-director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas, Austin, School of Law.

Gilman said the political posturing ignores the reality that the border has never been the subject of policies more stringent regarding screenings for entry, expedited removal of migrants and other areas.

"I have to think it's mostly because the Republicans have succeeded in creating a lot of fear around migration issues and have had success in doing that," Gilman said.

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"I have to think it's mostly because the Republicans have succeeded in creating a lot of fear around migration issues and have had success in doing that," Gilman said.

She's on crack or something- it was never about migration or immigrants but more about illegal entry.  The border has always been an issue but the Lefties/Demmies always downplay the issue and blame anyone that wants to secured the border as an immigrants hater, xenophobe, racist, etc etc. Majority of American, including some Lefties/Demmies, want a secure border.

Brandon is only doing it because his Leftie/Demmie control cities/states are getting run over by illegals - if everything was contained in TX, not a single Dem politician would bat an eye at it.

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"I have to think it's mostly because the Republicans have succeeded in creating a lot of fear around migration issues and have had success in doing that," Gilman said.

She's on crack or something- it was never about migration or immigrants but more about illegal entry.  The border has always been an issue but the Lefties/Demmies always downplay the issue and blame anyone that wants to secured the border as an immigrants hater, xenophobe, racist, etc etc. Majority of American, including some Lefties/Demmies, want a secure border.

Brandon is only doing it because his Leftie/Demmie control cities/states are getting run over by illegals - if everything was contained in TX, not a single Dem politician would bat an eye at it.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180646146/florida-immigration-law-sb-1718-republican-lawmakers

It's about a cheap labor force down in FL