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It's time to shut down the right-wing lies about Biden and the border. It seems like people want to give Trump a pass for everything. He gets a pass for the aftermath of COVID, where everybody talks about the first three years of the economy during Trump, which he didn't create. Then, he gets excused for the pandemic but blames Biden for the inflation that came after the pandemic, without noticing how Trump's mismanagement created the problem. The same goes for the border. This is a 2019 article. Biden was not the president then.
Yes, Thereās a Crisis on the Border. And Itās Trumpās Fault.
By ALAN BERSIN, NATE BRUGGEMAN and BEN ROHRBAUGH April 05, 2019
Donald Trump has made border security and immigration enforcement a rallying cry of his campaign and the centerpiece of his presidency. But now, as the effects of his immigration policies have become measurable, it is clear to usāthree people who have worked on the issue in previous administrationsāthat Trump is the worst president for border security in the last 30 years.
The border is currently overwhelmed with increasing numbers of migrants, in particular Central American asylum seekers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported that 66,450 persons were apprehended between the ports of entry in February, the highest monthly total in a decade. Projections for March are even worseāexceeding 100,000āwith experts concerned that monthly totals could exceed 150,000 in the coming months. CBP is reassigning officers from the ports of entry, which are critically understaffed, to help Border Patrol with the crush. CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan has said the immigration system on the border is at āthe breaking point.ā In response, the president threatened to close the border altogether to legal crossings, a threat he walked back on Thursday and replaced with a āone-year warningā to Mexico.
Despite the administrationās attempts to shift blame for the chaos, make no mistake: It is Donald Trump himself who is responsible. Through misguided policies, political stunts and a failure of leadership, the president has created the conditions that allowed the asylum problem at the border to explode into a crisis. The solution to our current border troubles lies in reforming the U.S. asylum system and immigration courts and helping Central America address its challengesānot in a ābig beautifulā wall or shutting down the border. Yet effective action on these issues has been missing. And the president has now so poisoned the political well with his approach that there is little hope of meaningful congressional action until after the next election. Unless the administration changes course, the immigration crisis will only continue to worsen.
In fiscal year 2017, the last year of the Obama administration and the first of Trumpās, 303,916 migrants were arrested by the Border Patrol. This was the lowest level in more than three decades.
www.politico.com
By ALAN BERSIN, NATE BRUGGEMAN and BEN ROHRBAUGH April 05, 2019
Alan Bersin served as the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and assistant secretary and chief diplomatic officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Nate Bruggeman held senior policy positions at the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection from 2009 to 2012. He is a partner in the consulting firm BorderWorks Advisers.
Ben Rohrbaugh was the director for enforcement and border security at the National Security Council from 2014 to 2016. He also served in senior positions at the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
It's time to stop repeating Republican nonsense. Trump created the crisis during his first term, and he ran his mouth every day about how the problem grew during Biden, when the truth is that Biden inherited the mess Trump created. No other former president ran his mouth criticizing his successor until Trump. And people were stupid enough to believe the lies.
Yes, Thereās a Crisis on the Border. And Itās Trumpās Fault.
By ALAN BERSIN, NATE BRUGGEMAN and BEN ROHRBAUGH April 05, 2019
Donald Trump has made border security and immigration enforcement a rallying cry of his campaign and the centerpiece of his presidency. But now, as the effects of his immigration policies have become measurable, it is clear to usāthree people who have worked on the issue in previous administrationsāthat Trump is the worst president for border security in the last 30 years.
The border is currently overwhelmed with increasing numbers of migrants, in particular Central American asylum seekers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported that 66,450 persons were apprehended between the ports of entry in February, the highest monthly total in a decade. Projections for March are even worseāexceeding 100,000āwith experts concerned that monthly totals could exceed 150,000 in the coming months. CBP is reassigning officers from the ports of entry, which are critically understaffed, to help Border Patrol with the crush. CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan has said the immigration system on the border is at āthe breaking point.ā In response, the president threatened to close the border altogether to legal crossings, a threat he walked back on Thursday and replaced with a āone-year warningā to Mexico.
Despite the administrationās attempts to shift blame for the chaos, make no mistake: It is Donald Trump himself who is responsible. Through misguided policies, political stunts and a failure of leadership, the president has created the conditions that allowed the asylum problem at the border to explode into a crisis. The solution to our current border troubles lies in reforming the U.S. asylum system and immigration courts and helping Central America address its challengesānot in a ābig beautifulā wall or shutting down the border. Yet effective action on these issues has been missing. And the president has now so poisoned the political well with his approach that there is little hope of meaningful congressional action until after the next election. Unless the administration changes course, the immigration crisis will only continue to worsen.
In fiscal year 2017, the last year of the Obama administration and the first of Trumpās, 303,916 migrants were arrested by the Border Patrol. This was the lowest level in more than three decades.
Yes, Thereās a Crisis on the Border. And Itās Trumpās Fault.
Instead of wasting his time on a wall, the president should fix the asylum system.
www.politico.com
By ALAN BERSIN, NATE BRUGGEMAN and BEN ROHRBAUGH April 05, 2019
Alan Bersin served as the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and assistant secretary and chief diplomatic officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Nate Bruggeman held senior policy positions at the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection from 2009 to 2012. He is a partner in the consulting firm BorderWorks Advisers.
Ben Rohrbaugh was the director for enforcement and border security at the National Security Council from 2014 to 2016. He also served in senior positions at the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
It's time to stop repeating Republican nonsense. Trump created the crisis during his first term, and he ran his mouth every day about how the problem grew during Biden, when the truth is that Biden inherited the mess Trump created. No other former president ran his mouth criticizing his successor until Trump. And people were stupid enough to believe the lies.
