President Biden, who has led the first major victory in his short-term legislation so far in the White House so far, begins this week to showcase the progress of his $ 1.9 billion COVID relief and spending package, which according to polls generally popular with most Americans. .
But the president and his government are facing the media spotlight as Republicans highlight the emerging crisis on the country’s southern border, where an influx of migrants – including children – is crossing the border and overwhelming officials.
CRUZ AND CORNYN TO LEAD SENATE GOP DERIVATION TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER
“It’s more than a crisis. It’s a human grief, ‘said Kevin McCarthy, leader of the House of Commons, on Monday as he and a delegation of fellow Republicans stood in the desert along the southern border in El Paso, Texas.
While the number of migrants has risen for months – since Biden succeeded Donald Trump in the White House – there has been an increase in February. U.S. border agents arrested more than 100,000 migrants last month, an increase of nearly 30% from January.
Fox News exclusively got two photos showing a temporary outdoor processing website for the U.S. Border Patrol in Mission, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley sector.
Customs and border protection also arrested nearly 10,000 unaccompanied minors last month, up 61% from January. The children and teenagers arrive faster than officials can move them out of the border patrol facilities and reunite with family members or other sponsors. As immigration attorneys cite the poor conditions, Biden’s government last weekend mobilized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help process underage minors.
MCCARTHY HAMMERS PRAYS THROUGH THE STOP TIME
Biden is facing the progressive left of the Democratic Party, which is increasingly frustrated with the slow progress so far by the president in delivering what he promised on the 2020 campaign route – a more humane immigration system than the restrictive policy under the Trump administration.
While confronted by his own party, Biden also faces incoming fire from Republicans, who are using the issue to hammer the president.
“The sad part of it all is that it does not have to happen. This crisis was created by the presidential policies of this new government. There is no other way to claim it than a Biden border crisis,” McCarthy stressed. during his frontier journey. .
The GOP rejected Biden by undoing some of Trump’s immigration policies – from the cessation of wall construction to the relaxation of the “Stay in Mexico” program, which forced those seeking asylum to stay in Mexico while they have been awaiting trial in the US.
Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas will lead a Senate GOP delegation to the border later this month, and a second House of Representatives delegation will also make the move within two weeks.
The Republican National Committee begins firing on the president, claiming that “Biden refuses to acknowledge the crisis” and claims that the president’s “policies exacerbate a situation that worsens by the minute.”
And last week, Trump blew up Biden, arguing in a statement that “our country on the southern border is being destroyed.”
TRUMP BLASTS ACTION OF THE BORDER CRISIS
The recent media attention on the influx of migrants along the southern border may find appeal.
A CNN poll conducted March 3-8 reviewed the president’s approval on seven key issues. Biden’s best rating was the control of the coronavirus – where he had 60% approval and 34% disapproval. His worst problem was immigration – where the president was 43% -49% under water.
When asked by reporters on Tuesday whether he intends to visit the southern border, the president replied ‘not yet’.
Immigration was a winning problem for Trump in 2016. His promises to ‘build the wall’ contributed to his victory in the White House. Republicans apparently use the Trump playbook as they try to win back the majority of the House and Senate in next year’s midterm elections.
“The immigration issue is giving strength to the Republican base. It’s been the past decade and it will continue to do so. It makes perfect sense that they will pursue Biden after this,” said veteran Neil Newhouse, a veteran of the GOP president, said. . “It’s going to have legs in 2022, because the problems facing the country on the border are simply not easy to solve.”
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Early last year, the Congress Democrats and the party’s 2020 presidential candidates blasted then-President Trump for a spate of immigrants on the southern border before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Now, a little over a year later, Biden is in the hot seat.
“Turnaround’s fair game,” Newhouse remarks. “The Trump administration has been attacked for dealing with immigration and it is different, but not better, for the Biden government.”