- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.org
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.org
The White House statement comes after a week of frantic negotiations in the Senate.
President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to address the immigration crisis at the nation’s southern border, saying he would shut down the border the day the bill became law.
“What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country,” Biden said in a statement. “It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.”
Biden’s Friday evening statement resembles a ramping up in rhetoric for the administration, placing the president philosophically in the camp arguing that the border may hit a point where closure is needed. The White House’s decision to have Biden weigh in also speaks to the delicate nature of the dealmaking, and the urgency facing his administration to take action on the border — particularly during an election year, when Republicans have used the issue to rally their base.
The president is also daring Republicans to reject the deal as it faces a make-or-break moment amid GOP fissures.
Do we not like Channel 5 or something? I find their interviews interesting most of the time.
If it challenges the narrative on Lemmy, it gets downvoted.
The flood of immigrants crossing the southern border has been deemed a non issue by the liberal hivemind, and any evidence or arguments to the contrary will not be tolerated.
I’m just surprised because I feel like liberals generally care about the welfare of the people coming theough. The “flood of immigrants” isn’t a problem. The fact that we don’t devote enough resources into processing them and making sure they are safe/have a place to go is the problem in my view (and I would argue that’s generally the consensus with most of the left).
You want a better life? You’re welcome here. We’re the wealthiest country in human history. There’s plenty of room on this boat. We just need a significantly better onboarding system and to stop looking at immigrants as invaders. They’re here for the exact same reasons. We should be jumping to help them. That’s what being an American should be.