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Swiffy's avatar

There is a ton here that is interesting and needs a further look, but I saw no mention of several factors that I also thought were important.

(1) The early months and years of Biden border policy were in fact set by judges who blocked some policy and even forced implementation of other policy that Biden wanted to change. Any interesting analysis here?

(2) Messaging over the border quickly and loudly flips over to "open borders" when a Democrat comes to power, from Republican politicians and media. Very hard to say, but this may have a significant effect. Note that the message from the Democratic administration is the opposite and they then have to step up and counter the message blasted from the right, which results in video clips that sometime surprise.

(3) How successful was the root causes initiative?

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<blockquote>Illegal immigration had already increased to a 21-year high by December 2020 before Biden came into office.</blockquote>

That's flat-out NOT true. You can see a chart the NYT put together here. In 2020, Trump had managed to get the problem relatively under control, then irregular migration skyrocketed immediately to the highest rates in our country's history after Biden took office.

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2023/10/27/multimedia/2023-10-12-ambriefing-border-encounters-index/2023-10-12-ambriefing-border-encounters-index-superJumbo.png

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