• snooggums@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    We could increase funding and streamline the path to citizenship to meet the levels of immigration instead of letting a massive backlog build up that will only make the problem worse.

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      5 months ago

      I agree. That the congressional immigration reform that I mentioned. Only Congress can increase the budget. Biden repealed Title 42 and left the border open while pressing Congress for that exact legislation. They haven’t legislated a full reform since 1986. The reform passed in 2019 was for minors and an amendment tied to border security. Trump twisted the mandatory acceptance for minors into Title 42, detaining them while deporting their parents.

      https://guides.loc.gov/latinx-civil-rights/irca

      https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6

      So with congressional reform options aside, what do you think Biden should do?

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          You’re vaguely stating what he shouldn’t do. Which of his three options do you think is best? Turn away, detain, or nothing and overcrowd sanctuary cities with homeless migrants?

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            Biden wouldn’t be overcrowding sanctuary cities, that would be the result of obstruction in congress.

            That is also the least worst thing he could do, nothing at all. All of the other options are worse because of congressional obstruction.

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              It’s not about blame, it’s about resources. If a sanctuary city states they’re at capacity, they no longer can provide housing for the migrants.

              Doing nothing results in following existing immigration policy. Migrants would be bused from border cities to sanctuary cities. Without housing, the migrants would be homeless in the overcrowded sanctuary cities. Are you suggesting that’s the better option for migrants, or suggesting he does it to deflect the blame back on to Congress?

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                5 months ago

                Releasing that pressure by denying migrants the proper asylum process means that the problem can be ignored for longer instead of the sanctuary cities applying more pressure for actual change.

                This is a counterproductive band aid.

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                    5 months ago

                    Republucans obstructed the bill they asked for. It will take longer than a year to overcome that hurdle.