Here are the facts about what President Biden can do now legally at the border and what he can't do, at least without congressional intervention.
policy is modeled after one of the pillars of a bipartisan border security deal thatfailed twice in Congressdue to widespread Republican opposition, giving administration officials an opportunity to argue they are acting unilaterally on one of Americans' top concerns in the absence of congressional ...
announced. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, led by Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, called on Biden to "reject Trump-era immigration policies" being pursued by Republicans, saying it's "unconscionable that the President would consider going back on his word to enact ...
And congressional Republican leaders were showcasing one of their newest lawmakers through the State of the Union rebuttal in order to make a generational contrast with Biden. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt, the youngest Republican woman elected to the Senate, planned to paint a picture of a nation th...
“While congressional Republicans chose to stand in the way of additional border enforcement, President Biden will not stop fighting to deliver the resources that border and immigration personnel need to secure our border,” he said. Article content Advertisement 4 Story cont...
So the actual consequences of Biden’s proposed budget surely would be even worse (the case for smaller government is bolstered by research from the Congressional Budget Office, as well as from generally left-leaning international bureaucracies such as the OECD, World Bank, ECB, and IMF). ...
Congressional Republicans dismissed Biden’s order as nothing more than a “political stunt” meant to show toughened immigration enforcement ahead of the election. “He tried to convince us all for all this time that there was no way he could possibly fix the mess,” GOP House Speaker Mike...
The president emphasized that the deal was on its way to being passed when it was derailed by “partisan politics.” He said compromise is a very positive step in tackling immigration — an issue that has been at the forefront of the presidential primary elections. “We need to act. It’...
Biden’s embrace of the congressional framework points to how the administration’s efforts to enact a broader immigration overhaul have been stymied. On his first day in office, Biden sent a comprehensive immigration proposal to Congress and signed more executive orders than Trump. Since then, he...
Polling has shown that immigration is a key issue in the election and a weakness for Biden, with many voters and politicians blaming him on the record-high levels of immigration at the border. However, the exec