Border Policy Balancing Act
While conservative media outlets cry foul on the border crisis and progressive outlets push for open borders, the White House is caught in the middle.
With President Joe Biden reportedly considering executive action on the U.S. border crisis, news outlets are naturally having a field day. Conservative media outlets have been complaining loudly for months.
“The Immigration Crisis Shows Just How Much Contempt America’s Establishment Has For Democracy,” complained Federalist editor Mark Hemingway on January 26, 2024. “America’s avoidable immigration crisis is now the №1 concern of voters, ahead of inflation and the economy. So why is no one in D.C. interested in holding Biden accountable?”
“It is truly amazing the lengths that America’s establishmentarians will go to avoid actually meeting voters where they are and entertaining persuasion and compromise,” fumed Hemingway.
“Biden Admin Rolls Out Record-Shattering Border Report in Friday Afternoon News Dump,” Bob Price griped for Breitbart on January 27, 2024.
“The report, released on Friday afternoon, shows that Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico apprehended 249,785 migrants who illegally crossed the border in December between ports of entry,” he wrote. “This is up by 12 percent from the 222,018 migrants apprehended one…