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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 19, 2024, 11:37:38 pm
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Biden finally admits border isn’t secure, believes ‘massive changes’ needed: ‘I’m ready to act’
By Social Links for Steven Nelson
Published Jan. 19, 2024, 6:16 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — Tell us something we don’t know, Joe.
President Biden told reporters Friday that the US-Mexico border is not secure — contradicting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — after endorsing “massive changes” in immigration policy.
“No, it’s not,” Biden said when asked whether the frontier was secure following remarks to a bipartisan group of mayors in the White House East Room.
During his speech, the 81-year-old Biden said he hoped for Senate negotiators to announce a compromise next week on border policy as part of a broader $106 billion supplemental spending request that would also finance military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
“I believe we need significant policy changes at the border, including changes in our asylum system to ensure that we have the authorities we need to control the border. I’m ready to act,” the president said.
“Now the question is for the [House] Speaker [Mike Johnson] and the House Republicans: Are they ready to act as well?” Biden added.
“They have to choose whether they want to solve a problem or keep weaponizing the issue to score political points against the president. I’m ready to solve the problem. I really am,” he added. “Massive changes, and I mean it sincerely.”
It’s unclear what asylum policy changes could be palatable to all three of the White House, Senate Democrats and House Republicans.
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https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/news/biden-admits-border-isnt-secure-says-massive-changes-needed/
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Don't take the bait...
(but there are tens upon tens of MILLIONS of voters out there who will)
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I’m ready to solve the problem. I really am,” he added. “Massive changes, and I mean it sincerely.”
But it will have to wait because Biden is off to the beach again.
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But it will have to wait because Biden is off to the beach again.
Of course. He's the biggest son of a beach ever to inhabit the White House.
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Keep send those illegal migrant buses, trains, airplanes, boats, and zeppelins up North.
No money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan until Border is secured.
Additional assylum applications should not be accepted until the current backlog gets caught up.