We have all seen the news reports, the images of migrants from the southern borders attempting to come into Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona wanting a better life than what they endured in Venezuela, Honduras, and Guatemala. Yet, though many on the Republican side demand that President Biden do something, there seems this other side that wants the chaos to continue so a certain candidate for President wins and can take credit and then asks, “what border crisis?”
If as many have stated this crisis is so critical then why is it now that Trump has told lawmakers on his side not to pursue this, though it is earmarked as a bipartisan agreement just waiting for a majority vote in both chambers of Congress and a Presidential signature? Of, course, its our national election cycle and Trump is relying heavily on chaos at the border so that he will be seen as the champion of immigration policy while Biden appears weak and ineffective.
Of course, like marketing the next great product, timing is everything. Biden should have made this deal possible last year. Then the former speaker, McCarthy, Senator Schumer, and Biden, or their surrogates could have hammered out a deal and potentially averted this potential disaster waiting to occur.
Instead, we have a demagogue who is such a narcist that he is more willing to put this country in complete disarray so he can become President for life and deal with the immigration problem his way. It is of course something that would remind everyone of Hitler’s Germany and the Jewish problem.
So long as we have these kinds of issues come where one side demands action from the other side, then turn around and do a 180 degree to say there really is not a serious problem and refuse to do what they perceived is the right thing, then our democracy truly is in peril. We cannot just sit on our hands just so someone else can take the credit because that person happens to be of the same political party demanding something be done. What border crisis, indeed.
Jerry Schellhammer 