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George Polycranos
Port Matilda
Republicans continue to prove that they simply have no interest in governing and solving problems for the American people. However, they do put a great deal of effort into political theatre and sustaining problems that can be misrepresented and weaponized by Trump, MAGA Republicans, and conservative media.
The bipartisan immigration bill recently shot down by congressional and senate Republicans is just one glaring example. Largely crafted by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) who was hand-picked for his tough stance on immigration, that bill was strongly endorsed by the very conservative National Border Patrol Council.
It gave Republicans virtually everything they ever wanted, including: 1,500 additional border patrol agents; increased detention facility for 50,000 illegal border crossers; add additional judges and immigration officials to root out dubious asylum claims and reduce processing time to 90 days. The current years-long asylum process is a huge driver of illegal immigration.
This bill also included emergency authorization for shutting down the border to immigrants arriving in large numbers, going well beyond the Title 42 authority utilized by Trump and Biden, effectively ending migrant caravans.
As always, Trump was interested only in Trump. Solving our border problem would have denied this twice-impeached, four-time indicted, narcissistic presidential candidate of a much-needed campaign issue.
Apparently, it just took a phone call from Trump to MAGA House Speaker Mike Johnson to kill this extraordinary bipartisan effort to address a very serious national crisis.
If this is Trump's idea of putting "America First" who needs it?