The illegal immigration pressure on the Southern border is largely driven by economic and social conditions in those home countries. 20 years ago there was social and economic unrest in Mexico and illegal immigration spiked. Now it's Central America. It will likely subside in a couple of years time. Or possibly not.
I don't believe that the Biden administration EVER had "soft on illegals" policies or attitudes. Again, give me proof. I'm waiting. Biden always put into play exactly the same policies as Trump. It's politically too costly for him not to. His treatment of the Haitians was about as ruthless - and probably as illegal - as anything Trump ever did.
So the fact that Biden somehow "caused" the current illegal immigration spike is about as well-founded as saying Trump caused the "caravan" back in 2019(?). It's unconnected.
Now someone may be spreading rumours that the US is easy to walk into. And who are the most likely subjects? Narco gangs? Sure..... Russia? Probably. They do all sorts of other shit..... Republicans?.... Do they really care if a few thousand more Centroamericanos eventually end up in San Antonio or El Paso? I don't think they do. They get far more of a political payoff by boosting caravan-phobia on Fox News. So I think some Republican interests might be provoking the caravans to come north as well.
I mean, look at the parade of GOP assholes and their involvement w COVID. You think Abbott, Parsons or DeSantis really gives a half-shit about their own - or anyone else's - idea of what's best for the USA, racist or not?! It's all about getting into power and getting that sweet, sweet payoff that power brings you. That's worth letting a few Guatemalans into Texas for any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Convenient memory lapses must be a forte of a Democrat.
Immediately after Biden took over, they started dismantling the wall. The old message was Don't Come Illegaly. New message became Here We Are, No More Walls. The flood of illegals increased.
Joe Biden was "too busy" and Kamala Harris was put in charge of dealing with border crisis. She dodged that responsibility for weeks. Democrats refused to call it a crisis until video and photo footage leaked of kids packed in cages like sardines. Kamals was eventually grilled by their own about visiting the border. All she could do was nervously laugh and claim she was at the border. She finally went, but not to a camp with thousands immigrants. Instead she was sheltered on an army base and received soft questions from rehearsed media. AOC made a similar fake visit to a wall.
Few good points from posts above:
- if you turn yourself in after crossing a border illegally, you're still an illegal.
- asking for a refugee status doesn't automatically guarantee that status or else EVERY single illegal would do just that
Suppose CNN only shows convenient facts to it's audience.