Senate to vote on border bill as Democrats seek to shift blame to GOP
CBSJUN 2024
Report: Biden Administration Planning Potential Border Closure
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The Spin
Democratic narrative
Unlike his Republican predecessor and despite demands from overaggressive GOP legislators, Pres. Biden is taking a careful approach to his possible executive orders on immigration. He needs to get the wording right so that his plans aren't thwarted by the courts, as well as to make sure the US does its best to maintain a humanitarian policy toward immigrants. Without Congress' help, though, anything Biden does will be temporary.
Republican narrative
The president has dragged his feet long enough. His tentativeness in using executive orders has led to a migrant crisis of record-breaking proportions. Now we hear rumors he may trim away at the edges in reforming the asylum system and weaken some other policies. This crisis requires drastic actions the president is entitled to take, but Biden is too weak and/or beholden to his left flank to do what's necessary.