Biden’s Sham Border Crackdown

A closer look at the president’s latest démarche on illegal immigration shows his plan is as porous as America’s frontier with Mexico.

AP/Matt York, file
Government contractors erect a section of the Pentagon-funded border wall along the Colorado River in Arizona in 2019. AP/Matt York, file

President Biden’s proclamation today on border security looks more like an effort to get control of his sinking poll numbers than it does a good-faith effort to address the migrant influx that is roiling the nation. He vows that the measures announced today will enable his administration to “gain control of our border.” A closer look at the particulars, though, shows that they are about as flimsy and porous as America’s frontier with Mexico.

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