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@MandrillOliviaDemocratComments2yrs ago

I don't know, ask the House GOP

One of their first orders of business in this legislative session was to pass the Secure the Border Act of 2023 -- a new bill for immigration enforcement. Also ask Trump, who tried (and failed) to get legislation passed to reform asylum law

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 @RepresentationGabriellaLibertarian from Washington  commented…2yrs2Y

The answer is that the authority exists now to close the border but it has all been interpreted by Biden to be optional and he's opted for leaving the border open so the R's want to pass laws that REQUIRE Biden to take certain actions to close the border. Dishonest.

 @MandrillOliviaDemocrat from Indiana  commented…2yrs2Y

But illegal immigrants still came under Trump. And didn’t he also ask congress to help fix the broken immigration system? That would seem to suggest that there are things we need to do legislatively to truly close the border down. Even if one thinks this particular bill ain’t it

 @RepresentationGabriellaLibertarian from Washington  commented…2yrs2Y

l with shutting down the border. Closing the border is a part of the immigration situation but we also need to fix chain migration, the immigration lottery, visas and overstays and so called birth right citizenship.

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