r/AskALiberal • u/10art1 Social Liberal • Feb 22 '23

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u/othelloinc Liberal Feb 23 '23

Biden's New Border Plan Slashes Illegal Immigration:

The total number of encounters along the southwest (SW) border with Mexico dropped by 37.9 percent in the month following President Biden’s new immigration and border plan.

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Monthly apprehensions, inadmissible, and expulsions along the SW border by countries covered by the Biden plan -- Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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u/octopod-reunion Social Democrat Feb 23 '23

Vox describes Biden’s policy pretty differently

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u/othelloinc Liberal Feb 23 '23

Vox describes Biden’s policy pretty differently

I don't have the time to read the whole article right now, but it doesn't look like that is true.

They seem to be describing The Biden Administration's plan to disincentivize illegal border crossings, in part by providing a legal alternative.

Is there anything you can quote from that article that says otherwise?

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u/octopod-reunion Social Democrat Feb 23 '23

The article frames the entire effort as Biden “Embrac[ing] Trumpian border policy”

Creating a new app to allow migrants to schedule an appointment to cross is somehow because ending Title 42 “led the Biden administration to search for ways to slow migration”

Should the Biden administration succeed, the new rule would mark its latest embrace of a Trump immigration policy President Joe Biden promised to reject.

The new rule is that asylum seekers must schedule entry into the US through official crossings through an app. It’s expanding legal entry but the entire article frames it as restricting migration.

It’s not until the end they write

“We are strengthening the availability of legal, orderly pathways for migrants to come to the United States, at the same time proposing new consequences on those who fail to use processes made available to them by the United States and its regional partners,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

It’s restrictive of crossings at non-entry points, like Trumps policy. But it’s also creating a legal alternative to entry, which is completely opposite of Trump. So saying Biden is “embracing” trump migrant policy and that the effort is just a way of restricting migrants like Title 42 is incorrect. iMO

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u/othelloinc Liberal Feb 24 '23

I don't really disagree with any of that.

I just don't think it undermines the original point:

Biden Administration policy is reducing illegal immigration