Biden exploits illegal immigrants to harm opponents.

In the Biden White House, illegal immigration​ is simply politics

The politics of⁣ broader ⁣electoral viability, the politics ​of future ​voting demographics, the politics of ⁣appeasing the base, and most recently, the politics⁢ of retribution. This latest phase entered‍ the scene this week, with the ‍administration’s ​reported plan to‍ force the millions of illegal​ immigrants streaming over⁢ the border to remain in Texas.

The Politics ‍of Immigration

But⁢ the politics‌ goes back to the beginning when the ​former vice president ⁤was sharing a ‌debate stage with the next ⁣generation ⁢of Democrat leaders. His old boss had put a boil under the long-simmering ⁤issue with his extra-congressional⁤ amnesty ⁢for “dreamers.” President Barack Obama empowered radical immigration activists who ⁢would⁣ eventually ‍shout him down in his ‍own White House — and push ​the party’s national slate hard to ​the left. ⁣By‌ the time of the 2020 primaries,‌ Joe Biden alone stood against all of their wildest reforms, including decriminalizing illegal crossings ⁤and abolishing Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Though he was old, noticeably slowing down, and had been repeatedly passed over⁢ by President Barack Obama and ⁤the rest ​of the poobahs, party​ leadership knew they needed to play on more ⁢centrist positions to compete in the general election. Aged and unwanted would take a ⁢backseat to hard power:‍ Joe Biden​ was their man.

Of course, expanding​ third-world immigration​ had⁤ long⁢ been part of the Democrats’ plan. ‍Decades ⁤before Tucker Carlson was excoriated for‍ pointing ‌it out, ⁢Ruy Teixeira and John ⁢Judis’s smash book,⁤ The Emerging Democratic Majority, listed the relative ⁤rise of immigrant America as one of the keys to the kingdom. Clinton strategist James Carville’s follow-up, 40 ⁤More Years—How‍ Democrats Will Rule the Next Generation, took a sharp point and blunted it into⁤ a club. Carville’s thesis, that “Demographic change will keep swelling the Democratic ranks ⁤until‌ Republicans have little choice but⁣ to surrender,”⁣ Teixeira lamented in 2020, “is a narrative I​ know well, for ​it⁣ is⁣ based on a bowdlerization of my own work.”

By the election‌ of President Donald Trump, ‌Teixeira had grown dismayed with how Democrats had treated his theory, betraying the white working-class voters he believed their coalition still required ​in ‌the name of newcomers‌ and illegals.

For the broader⁣ party, ‌however, it’s ​too late for ‍repentance (amply demonstrated‌ on the primary debate stage in 2020). The left worked hard to⁢ establish ‍unfettered immigration as a moral and political imperative — a necessary badge for the good progressive. Neither cartel-run border ‌nor human slavery nor the deadly narcotics that come with it can dissuade from ⁣this. Amongst the⁣ Democratic faithful, the thoroughly British‌ foundations of the‌ United States have ⁤been swept away by a new creation myth, written by⁢ poet Emma⁤ Lazarus a full century after ⁣the official end of‍ the ​American Revolution. ⁢For the liberal base, illegal immigration had become a moral-must ‍–and ‌any Democratic president hoping for re-election better toe the line.

The hopes ​and dreams of the activist class don’t always play with ‍realities on the ground, however. New York City Mayor Eric Adams⁣ went‌ viral⁣ this week for predicting illegal immigration “will⁢ destroy New York City.”

“We’re getting 10,000⁣ migrants a month,” the Democratic mayor of a proud⁣ sanctuary city complained Wednesday⁣ night.‌ “Now again, people from all over the globe have made their minds up⁤ that they’re going ‌to come through the southern‌ part of the border and come⁢ into New York City.”

By ‍Thursday afternoon,​ the dependably loyal LA Times was reporting ‌the ⁣administration was reviewing a‌ “Remain-in-Texas policy” that would bar the Republican ‌governor ⁤from forcing Democrat​ northeastern “sanctuaries” to share the burden the ​president’s immigration ⁢policies were putting on ‌them.

To⁢ put it all in perspective, New York ⁤complains its‍ buckling under 110,000 illegal immigrants since spring last year, but in Texas, 200,000 illegal crossers are ⁢arrested at the ‍border every month. In the Rio Grande⁣ Valley, there are 8,000 arrests a day, despite⁢ a population one-sixth the size⁢ of New York City’s. Outside the town of Del Rio alone, 15,000⁣ Haitians are ⁣camped under a ‌bridge. The town’s⁤ population is a​ mere 34,000. All this is a direct result of⁤ the president’s border policies.

To add to the injury, news of the White House’s plan to enforce the ‌Southern Border⁤ on Texas’s northern border follows⁤ shortly on the administration’s attempt to stop Texas from contributing to⁢ its own ​border‌ defense, effectively tying the Lone Star State’s hands before its execution.

A History of Politics, Immigration, and Asylum

Politics, immigration, and asylum⁢ have a long, unhappy history in the United States. While former Democratic Presidents Jimmy‌ Carter and Bill Clinton’s public dislike‌ for each other has⁢ often been attributed to the elder man’s discomfort with Clinton’s blatant adulteries, their feud ⁣goes back⁤ nearly half a century to when Clinton was an up-and-coming Democratic star.

It began in ‍the spring‍ of⁤ 1980, when Cuban dictator Fidel Castro tested Democratic President Jimmy Carter’s⁣ dedication to “the huddled masses” by emptying his prisons and mental hospitals onto American shores. Overwhelmed but committed, Carter sent ​10,000 of the new arrivals to a fort in Arkansas,⁣ where first-term Gov.⁤ Clinton faced⁣ a tough re-election in the⁤ fall. Frightened residents armed up, and soldiers were sent‍ to keep order in the fort, ⁣but the ⁢summer‌ saw a fiery prison riot⁢ that⁢ ended with a⁣ tense standoff between armed locals and the military on one side, and 1,000 angry Cubans on the other.

After the riot, Carter promised to relent, ‍but reality ⁣stepped ‌in ‍and he⁤ ended up sending ‍more Cubans to Arkansas anyway. The call was a near-disaster for the Clintons, whose Republican opponents aired constant ads of the ‌fiery riot and Carter’s betrayal.

“Send them to a fort in some warm place ⁤out west you’re not going ‍to win in ​November⁢ anyway,” Gov. Clinton had ⁣pleaded, to⁢ no avail.

“The White House message seemed to be: ‘Don’t complain, just handle the mess we gave you,’” former First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote in her memoir.

Today,‌ the president⁣ knows 87 percent of those ‌migrants heading to blue cities aren’t being ‍bussed by Republican governors — they’re doing so of their‌ own accord ⁣to seek employment. But he also ⁣knows that while his national media allies are happy to turn‌ a blind eye, sanctuary city mayors ⁢can’t tolerate the​ real-life consequences of their party’s policies. In short, the‌ president knows his immigration policies are hurting Americans.

The White House knows this, and‍ they’re trying to hide ⁣it; to ‌sanitize it; to keep it out of the ⁢view of their children. The White House knows this, ‌and they’re ⁣using ‍it ⁤to punish their opponents. So much ‌for moral‍ imperatives.