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That's a shitload, above and beyond "normal", of real humans and families we have to deal with. They are not political footballs. Pretending there is no issue because the GOP is campaigning on it is ignorant and borderline evil. Real people are hurting, both inside and outside the US.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters
I don't have answers, but I see the problem. And if anyone wants to present a simple answer to me, I'll call you simple.
That's less immigration than during Bush Jr.'s term, simply with better enforcement. The country didn't fall apart then, it's not falling apart now. And since you post this link and argument every time the border comes up, I'll just cut and past the link that shows this isn't a record level of immigration. It should be familiar, as you've seen it before.
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1130841306/new-record-in-border-patrol-apprehensions
And yet the Republicans claim he's not doing anything
These discussions also can't ignore any time a Democrat is in the White House, Republicans declare the border is open and then refuse to do anything about it because it would violate their primary directive of obstructing Democratic presidents.
There was a bipartisan bill in the senate they worked on for months, it included funding for Ukraine etc because Republicans said it had to be tied to border security
Right before going for any votes, the trumplicans said they would vote no on it because it had funding for Ukraine etc
Republicans don't want to fix the problem, because then they can't complain about it