Can any maga name which Biden immigration programs were illegal?
I don't want generalizations, I want the names of them and how it was illegal. What kinds of things did it violate and what not. K thanks
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Sandra72 · 51-55, F
@SatanBurger we're resorting to cheap insults now. Nothing intelligent to say?
Sandra72 · 51-55, F
@SatanBurger there was nothing false about anything I said. Biden and Harris destroyed your country. So badly In fact that Trump won the popular vote and is doing exactly what he promised
SatanBurger · 36-40, F
@Sandra72 That's not true at all.
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/immigration/no-the-biden-administration-does-not-have-an-open-border-policy-donald-trump-fact-check/536-ff0e6532-1b2c-4420-a076-9f8c41766acf?
https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/immigration/no-the-biden-administration-does-not-have-an-open-border-policy-donald-trump-fact-check/536-ff0e6532-1b2c-4420-a076-9f8c41766acf?
The Biden administration does not have an open-border policy. Immigration studies experts say the claim that the U.S. has “open borders” under Biden is a myth that is not only inaccurate but unrealistic.
“President Joe Biden has faced repeated criticisms from Republicans and some Democrats that his border policy amounts to ‘open borders.’ This criticism is not simply inaccurate: it is unhinged from reality in a way that distinguishes itself from normal political hyperbole,” David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, said in 2021.
“U.S. immigration policy is effectively closed borders, and Biden’s immigration policies and goals are largely the same as those of President Donald Trump,” Bier added.
Rebecca Hamlin, Ph.D., director of the Legal Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, agrees.
“I’ve been studying immigration politics for now 20 years, and I haven’t seen such a mismatch between the accusations of one party and the policies of the other, which are actually not close to open and probably stricter than what we’ve seen in a long time," Hamlin told Newsweek in 2022.
“President Joe Biden has faced repeated criticisms from Republicans and some Democrats that his border policy amounts to ‘open borders.’ This criticism is not simply inaccurate: it is unhinged from reality in a way that distinguishes itself from normal political hyperbole,” David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, said in 2021.
“U.S. immigration policy is effectively closed borders, and Biden’s immigration policies and goals are largely the same as those of President Donald Trump,” Bier added.
Rebecca Hamlin, Ph.D., director of the Legal Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, agrees.
“I’ve been studying immigration politics for now 20 years, and I haven’t seen such a mismatch between the accusations of one party and the policies of the other, which are actually not close to open and probably stricter than what we’ve seen in a long time," Hamlin told Newsweek in 2022.
Bier says the Biden administration has also “imposed restrictions on applying for asylum far beyond those required by law.” Asylum allows people to remain in the U.S. instead of being deported to a country where they fear persecution or harm, the UN Refugee Agency says on its website.
Trump and Biden both invoked Title 42, a pandemic-era rule that Border Patrol used to “immediately expel any individual encountered attempting to enter the United States in violation of travel restrictions.” Title 42 expulsions began on March 21, 2020, and ended on May 11, 2023, when the Biden administration ended twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19.
In April 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State both said that “the lifting of the Title 42 order does not mean the border is open.” Instead, the agencies said that the end of Title 42 meant that the government would transition back to immigration procedures outlined in Title 8.
Under Title 8, people who unlawfully cross the border are subject to criminal consequences, including possible deportation, prosecution and a five-year bar on reentry. These penalties were not enforced under Title 42.
Trump and Biden both invoked Title 42, a pandemic-era rule that Border Patrol used to “immediately expel any individual encountered attempting to enter the United States in violation of travel restrictions.” Title 42 expulsions began on March 21, 2020, and ended on May 11, 2023, when the Biden administration ended twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19.
In April 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State both said that “the lifting of the Title 42 order does not mean the border is open.” Instead, the agencies said that the end of Title 42 meant that the government would transition back to immigration procedures outlined in Title 8.
Under Title 8, people who unlawfully cross the border are subject to criminal consequences, including possible deportation, prosecution and a five-year bar on reentry. These penalties were not enforced under Title 42.
Border crossings still remained at record highs in late 2023. To combat this issue, Biden unveiled plans in June to halt asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border when illegal entries reach a threshold he deems excessive. The measure took effect immediately because the policy is triggered when arrests for illegal entry reach 2,500, according to senior administration officials. About 4,000 people already are entering the U.S. each day.VERIFY found that it’s not possible for Biden or any other president to completely shut down the border, with an executive order or otherwise, because doing so would violate existing federal laws.
A president can, however, issue an executive order to restrict certain groups of people from entering the U.S., as Trump and others have done in the past.
Julia Gelatt, associate director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, told VERIFY in March that the idea of a completely closed border is not realistic.
“I think maybe people imagine that the border would be fully closed – that nobody could come across unless they had a legal visa and were coming to a legal crossing point. In reality, that’s not possible,” Gelatt said
A president can, however, issue an executive order to restrict certain groups of people from entering the U.S., as Trump and others have done in the past.
Julia Gelatt, associate director of the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the Migration Policy Institute, told VERIFY in March that the idea of a completely closed border is not realistic.
“I think maybe people imagine that the border would be fully closed – that nobody could come across unless they had a legal visa and were coming to a legal crossing point. In reality, that’s not possible,” Gelatt said
