One of the co-chairs of President Biden’s re-election campaign has said she is concerned that growing frustrations over the deteriorating situation at the southern border will hamper Democrats’ prospects in 2024.
“People are really frustrated. They want to see order. They want the government to handle situations,” Rep. Verónica Escobar (D-Texas) told Politico in an interview published Tuesday.
“Unfortunately, Democrats are bearing the brunt of this right now, and people have been brainwashed to think that somehow Donald Trump solves this.”
During fiscal year 2023, more than 2.47 million encounters were reported along the border with Mexico, and more than 240,000 migrants were detained in October, the most recent month for which statistics are available, according to data from the United States Customs and Border Protection.
That influx has put pressure on liberal states and cities, where border state governors have directed the newcomers.
Verónica Escobar worries that Democrats could be blamed for the border crisis. AP
“You hear Democrats in places like New York and Illinois sounding the alarm and, in some cases, sounding more like Republicans; I’m thinking about [New York City] Mayor Eric Adams,” Escobar admitted.
“The fundamental problem is that people want an easy solution. “This is not an easy problem nor does it have an easy solution.”
Adams has pressed the Biden administration and the rest of the federal government to care for the hundreds of thousands of migrants crossing the border and relieve pressure on the Big Apple’s public resources.
A woman holds her leg as she is lined up with other migrants along the US border wall to be processed by the US Border Patrol. DINNER ALLISON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Republicans have long blamed the White House, citing a litany of policy changes, including the elimination of the so-called “Remain in Mexico” policy, a Trump-era initiative that required migrants seeking asylum to remain south. from the border while their court cases were being processed. played.
Escobar, whose House district is right next to the border and includes much of El Paso, believes Congress is more to blame.
“It’s our job,” he told Politico. “We have failed again and again.”
Migrants line up outside the border fence waiting to be transported to a US Border Patrol facility in El Paso, Texas. AP
“I’m concerned that Democrats will be blamed simply because the president is in the White House,” he added. “I hope not, but I’m afraid of that.”
Last week, Escobar wrote an op-ed in his local newspaper criticizing Republicans, claiming they “have refused to collaborate with Democratic colleagues” and dismissing their emphasis on border security as a “costly failure.”
He also expressed skepticism about ongoing negotiations between Senate Republicans and Democrats on a supplemental spending bill.
There is no domestic issue more challenging for our country today than immigration, and there is no doubt that we must urgently address the problems at the border. But secret Senate talks that focus only on the border and not our broken immigration system are shortsighted.
— Representative Verónica Escobar (@RepEscobar) December 15, 2023
“There is no domestic issue more challenging for our country today than immigration, and there is no doubt that we must urgently address the problems at the border,” Escobar wrote in X last week.
“Secret Senate talks that focus only on the border and not our broken immigration system are shortsighted.”
On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law allowing the Lone Star State to arrest illegal immigrants.
President Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to be his “border czar.” fake images
Biden has fallen behind his main Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, in a series of recent polls.
Voters have generally given Biden low marks on immigration. For example, only 38% of voters approved of his handling of the issue, according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, while Monmouth University recorded only 26% approval of the president on immigration in its own poll.
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