Border Crisis

How many times has the Right complained about the border, about migrants and caravans, about immigrants bringing in crime and drugs and taking away jobs and freeloading on taxpayer dollars? They talk about it constantly. They call it an invasion. Clearly, they perceive it as a threat. So why, when they had a chance to make the first substantial changes in immigration policy in decades, a bill that gave the Left virtually nothing, no path for DACA citizenship, for instance, did the Right suddenly say, “Oh, just kidding, we really didn’t want to do anything. We just wanted to play games for four months while collecting benefits and salaries at the taxpayers‘ expense. We’re not voting for any border bills this year, even though we demanded one in order to get aid to Ukraine.” I feel sorry for the people of Ukraine who live with mortal danger every day. I feel sorry for the Border Patrol who are struggling to face a huge problem with inadequate resources.  And I feel sorry for Senator James Lankford, who negotiated this deal in good faith only to be thrown under the bus by his own party.