By hinting that he will use executive power to crack down on mass illegal immigration for the first time in his administration‚ President Joe Biden is admitting that he already has the necessary authority to do so. This completely undercuts his attempt to blame Republicans in Congress for not giving him additional laws‚ money‚ and staff to get the job done. Nonetheless‚ expect Biden to dodge the blame when he visits Texas Thursday‚ his second visit to the Mexican border in a 54-year political career. Biden will be in Brownsville at the same time Donald Trump will be in Eagle Pass‚ farther up the Rio Grande in Texas.  With his overall approval rating at 38% and a mere 28% of Americans approving his handling of immigration‚ Biden is “leaning in on an issue he’d long ignored‚” according to Politico. As global political risk consultant John Hulsman writes in City A.M.‚ a political “rule of thumb is that if the president’s approval rating is over 60% … he can pretty much do what he wants. If it falls below 40%‚ he is trying to squelch rumors that he is dead.” Earlier this month‚ Biden failed to fool the American people into thinking the Senate “bipartisan” border bill was a magic bullet to end mass illegal immigration. That more and more Americans are seeing the price of his open border puts Biden in a real bind—a sort of Catch-22‚ or more accurately “catch-and-release ‘24.” In Joseph Heller’s novel‚ the Catch-22 was that a World War II bomber pilot would be crazy to fly any more missions. But if he formally claimed to be insane to get out of flying more missions‚ that meant he was sane and had to keep flying. Biden’s immigration conundrum is that he urgently needs to use his executive authority to stanch his falling approval rating over his abandonment of border security and enforcement‚ but he has claimed for three years that he had no such power. If he maintains that fiction‚ his approval ratings will likely continue to fall. But if he takes real action to secure the border‚ reduce asylum fraud‚ or increase deportations‚ he offends his far-left base and loses that support. Meanwhile‚ Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has his own immigration Catch-22. He has been using a provision of immigration law called parole to let in tens of thousands of inadmissible aliens a month. By law‚ this parole should be temporary‚ for “humanitarian” reasons or the “significant public benefit” of the United States. It should be granted “case-by-case‚” but Biden and Mayorkas created several programs to mass-parole inadmissible aliens‚ including one allowing 36‚000 of them a month from just four countries‚ including Venezuela. It appears the Department of Homeland Security used parole to let in Jose Ibarra‚ the Venezuelan who is accused of murdering University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley last week. Before releasing Ibarra‚ Mayorkas’ border agents had no way of knowing whether he had a criminal record in Venezuela. As The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project Director Mike Howell pointed out‚ Mayorkas can either say he made every decision case-by-case‚ in which case he is responsible for Ibarra‚ or he can claim that millions are being paroled into the U.S. automatically‚ which is against the law. In December 2022‚ I laid out the six biggest lies underlying the Biden border strategy. The biggest lie was blaming vague‚ worldwide factors for mass illegal migration then claiming there was nothing his administration could do about it but release or parole thousands of illegal immigrants a day into the interior of the United States. In fact‚ all along‚ the administration has had the power to detain‚ expel‚ and deport inadmissible aliens under existing law. Without any new laws or money‚ Biden could have raised the bar for asylum claims to discourage the massive fraud we’re seeing. Instead‚ he preferred catch-and-release. He could have used the Migrant Protection Protocols with Mexico and the Asylum Cooperative Agreements with Central American countries to keep most potential asylum claimants outside the U.S. until their claims were heard by immigration courts. But he abandoned these agreements immediately upon taking office. In Brownsville‚ Biden will hear nothing new from his staged engagements with Border Patrol agents and local politicians‚ all of whom depend on him for their jobs. The White House has already scripted Biden’s remarks. After falsely claiming that the recent Senate border bill was “the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border in decades‚” he will ask “congressional Republicans to stop playing politics” and “to provide the funding needed‚” said spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre. That’s his line and he’ll stick to it. But Biden heard some truth in a meeting with state governors recently‚ when Republicans handed over a letter asking him to secure the border. “After digesting the gist‚” reports Politico‚ “Biden shot back coolly that the things the governors wanted were all in the bipartisan border legislation that congressional Republicans refused to consider.” Anyone who has watched Biden lately‚ much less heard him speak‚ would doubt he was able to digest any gist that quickly‚ or shoot back coolly. If he had read it‚ he’d know the Senate border bill would do the opposite of securing the border because it would expand and codify the very open border tools Biden is currently using and it would provide billions more dollars to bring in and sustain more illegal immigrants. We know‚ and Biden knows‚ that he already has the power to fix the border and immigration chaos. That he has chosen not to‚ for over three years‚ is proof that his primary interest has never been national security or the safety of the American people. Any concessions Biden makes now‚ however Draconian the Left may paint them‚ will be window-dressing to prop up his poll numbers and insufficient to stem the flow of illegal migration he has unleashed on Americans. The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking‚ drug smuggling‚ terrorism‚ and more. Read Other BorderLine Columns: Are We the Chump on the Latin American Block? Asylum Zombies The Gang’s All Here—Thanks to Biden’s Open Border What I Saw at America’s Wide-Open Northern Border No Such Thing as a Free Lunch: The Cost of Unchecked Illegal Immigration on Americans Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Biden’s Border Catch(And Release)-22: The BorderLine appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. We’re checking in on the progress of the push to introduce the central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the US – and the latest is that a number of senators oppose President Biden’s plans on this front. CBDCs are controversial for a number of issues‚ not least because of centralizing (and thus better controlling) financial activities and therefore privacy of regular citizens‚ but also potentially stomping out political critics by depriving them of access to their funds. Related: Inside Biden’s plan to destroy financial anonymity with CBDCs And it is a key component of the looming introduction of digital ID and payments. Now‚ a group of five senators has put together a legislative proposal‚ the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act‚ in a bid to block the Fed’s efforts to issue this type of digital money in the US. Ted Cruz‚ Bill Hagerty‚ Rick Scott‚ Ted Budd and Mike Braun are behind the initiative to ban the digital dollar scheme from coming to fruition. Their concerns‚ as the bill’s name suggests‚ are civil rights and freedoms that might suffer because of increased surveillance CBDCs have the power to facilitate. We obtained a copy of the bill for you here. The goals of the bill‚ among others‚ are for the Federal Reserve not to be given the right to “use central bank digital currency for monetary policy‚ offer services directly to individuals‚ and for other purposes.” Senators Scott and Budd made it clear in their comments that the reason for their opposition is that the digital dollar would “open the door for the federal government to surveil and control the spending habits of all Americans.” Cruz noted that one of the consequences of harvesting sensitive personal information through a CBDC system would be the ability to quickly and efficiently freeze people’s assets “for any reason.” According to Cruz‚ “The Biden administration salivates at the thought of infringing on our freedom and intruding on the privacy of citizens.” This is not a speculative scenario‚ since various governments/banks have already been doing this even without CBDCs‚ in order to suppress even lawful civil dissent. And if in the future the Fed were to issue the digital dollar‚ it would have to turn to Congress for authorization‚ the bill envisages. Another prominent opponent of the introduction of the CBDC in the US is former President Donald Trump‚ currently campaigning to get reelected. Of the world’s 193 states‚ 16 have working CBDC schemes‚ while pilots are trialed in 39 others – among them China and Iran. The post New Bill Aims To Protect Citizens From Biden’s CBDC Plans appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties‚ subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Barbara McQuade‚ the former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan‚ former Co-Chair of the Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee in the Obama Administration‚ and MSNBC’s legal expert‚ has published a new book containing criticism of the First Amendment. McQuade fiercely commented on Monday about the US’s devotion towards freedom of speech‚ proposing it leaves the nation exceptionally open to disinformation campaigns. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/2343840302735835.mp4 McQuade was invited to “The Rachel Maddow Show” to publicize her latest work‚ “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America.” Her aspiration for the book‚ she says‚ is to trigger a nationwide discourse regarding truth and our collective dedication to it. The book isn’t just to grab headlines with its eye-catching title‚ she asserts‚ “I hope that by dissecting it‚ explaining it‚ and educating the public‚ we can all see disinformation for what it is so that we can begin to push back against it.” McQuade went as far as calling the right to free speech an “Achilles Heel” in the United States. She stated: “I think we’re more susceptible to it than other countries‚ and that’s because some of our greatest strengths can also be our Achilles Heel.” At its core‚ the First Amendment enshrines the freedom of speech‚ allowing individuals to express ideas‚ opinions‚ and information‚ regardless of their nature—be it popular‚ controversial‚ or even perceived as false. This broad protection stems from the belief that free and open discourse is crucial for a healthy democratic society. The concept of a “marketplace of ideas” is a fundamental principle here‚ suggesting that truth emerges from the competition of ideas in public discourse. Hence‚ restricting speech‚ even if deemed “misinformation‚” is viewed as detrimental to this marketplace‚ as it inhibits the natural process through which society evaluates and either accepts or rejects ideas. Another critical aspect is the danger of censorship. Labeling certain speech as “misinformation” can be subjective and prone to misuse. The First Amendment serves as a safeguard against the potential for the government or powerful entities to control narratives or suppress dissenting voices. This protection acknowledges that what is considered “true” can evolve over time. Ideas once seen as false or radical have‚ in numerous instances‚ later been recognized as true. The Amendment allows for the expression and debate of all ideas‚ recognizing that our understanding of truth is not static. McQuade’s ideas totally upend the point of such a right. The post Former US Attorney Barbara McQuade Calls the First Amendment an “Achilles Heel” appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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