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    5 months ago

    Well yeah, Biden is violating our treaties and international law with his latest asylum restrictions. One consequence will be families separating themselves so that their children will have better luck as unaccompanied minors, because the same restrictions don’t apply to them. This is really nasty shit.

    He cares more about appealing to Trump’s base than his own.

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        5 months ago

        It’s a mistake to assume that Latino voters’ unhappiness with the situation at the border means they want harsh, Trump-style crackdowns, she said. Her organization’s polling shows there is still strong support among Latinos for providing asylum to new migrants, Martinez said.

        Read a little further in the article.

        Biden is just doing a harsh, Trump-style crackdown to stop asylum seekers. Hence, people are unhappy.