ANALYSIS – President Biden just signed a massive $1.5 trillion spending bill with billions for his radical ‘Green New Deal’ climate change agenda while slashing border security funding by nearly half a billion dollars. These cuts are made even worse by Biden’s skyrocketing inflation.
This also comes as a flood of illegal migrants is expected to crash the border when Biden lifts the COVID deportation measures, and polls show Americans care far more about the border than ‘climate change.’
Carrie Sheffield, a senior policy analyst at Independent Women’s Voice, and also a colleague of mine and fellow ‘Robert K. Novak Journalism Fellow,’ notes in The New York Post that:
The nosedive [in border security funding] comes as illegal-immigrant apprehensions along the southwestern border skyrocketed in February to nearly 165,000, a 6.6% increase over January — and a 350% increase over February 2020, just after Biden took office and threw open America’s doors.
Sheffield explains that “This year’s crisis is likely to look even uglier. Authorities are bracing for a colossal crush of up to 170,000 people once the administration lifts the Title 42 public-health authority allowing (but not mandating) quick expulsion.”
President Trump instituted the Title 42 rules to protect Americans from illegal migrants with COVID at the beginning of the pandemic, and the courts have continued to uphold it.
Yet, even as he keeps other absurd pandemic policies in place for Americans, Biden insists on ending this one at the border for illegal migrants, to “provide relief to immigrants.” American citizens apparently don’t rate “relief.”
“CBP [Customs and Border Protection] simply doesn’t have the resources to deal with the coming crush, notes Sheffield, adding that a “desperate Department of Homeland Security deputy secretary, John Tien, sent an e-mail to employees Wednesday asking them ‘to consider stepping forward to support the DHS Volunteer Force.’ He’s seeking general support for CBP — including even help with data entry.”
That’s how bad things are at CBP.
Meanwhile, Sheffield adds, “The more than $20 billion in Green New Deal gimmicks in this bloated bill include an 8% increase for climate-change efforts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with cash for hiring “resilience-focused staff,” whatever that means.”
Sheffield continues:
While border security is slashed, the Defense, Interior and Transportation departments, along with loan programs to state and local governments, all enjoy funding boosts to fight climate change. The Transportation hike will, one Democrat claimed, “mitigate the effects of climate change in our transportation system.”
However, as Sheffield explains, “That’s not where taxpayers want their hard-earned money to go,” adding:
Both Pew and Gallup have found that Americans care far more about border security than climate change. More than three-quarters of those asked — 77% — told Pew that illegal immigration was a very big or moderately big problem in America today; 65% said the same about climate change, and 12% thought it wasn’t a problem at all.
Sheffield sums it all up when she says: “They say a budget is a statement of your values. Biden’s first annual budget as boss certainly proves his priorities. Democrats care more about climate-change slush funds than protecting America’s borders — even as their policies are about to make the problem even worse.”
Indeed – I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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He gets dumber every day
The “good” catholic still doesn’t realize that climate change is still God’s business and nothing Biden can sign will change that. He just can’t do enough to ruin our wonderful country and he’s doing his best to ruin the whole world. How much more can we stand?
Like that will solve migrant surge into US
Blame Congress.
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Senile pudding eating putz in chief, Joe Biden’s Iran, open border, Inflation, war on fossil fuels and COVID 19 tyrannical policies:
Banning US oil drilling because of fake progressive Democrat climate change hysteria, but proposing to buy terrorist state Iranian oil!
Continually mandating masks, vaccine passports, Dr Fauci’s vaccines and US economic lockdowns!
Don’t forget the open US southern border allowing illegal aliens, drugs and terrorists into the USA!
If Strawman (BBBBBiiiiddddeeeeeennn) continues to borrow from Peter tp pay Paul, who the hell is going to pay back Peter?
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Republicans need to make fun of the green new deal/climate change crisis adherents.
Quit talking and get rid of Biden, Kamala, Pelosi, Schumer, Shiftless, etc. and the rest of the compromised & corrupt Democrats. The Republican Party also needs to deal with the Rinos Cheney, Kissinger, Romney and the rest who back stabbed Trump their own party and American values to become puppets for the Democrat swamp.
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This is the third time Biden (CATHOLIC traitor) has abandoned a nation!
The first nation he abandoned was the USA! Biden (CATHOLIC traitor ) deserted the USA on his first day of ‘reign’ to the ILLEGAL ALIEN CATHOLIC INVADERS from the south! Now we have over ten million ILLEGAL ALIEN CATHOLIC INVADERS scattered around the USA in less than a year after his ‘reign’.
The only difference between Muslim and CATHOLIC is the continent they destroy. They destroy their own nation, then move to the next. They bring all the failure, ignorance, poverty, crime, corruption, and demand that their ‘culture’ be honored.
Now he abandoned Afghanistan and so the same story continues!
Vote for ANY CATHOLIC and the USA will look the same as everything south of the USA. Ignorant, poverty ridden, no infrastructure, crime ridden, corrupt to the core is what CATHOLIC traitors bring to the USA.
Now he has abandoned Ukraine. Well, he is getting money from Russian oil (as well as son Hunter) which is used to pay for bombs against Ukraine.
CATHOLICS have a perfect record of a thousand years of exactly 100% FAILURE. Vote accordingly.
Where are the F’N Republicans on this?? How can any sane legislators back this. The onc thing that has to be removed is PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDERS untill said President takes A MENTAL ACCUITY TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I suggest a Rope Necktie!
Biden belongs in a mental institution, he’s not all there, what is his infatuation with the illegal alien, why is he doing everything he can to destroy this country. At the least after we win the mid terms immediately impeach the country hater.