Biden’s Border Executive Order Will Not End Well

While seen as a messaging move that won’t survive the courts, the implications are still dangerous

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One thing is clear, Democrats are on a messaging run. Just two weeks ago we saw Senate Democrats bring the bipartisan border bill up for a vote knowing they didn’t have Republican votes to get it passed. It was a strategic move that will allow Democrats to go into the next elections pointing out how Republicans are unwilling to do anything about the border.

Similarly, President Joe Biden’s Executive Order will likely serve the same purpose. The order parallels the one former president Donald Trump tried to implement but was struck down by the Supreme Court. Many experts suggest Biden’s order won’t survive the courts and is simply a messaging move. The president will now be able to point out Republican hypocrisy about the border on the campaign trail while also being able to say he tried to do something without them.

Strategists suggest it’s a smart political move.

But are Democrats now okay with using migrants as political pawns? We’ve been watching Republicans target migrants with oppressive laws that are legally questionable but have yet to be adequately challenged by Biden’s Department of Justice. We have also watched Republican governors treat migrants inhumanely thus empowering their local and state police and national guard to treat migrants as brutally as legally possible. Again, unchallenged.