{"id":2162971,"date":"2024-01-30T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-the-power-to-end-the-border-crisis-without-congress-he-just-doesnt-want-to\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T12:52:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:52:01","slug":"biden-has-the-power-to-end-the-border-crisis-without-congress-he-just-doesnt-want-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-the-power-to-end-the-border-crisis-without-congress-he-just-doesnt-want-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden can resolve border crisis alone, but chooses not to"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-has-the-power-to-end-the-border-crisis-without-congress-he-just-doesnt-want-to%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2162971&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The \u2064Power \u2063to \u200bSecure the\u2063 Border Lies with President\u2062 Biden<\/h2>\n<p>The White House, corporate media, and even Senate Republicans claim Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/25\/mitch-mcconnell-is-mad-trump-and-gop-voters-wont-let-him-pass-an-open-borders-amnesty-bill-for-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open-border \u2063amnesty\u2062 bill<\/a>, which does more \u200bto secure Ukraine\u2062 than the U.S., is \u200cthe only way to successfully curb the influx\u2064 of \u200bmore than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2455010\/illegal-border-crossers-total-over-10-million-since-biden-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10\u200c million illegal\u200b border crossers<\/a>. \u200bThe real power to end the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/02\/report-u-s-sets-record-for-most-single-month-illegal-encounters-at-the-southern-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record-breaking<\/a> \u2062Southern border \u2063crisis, however, lies with President Joe Biden, who previously\u2064 used his executive authority to undo all of his predecessor\u2019s\u200b border safeguards. He simply isn\u2019t \u2063wielding it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you done\u2063 everything you can \u2064do with executive\u200c authority \u200d [on the border]?\u201d a reporter asked the president on the White\u200d House lawn\u200d on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve done all I can do. Just \u2062give\u200d me the power\u2026! Give me the border patrol! Give me the people! The judges! Give me the people who can stop this and make\u200d it \u200bwork \u2063right!\u201d Biden \u2064replied.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden\u2064 on the border crisis: &#8220;I&#8217;ve done all I can do. Just give me \u2063the power. Give me \u2063the people who can stop this and make it work right.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UteJpLmgyY\">pic.twitter.com\/UteJpLmgyY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        \u2062  \u2063\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1752367640973099494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2024<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>John \u200cKirby, Biden\u2019s coordinator for strategic\u200b communications at the National Security Council, also denied during\u2062 a White House press briefing on Monday that \u2064Biden was \u200b\u201cwithholding \u200dexecutive action on the border\u2062 until he gets the \u200dmoney\u201d from the Senate border deal. \u200dShortly after, he confirmed the administration\u2019s stance, which is that \u201cthe proper\u2063 way \u2062forward is to get the supplemental passed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>JACQUI TIME: \u201cJohn, I just \u200cwant to clarify two \u200cof your previous \u2063answers in this briefing.\u200b Are you suggesting, \u200cin response\u200d to the border\u200d question, that the President is withholding executive action on the border until he gets\u200d the money that is \u2062part of this supplemental?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ctBfI4g3t\">pic.twitter.com\/5ctBfI4g3t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        \u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1752073697102348437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2024<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Democrats\u2019 not-so-secret long\u200b game is to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HouseJudiciary\/status\/1752040457540862387?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blame<\/a> the ongoing\u200c border crisis on \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/01\/29\/trump-republicans-border-deal-senate-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> \u200b who refuse to give into <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/25\/mitch-mcconnell-tried-to-bait-and-switch-americans-on-behalf-of-ukraine-and-biden-its-not-trumps-fault-he-failed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s manipulation tactics<\/a> by passing \u200ca \u200dbad \u200bborder bill.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans like Sen. James\u200d Lankford, who was\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheCalvinCooli1\/status\/1751386585235423438?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chastised by his state\u2019s GOP<\/a> for \u201cplaying fast and\u200c loose with Democrats on our border \u2062policy,\u201d want you to believe\u2063 that their negotiations are the only path forward. They \u2064want you \u200bto believe that the administration they <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/29\/house-republicans-reveal-mayorkas-impeachment-articles-amid-worst-border-numbers-in-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swore\u2062 to punish<\/a> for the border\u2019s \u200ccollapse is making a good-faith effort to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>But even \u2063Trump, who was McConnell\u2019s original target for ire, saw through the establishment\u2064 senators\u2019 sham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are using this horrific Senate Bill as a way of\u2062 being able to \u2062put the BORDER DISASTER onto the shoulders of the Republicans. The \u2062Democrats BROKE THE BORDER, they should fix it.\u2062 NO LEGISLATION IS NEEDED, IT\u2019S ALREADY THERE!!!\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/111840653005061733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> \u2062on\u200d Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>During his first \u200dhours\u200b in the Oval Office on Jan.\u200c 20, \u200b2021,\u200d Biden \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/01\/20\/fact-sheet-president-elect-bidens-day-one-executive-actions-deliver-relief-for-families-across-america-amid-converging-crises\/#:~:text=Stop%20Border%20Wall%20Construction&#038;text=By%20proclamation%2C%20President%2Delect%20Biden,funding%20diversions%20for%20the%20wall.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">halted construction<\/a> on\u200c Trump\u2019s border\u2062 wall. The former vice president also rescinded the Republican\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/DCPD-201700072\/pdf\/DCPD-201700072.pdf?ct=t(AgencyUpdate_012120)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a> \u2063refusing federal funding to \u201csanctuary\u201d cities harboring illegal migrants, discouraged the\u200d immediate removal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/unprecedented-move-biden-admin-releasing-illegal-border-crossers-into-u-s-without-scheduling-court-dates-at-rgv-sector-fox-news-reports\/\" title=\"\u2018Unprecedented Move\u2019: Biden Admin Releasing \u2018Illegal Border Crossers\u2019 Into U.S. Without Scheduling Court Dates At RGV Sector, Fox News Reports\">illegal border crossers<\/a> who committed\u2064 crimes, and toppled Trump\u2019s \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d \u200cpolicy.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s day-one proclamations were just the beginning of what \u200dwould\u2064 become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationpolicy.org\/news\/biden-executive-actions-immigration-first-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">296 executive actions<\/a> on\u200d immigration and the southern security boundary \u2062in just his \u200dfirst year. Since then, the Democrat has continued to loosen border enforcement \u200cby demanding agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/immigration-biden-administration-halts-limits-on-immigration-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">avoid \u2062making arrests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/14\/if-biden-cared-about-border-security-ice-would-arrest-more-border-criminals-instead-of-release-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scaling back<\/a> \u200b ICE deportation, and\u2064 reinstating Obama-era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-plans-order-release-migrants-us-no-way-track-rcna83704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">catch-and-release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, nearly 1\/3\u200b of Biden\u2019s border actions were reversals of his \u2063predecessor\u2019s \u2064policies.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s pen doesn\u2019t simply hold the \u200cpower to undo our nation\u2019s defenses. \u2062In October \u200c2023, the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/05\/in-major-reversal-biden-admin-now-seeks-to-build-trumps-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waived<\/a> 26 federal laws \u200bto resume construction of the border wall to comply with a\u2062 2019 appropriations bill.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike\u200b Trump, \u200bwho had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2019\/10\/11\/judge-rules-against-trump-border-wall-044676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jump through judiciary \u200bhoops<\/a> every time he \u200ctried to secure \u2062the Southern border, Biden could cut off the hundreds of thousands of people without\u200c a hitch thanks to the \u2062administrative state\u2019s disinterest\u200c in opposing its \u200cpreferred presidential pawn.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 only\u200c reason Biden\u2062 has yet to \u2063use \u2062his power to secure \u2062the\u200d border (and satiate voters who say \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4422273-immigration-overtakes-inflation-top-voter-concern-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal immigration<\/a> \u2064 is \u2063their top concern\u2062 heading into the \u200d2024 election)\u200b is because he simply \u200bdoesn\u2019t want \u2064to.<\/p>\n<p>With one stroke of a pen, our commander-in-chief could\u200b authorize the return of law and\u2062 order\u200d to our border\u2062 by shutting it\u200c down. With one press conference, he could threaten\u200d Mexico with steep tariffs for being an accomplice to the crisis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2019\/05\/30\/trump-threatens-mexico-tariffs-central-american-migrants-cross-border\/#:~:text=President%20Trump%20on%20Thursday%20said,sweeping%20implications%20for%20both%20economies.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as Trump did<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead,\u2064 Biden is\u2063 using more \u200btime and effort \u200cto pump up legislation that would <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnddavidson\/status\/1751824791747928574?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">codify the crisis<\/a> and fight a state that \u200cwants to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/25\/gov-abbott-is-right-texas-has-the-right-to-defend-itself-and-secure-its-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defend\u200b itself<\/a> against the invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Biden never had a change of heart about our national security crisis. He never\u2063 wanted \u200cto\u2063 secure the border. His decision to throw \u2063his weight\u200b behind controversial border legislation\u200c instead of exercising\u2064 his executive authority simply \u200bmeans that the bill \u2064fits perfectly in his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/21\/its-no-accident-the-southern-border-is-collapsing-its-intentional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deliberate<\/a> plan to run a borderless nation.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist\u2064 and co-producer\u200d of The Federalist Radio Hour. \u200dHer work \u2063has also been featured in The Daily\u2062 Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where\u200c she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on \u200cTwitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cWhat \u2063actions can President Biden \u2063take to secure \u200dthe border and prioritize the safety of American citizens<\/h2>\n<p><span>  =&#8221;_blank&#8221; \u200brel=&#8221;noreferrer noopener&#8221;>immigration \u2062is a top concern<\/a>) is that he doesn\u2019t want to. The border crisis serves the\u200b Democrats\u2019 long-term\u2064 political agenda by ensuring a continuous influx of potential voters. By not taking \u2062decisive action, Biden allows\u2062 the crisis to persist, creating a sense of urgency among Democrats to pass their open-border amnesty bill.<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream media, as expected, continues to downplay the\u2063 severity \u200dof the\u200d crisis and deflect blame onto Republicans. They frame the Democrats as the saviors \u200dwho are\u200b desperately trying to fix the problem despite Republican obstruction. This narrative conveniently ignores the fact that Biden\u2019s policies and executive actions contributed significantly to the border crisis in the first place. He can&#8217;t simply absolve himself of responsibility and shift the blame onto others.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200btruth is that President Biden \u2062has the power\u200b to secure \u2064the border if he so chooses. He can reinstate Trump\u2019s border safeguards, enforce immigration laws, and provide the necessary resources to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">border patrol agents<\/a>. He can stop releasing illegal border crossers into the country\u200d and ensure that those who commit crimes are immediately removed. He can prioritize the safety\u2063 and security \u2064of American citizens over the political agenda of his party.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s claims that they \u2063need more funding\u200d and legislative action to address the border \u200ccrisis are disingenuous. They have already taken numerous unilateral actions without relying on \u2063Congress. They have the authority and the resources to act decisively, but they are\u200b actively choosing\u200d not to.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden needs \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowman-says-leadership-needed-from-biden-on-immigrant-overflow-in-new-york\/\" title=\"Bowman urges Biden to show 'leadership' on New York's immigrant overflow.\">demonstrate strong leadership<\/a> and take \u2062immediate action to secure the border. He needs to put the safety and well-being of American citizens first. The continued influx of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-waives-more-migrants-through-southern-border-than-promised\/\" title=\"Biden Admin exceeds promised migrant waivers at Southern border.\">illegal border\u200d crossers<\/a> is not only a threat to national security but also a strain on local communities and resources.<\/p>\n<p>It is time for President Biden to acknowledge his role in creating \u200dand exacerbating the border crisis and to take responsibility for finding a solution. Blaming Republicans\u200d and demanding legislative action is nothing more than a political tactic to distract from his administration&#8217;s failures. The power \u200cto secure the border lies squarely with President Biden, and it is time for him to use that power effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House, corporate media, and Senate Republicans argue that Democrats&#8217; amnesty bill, prioritizing Ukraine over the US, is the sole solution to control the influx of 10 million illegal border crossers. 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