Loophole #4 (huge): “[A]n authority to ‘shut down the border’…would be mandated after average daily migrant crossings hit 5,000 over seven days.” (CBS) “It does not allow 5,000 migrants to enter the country a day,” source tells @politico. It doesn’t! It allows
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5,000… https://t.co/qnFJFJICNe— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 29, 2024
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Likely loophole #3: “[Migrants who cross into the U.S. illegally would not be allowed to ask for asylum, and would face swift deportation to Mexico or their home country.” Immigration veterans know that “face swift deportation” does not mean “are actually deported.” Lots of… https://t.co/8kOWFtsPOS https://t.co/igOjphe3XF
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Jan 29, 2024
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Loophole #2: “It would preserve asylum at official ports of entry. In fact, it would require U.S. border officials to continue processing more than 1,400 asylum-seekers daily at these official border crossings when the ‘shutdown’ authority is invoked.” Another *restriction* on… https://t.co/YFiZMeHGMT https://t.co/DLYWDYjlmn
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Jan 29, 2024
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Loophole #1: “”There would also be a limit on the number of days each year the president could invoke the authority.” After that, it’s Katy Bar the Door? Sounds like a *restriction* of president’s authority. Aimed at Trump? https://t.co/SSmiCkAWUG
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Jan 29, 2024
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January 29, 2024 at 12:43AM
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Latest description of magic secret border bill, from @CBS . Several loopholes already evident https://t.co/EcMtYClQTl
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Jan 29, 2024
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Why weaken work incentives at all? https://t.co/mkjexxc46V
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Jan 29, 2024
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January 28, 2024 at 11:15PM
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Fan mail for some flounders https://t.co/P0e0leKYJi
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Jan 28, 2024
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January 28, 2024 at 01:59PM
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Media unaware the WSJ is for open borders https://t.co/w6JArisf59
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Jan 28, 2024
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If not “contrition,” then at least an admission of error … https://t.co/3YOFjFPaO1
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Jan 28, 2024
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Of course we should wait to see the magic secret Schumer-Lankford bill before reaching a final verdict. Maybe @BillMelugin_ is right and it has some bite. But if it gives away the first 5,000 migrants every day, it starts off in a big hole. Even after that it looks like, as… https://t.co/WPDE5IVzlt https://t.co/3YOFjFPaO1
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Jan 28, 2024
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Biden spent first 3 years of his presidency self-righteously removing barriers against mass immigration, letting in millions of illegals. Now that this threatens his reelection he says he’ll shut down the border but only if Congress passes his bill. Normally you’d expect some… https://t.co/IuR5lwJq1l https://t.co/n6Hk6iCTS3
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Jan 28, 2024
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January 28, 2024 at 11:33AM
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We were promised “feats of political athleticism” … https://t.co/uPZb68X0T5
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Jan 28, 2024
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“sticking to the script killed her.” https://t.co/yrBXBuSbSp
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Jan 28, 2024
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January 28, 2024 at 02:19AM
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“[L”ike the animals that persisted after the great comet struck the earth, most publications will be tiny and eke out an existence in the shadows.” https://t.co/BZNFVCiGpx
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Jan 28, 2024
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“Targeted advertising on the web has diminished the old advertisers’ complaint that 50 percent of their ad budgets are wasted and they just didn’t know which half. Now they do, and they avoid newspapers and magazines.” https://t.co/BZNFVCiGpx via @politico
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Jan 28, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 10:01PM
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Something to worry about https://t.co/iAG5AelWqE
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Jan 28, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 09:10PM
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“Even worse is the proposed child tax credit expansion, which would let parents claim eligibility based on current or prior year of earnings. …” https://t.co/Fi0y12Mwg6
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Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 11:19AM
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Also, even if they are interviewed, the change in standard seems to make only an incremental difference. It’s already being tried by Biden and it “has reduced the percentage of people who pass their screenings from over 80% to “the 60s.” https://t.co/ILDNuFe6Pj https://t.co/1V087W0wuO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 10:55AM
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“Don’t make us come back there …” https://t.co/SBwHdgPdNm
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Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:26AM
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I’m beginning to think when Biden says “shut down the border” it doesn’t mean what we think it means … https://t.co/Ial990kH25
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:25AM
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This one’s almost comical: “Anyone who tries to cross twice during the shutdown would then be barred from reentering the country for a year.” If they disobeyed the law TWO times why would they obey the new “bar”? A “This time we really mean it” clause. https://t.co/dl40S1PvF5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:19AM
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In @Politico’s version, even AFTER the so-called “shutdown authority” is triggered, “asylum seekers would still be authorized to present claims at authorized ports of entry,.” Parole too? https://t.co/dl40S1PvF5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:15AM
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.@BillMelugin’s version of the border deal is different from @mkraju’s version … https://t.co/xVmEfy6LxF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:32PM
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And, finally, can those who don’t claim asylum still get PAROLED betwen ports of entry–even if the trigger is reached? Is this the only category that is actually stopped by the border “shutdown”? https://t.co/bCjhSDfkny
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 10:34PM
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Also, does what @mkraju wrote mean that even if the 5,000–or whatever–daily trigger IS reached the border is NOT shut down to migrants not fleeing persecution who DO enter at ports of entry? https://t.co/sdaBZkXEWz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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