Former President Trump criticized Biden for using similar tools to control the border.
Other Democrats criticized the order as dangerous and failing to address the root causes of the problem while denying asylum to those with legitimate claims.
President Joe Biden issued an executive order to address the surge of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border.
Some Democrats praised the order for bringing relief to border communities and providing temporary relief during a crisis.
The order allows border officials to turn back migrants without asylum when daily illegal crossings exceed an average of 2,500.
President Joe Biden's long-awaited executive order to address the surge of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border has drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle. The order, which allows border officials to turn back migrants without asylum when daily illegal crossings exceed an average of 2,500, was praised by some Democrats for bringing relief to border communities and providing temporary relief during a crisis. However, other Democrats criticized the order as dangerous and failing to address the root causes of the problem while denying asylum to those with legitimate claims.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) praised the order, stating that it was better than doing nothing. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) also praised the order for bringing relief to border communities.
However, some Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), criticized the order as dangerous and failing to address the challenges at the border while denying asylum to those with legitimate claims.
Former President Trump also weighed in on the issue, criticizing Biden for using similar tools to control the border.
The surge of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border has been a key focus of Republican attacks and a major challenge for the Biden administration. The executive order is an attempt to address this issue head-on and prevent illegal crossings while ensuring that those with legitimate claims are processed in an orderly manner.
President Biden issued a temporary order to shut down the Southern border to asylum seekers on Tuesday
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][Article.facts[0]] President Biden issued a temporary order to shut down the Southern border to asylum seekers on Tuesday.
[OtherArticles[1].facts[3]] The Biden administration announced that the president's executive actions on the border will not be permanent and will be discontinued when the number of migrants recedes to a manageable level.
[Article.facts[0]] President Biden issued a temporary order to shut down the Southern border to asylum seekers on Tuesday.
[OtherArticles[2].facts[13]] Biden announced new restrictions on illegal crossings when numbers exceeded 2,500 a day.
Deception
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The author, Trish Bendix, makes editorializing comments and uses emotional manipulation by quoting comedians making jokes about President Biden's border closure. She also engages in selective reporting by only mentioning the comedians' negative opinions of Biden without providing any counter-arguments or facts.
The Daily Show host Ronny Chieng joked that the president ‘has decided to start trying to win the election’,
Ronny Chieng said that Biden is ‘finally saying “[Expletive] it, I’ll just do it myself.”’
Jimmy Fallon joked that Biden ‘can’t even secure the deodorant at Walgreens.’
Chieng suggested Ticketmaster should be put in charge of border security because they are good at preventing people from getting into things they want.
Fallacies
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The author, Trish Bendix, makes several informal fallacies in the article. She uses inflammatory rhetoric by quoting Ronny Chieng's jokes about President Biden and border security. The jokes contain name-calling and derogatory comments towards President Biden, which can be considered an appeal to emotion fallacy. Additionally, she quotes Jimmy Fallon making jokes about Biden's inability to secure the border or open a bottle of Tylenol, which is also an appeal to emotion fallacy. The score is 85 because there are multiple instances of informal fallacies.
It's why he tried to make a border deal with Republicans earlier this year. It's also why Republicans refused to make a deal with him. They're like, 'How can we blame you for this if you fix it, you idiot?'
Hey, I get it, dude, but if you're really upset about this, don't worry – like everything else Biden does, it'll probably get knocked down by the Supreme Court.
So we're going to seal the border, folks, but the wall is going to be gluten-free
I don't think I can perform the way I want to in a couple of years
I want to be strong
Bias
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The author, Trish Bendix, makes several jokes about President Biden's decision to close the border to asylum seekers. These jokes can be seen as critical of the president and his handling of immigration issues. The author also suggests that Ticketmaster should be in charge of the border due to their ability to prevent people from accessing things they want, which can be interpreted as a negative comment about Biden's ability to control immigration.
But if you’re really upset about this, don’t worry — like everything else Biden does, it’ll probably get knocked down by the Supreme Court.
It’s not very popular to have no control over who immigrates to your country, OK? Just ask the Native Americans.”
Ronny Chieng joked that the president “has decided to start trying to win the election,”
These guys are the best at making sure nobody can actually get into the thing they want to, OK?
President Biden is criticized by Democratic lawmaker Pramila Jayapal for using the same tools as former President Trump to control the flow of migrants over the southern border.
Jayapal calls on her party to lean in with an inclusive vision of immigration and point out the differences between Democrats and Donald Trump.
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The Biden administration announced that the president’s executive actions on the border will not be permanent and will be discontinued when the number of migrants recedes to a manageable level.
Jayapal states that Democrats want order at the border and an immigration system that allows people to come in through different legal pathways, but enforcement-only actions like those of President Biden risk not working because people will continue to flee terrible circumstances.
Deception
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The author, Jeffrey Clark, uses selective reporting by only mentioning the criticism from Rep. Pramila Jayapal and her comments about Biden using 'the same tools' as Trump without providing context or mentioning that she also called for order at the border and criticized Republicans for blocking Democratic efforts to reform the immigration system. This creates a misleading impression that Jayapal is only concerned with appearing to be more liberal than Biden, rather than her stated position of wanting an orderly immigration system.
Democratic lawmaker Pramila Jayapal rebuked President Biden for ‘using the same tools’ that former President Trump employed to control the flow of migrants over the southern border.
But enforcement-only actions like what the president is doing today, which mirrors something that Donald Trump did… is not going to work because people are not going to stop coming when they are fleeing terrible circumstances.
President Biden issued an executive order to crack down on illegal border crossings
The order allows border officials to turn back migrants without asylum when daily illegal crossings exceed an average of 2,500
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the order as better than doing nothing
Rep. Henry Cuellar praised the order for bringing relief to border communities
Some Democrats, including Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Sen. Alex Padilla, criticized the order as dangerous and failing to address challenges at the border while denying asylum to those with legitimate claims
Former President Trump criticized the order on Truth Social
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][Article.facts[1]] President Biden issued an executive order to crack down on illegal border crossings.[//
Biden's immigration policies have resulted in a surge of immigrants entering the country.
Many immigrants have headed to cities declared as sanctuaries that would not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
Chicago and New York are among the cities experiencing increased costs due to illegal immigration.
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Biden committed his administration to advancing equity for historically underserved communities, leading to unprecedented refusal to enforce federal immigration law.
In December 2020, 17 aliens were released into the nation. Two years later, 191,142 were released.
Deception
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George F. Will's article 'On immigration, the too-little-too-late president strikes again' contains several instances of deceptive practices. The author uses emotional manipulation by describing the situation at the border as a 'disaster', 'infuriating provocation', and a 'wreckage wrought by his refusal to perform his core constitutional duty'. He also uses selective reporting, focusing on the increase in immigration numbers under Biden's presidency without mentioning that this is due to policies put in place during the Trump administration. Furthermore, he makes statements about the costs of sanctuary cities without providing any evidence or sources.
Many headed for cities that performative progressives had declared ‘sanctuaries’ that would not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
So, many aliens arriving at Biden’s deliberately porous border sought rather than evaded Border Patrol officers.
Writing in City Journal about ‘a border crisis by design’, Jeffrey H. Anderson calls today’s crisis the result of Biden’s ‘unprecedented refusal to enforce federal immigration law.’
Polls have concentrated Biden’s mind.
In New York, a sanctuary since 1989, illegal immigration ‘will destroy’ the city...
In August 2020, officials reported detaining five attempted entries in the El Paso sector... In August 2022, that order having been rescinded, officials detained 3,453.
Americans fear societal fraying... The most infuriating provocation is immigration.
Fallacies
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The author uses inflammatory rhetoric by describing the situation at the border as a 'disaster' and 'wreckage'. He also makes an appeal to authority by quoting statistics from polls and officials. However, he does not provide any explicit fallacies in his assertions.
][The most infuriating provocation is immigration.][][An essential attribute of national sovereignty – control of borders – has been sacrificed on the altar of ‘equity.’][][Many headed for cities that performative progressives had declared ‘sanctuaries’ that would not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.][]['In a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate, he said: “I would in fact make sure that there is, that we immediately surge to the border – all those people are seeking asylum. They deserve to be heard.”'][][His Department of Homeland Security said it would apply Biden’s words ‘in the immigration and enforcement context.’][]['By late 2022, the immigration court backlog had swelled to 1.6 million people,’][]['In August 2020, officials reported detaining five attempted entries in the El Paso sector... In August 2022, that order having been rescinded, officials detained 3,453.'][]['Polls have concentrated Biden’s mind.']
Bias
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George F. Will expresses a clear bias against President Joe Biden's immigration policies, referring to them as 'disorderly' and 'infuriating'. He also uses language that depicts those seeking asylum as replicating a pattern and responding to incentives, implying they are not genuine seekers but rather taking advantage of the situation. Additionally, he uses strong language such as 'wreckage', 'erasure of law', and 'disaster' to describe the consequences of Biden's policies.
An essential attribute of national sovereignty – control of borders – has been sacrificed on the altar of ‘equity,’ with collateral damage far from the southwestern border.
In August 2022, that order having been rescinded, officials detained 3,453.
Many headed for cities that performative progressives had declared ‘sanctuaries’ that would not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
So, many aliens arriving at Biden’s deliberately porous border sought rather than evaded Border Patrol officers.
