Migrants line up to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol agents along the border wall separating the United States from Mexico on Sept. 19 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. (Michael Robinson Chávez/The Washington Post)
Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still
Important Takeaways:
- The Biden administration last week placed itself in the position of trying to explain how its decision to fast-track new construction of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border — which officials called an urgent necessity — did not amount to a policy reversal.
- After all, the president pledged during the 2020 campaign that he would not build “another foot” of the barrier.
- One of Biden’s executive orders on his inauguration day brought President Donald Trump’s signature project to a grinding halt, with the new president calling that effort to keep migrants from crossing into the United States a waste of money.
- When reporters asked Biden whether he thought border barriers were effective, the president flatly said “no.” His certainty seemed squarely at odds with the Department of Homeland Security’s notice calling new border wall segments urgently needed “to prevent unlawful entries into the United States.
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