• DogPeePoo
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    9 months ago

    There is no “cRisiS”

    it’s fabricated

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      9 months ago

      While everything about Republicans’ messaging about the border is pretty damn racist and overdramatic, there is no doubt that the number of people entering the country at the border has massively increased in a very short period of time, putting a lot of strain on it. I was reading an article yesterday, talking about how the number of Chinese nationals entering at the border has increased 50-fold (tens of thousands of arrests last year). You have sanctuary cities with mayors now saying publicly that they are strained as well. Is it a crisis? Debatable. Is it a problem? Yes.

      That being said, if we had done more comprehensive and ethical reform over the last 15 to 20 years we wouldn’t be in this situation. We absolutely made this bed and it is a problem to a certain extent.