breakfastmtnFeb 6, 2024

Biden Threatens to Veto Bill That Would Help Israel but Not Ukraine

https://lemmy.ca/post/14790508

Biden Threatens to Veto Bill That Would Help Israel but Not Ukraine - Lemmy.ca

President Biden vowed on Monday to veto a House Republican bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel, calling it a “cynical political maneuver” intended to hurt the chances of passage for broader legislation that would provide money for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan and the U.S. border. House Republicans fiercely oppose the larger bill, which was unveiled by a small, bipartisan group of senators over the weekend. It calls for $118.3 billion in spending and would overhaul some of the nation’s immigration laws to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border. Archive [https://archive.is/Y4Qbt]

Show threadthantikFeb 6, 2024
This is so stupid. NYTimes putting the phrase “to deal with recent surges of migrants at the southern border”…there IS no surge of migrants. They’re pushing bullshit in a passive way to make it sound legitimate.
Show threadtakedaFeb 6, 2024

Yeah, they just love to surge come election time.

What a bullshit.

Show threadshalafiFeb 6, 2024

All lies. I don’t believe US government numbers any more than I did during COVID. /S

www.cbp.gov/…/southwest-land-border-encounters

Southwest Land Border Encounters

Demographics for U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) and Office of Field Operations (OFO) include:Accompanied MinorsFamily Unit Aliens (FMUA)Single AdultsUnaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) / Single MinorsFor a breakdown of encounters by USBP Sector and OFO Field Office, visit Southwest Land Border Encounters (By Component)Note: Internet Explorer has problems displaying the following

Show threadDavid_EightFeb 6, 2024
According to these statistics, the same thing happens every year. If you look at the previous years they all start to go up in January then peak around May and start to decline after that. So what’s the big deal if this happens every year? It’s to be expected.
Show threadEatATaco
Looking at the graph, it’s well over 3x what it was in 2021…seems pretty obvious to me why this might be concerning.
Feb 6, 2024 at 12:11pmWeb
Show threadmrnotoriousmanFeb 6, 2024
No shit it was lower during COVID
Show threadDavid_EightFeb 7, 2024
During Covid the government enacted title 42 and didn’t allow any migrants entry to mitigate the spread of covid. Since covid is over they rescinded title 42, now all the asylum seekers waiting at the boarder are crossing as they would have just been turned away before. This was a predictable outcome and next year the numbers will drop back down.
Show threadTheOriginalGregTooFeb 7, 2024
What do you make of people coming from continents besides South America? Do we owe it to Russian or Chinese citizens to offer them asylum? From my perspective asylum is something you offer your direct neighbors who are fleeing threats on their lives. Offering asylum to literally any citizen of the world seems a bit extreme. If someone in China fears for their life, certainly there are closer and more accessible countries they can flee to.
Show threadEatATacoFeb 7, 2024
An interesting point and I would be curious to see if it would pan out.