Joe Biden seems to know what he does not want, but not what to do
President Joe Biden, who has not visited the southern border since 2008, put a halt to all wall-construction on his first day in office. The wall here ends abruptly, in the middle of a mountain peak. Close by are several long gaps, where floodgates were planned to allow water to flow through during heavy rains. Time ran out, and they were never added. Instead, a few low boulders and a thin string of wire serve as hurdles.
The number of illegal border-crossers is the highest for 21 years. The number of “encounters” in the 2021 fiscal year was the highest on record. The perception that Mr Biden is less hostile to migrants than Mr Trump was one factor in the rise, but not the only one. Covid-19 has hit economies to America’s south, adding to the poverty, violence, natural disasters and autocracy which many people are eager to escape.
Mr Biden’s administration is therefore under renewed pressure to show it can control immigration. Yet like the administration he served in as vice-president, he also faces pressure from immigration advocates, who question how different Mr Biden’s policies are from Mr Trump’s. The Biden administration has continued to rely on a public-health rule called “Title 42”, which was first adopted by Mr Trump in March 2020.
Migrants are experiencing widely differing treatment depending on where they come from, who they are and where they try to cross the border. In January this year 88% of border apprehensions resulted in expulsions, 2% in a release into America and 5% in detention. In August 49% resulted in expulsions, 22% in release and 20% in detention.
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