What Biden Should Do at the Border

The president should pursue all options in his power to solve the border crisis.

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U.S. Border Patrol deal with a large group of migrants who have gathered between the primary and secondary border fences as the United States prepares to lift Covid-era Title 42 restrictions, near San Diego, Calif., May 11, 2023.

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Earlier this month, the Senate failed to pass a bipartisan border deal. There are many lessons to be learned from the deal’s failure. But if America is to gain control over its border and halt the influx of millions of illegal immigrants, our leaders must recognize that the primary cause of the border crisis is not a failure to enforce America’s immigration laws, but rather that the laws themselves are flawed. Still, President Biden can do more to secure the border without Congress.

President Biden faces millions of attempts to cross the southern border each year. The perception that the Biden administration welcomes illegal crossings, combined with an unprecedented number of job openings and economic stagnation in other countries, fuels our border crisis.

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Daniel Di Martino

Daniel Di Martino is a graduate fellow at the Manhattan Institute focused on immigration, a PhD candidate in economics at Columbia University, and a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow at The Fund for American Studies.

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