The current congressional proposal — one of the most conservative ever, observers say — is ambitious. But immigration laws passed decades ago are dated and can’t be changed easily.
Failed democratic states, violence and climate change will continue to drive people to the United States, Murray said.
Even if supplemental funding is approved, there will not be immediate effects felt on the border, as migrants who are denied legal entrance will likely continue to cross illegally.
Migrants don’t often understand nuanced changes in immigration policy, Yale-Loehr said.
“People who are fleeing likely don’t read The New York Times. They are going to come no matter what the law is or how Congress changes,” Yale-Loehr said.
This whole situation, from what’s happening on the ground at the southern border to the politics surrounding immigration, is untenable; it can’t be maintained or defended.
Our immigration policy is byzantine, slow, inhumane, and likely illegal in ways I can’t comprehend. It’s also completely unsustainable, the United States simply cannot continue to absorb the population of Sweden every five years! Aside from that the rising cost of Border Patrol operations is insane and can’t continue.
I don’t know what the solution is, or if there even is one, but the current situation is a textbook example of untenable.