An Inconvenient Truth: Biden's Border Failures Directly Led to the Minneapolis Crisis

"National anger over the crisis unfolding in Minneapolis is intense, and much of it is rightly directed at the Trump administration for its openly authoritarian approach to immigration enforcement. But another culprit is getting a pass. What is unfolding is the logical outcome of a political failure that began years earlier. Joe Biden lost control of the southern border, his party denied the consequences, and Donald Trump returned to power with an entitled sense of political permission to govern through force, which he readily embraced."

"Biden dismantled Trump's draconian yet effective border enforcement and replaced it with nothing durable. He failed to pair humanitarian reform with deterrence, rapid asylum adjudication, expanded detention capacity, or credible consequences for illegal entry. He repeatedly insisted the border was secure as the numbers climbed and the strain spread from border towns to major cities. Immigration stopped functioning as a policy debate and hardened into a symbol of Democratic incapacity."

"The failure deepened as Biden's cognitive decline became harder to conceal. His inner circle closed ranks. Advisors and party leaders shielded him from challenge and blocked any meaningful succession process. Biden ran for reelection by inertia. A competitive primary never materialized. The truth reached voters only after a disastrous debate confirmed what many had already suspected. Biden withdrew too late to reset the race. Kamala Harris inherited a national campaign with roughly one hundred days to"

National anger over the Minneapolis crisis centers on authoritarian immigration enforcement and a broader political failure that began years earlier. Biden lost control of the southern border while his party denied the consequences. Border encounters surged to historic levels, with millions encountered, released, paroled, or avoiding capture. Legal distinctions inside the administration mattered little to voters who perceived disorder, mounting strain on communities, and a president who did not project command. Effective enforcement was dismantled without durable replacements, and humanitarian reform was not paired with deterrence, rapid asylum adjudication, expanded detention, or credible consequences for illegal entry.

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