Here's another reason Democrats can't trust Kevin McCarthy: Incredibly, he's demanding that Dems support the far right GOP border agenda as part of the next package of aid for Ukraine.
I'm not sure people appreciate how extreme this demand truly is. 1/
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Kevin McCarthy is pushing Dems to include the House GOP border bill in the next Ukraine aid package.
But that bill is wildly radical: It would gut asylum, roll back legal protections for migrant kids, and would probably end Biden's parole programs. 2/
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Get this: By rolling back Biden's parole authorities, the House GOP bill could end the parole program *for Ukrainian refugees.*
It's pretty ghoulish to demand this agenda as part of a package of aid to Ukraine. 3/
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Ending Biden's parole programs isn't "border security." Those programs allow migrants to apply for entry from afar rather than make the trek to the border. This isn't about the border, it's about reducing the number of immigrants allowed in. 4/
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One can envision a bipartisan compromise that would help fix our asylum system. I genuinely think it could have appeal for some Republicans and restrictionist minded writers (cc @DouthatNYT), if they'd give it a hearing. Here's what it might look like. 5/
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Dems have grown overly accustomed to negotiating under threat from Republicans as the normal conditions under which governing must function. Dems shouldn't play along with efforts to link Ukraine aid to the GOP's wildly extreme "border security" bill. 6/6
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