One thing that strikes me in these op-eds is their retconning of the history of 45's border policies. Rather than implementing a clear policy vision, the admin threw policies restricting asylum access against the wall hoping they would survive lawsuits politico.com/news/magazine/…
I spoke with someone at PRM while writing about the ACAs and they said that my analysis assumed that the admin crafted the policy through a careful process, which stood at odds with the reality it simply was looking for any route to produce policies that restricted asylum
However, Lowry's piece present 45's border policies as a coherent set of policies, which is deeply misleading when criticizing a new admin with a clear policy vision for managing migration in the region and an understanding of the measures needed to address the current challenges
To be sure, pull factor zealotry drove the goals of 45's border policies, which the WH tightly controlled. But we can't portray its haphazard quest to meet these goals through blunt force as strategic genius, especially when they never eliminated the root causes of migration
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