I usually learn a lot from @NickMiroff and colleagues' reporting, but I need to respond to a few of the choices made in this piece.
https://twitter.com/NickMiroff/status/1373387032983134208
“The Biden administration is scrambling to control the biggest surge in 20 years, with the nation on pace for as many as 2m migrants,” it reads.
But most are expelled under the Title 42 pandemic policy. Here’s how the “Biden Surge™️” looks when you remove expelled migrants:
But most are expelled under the Title 42 pandemic policy. Here’s how the “Biden Surge™️” looks when you remove expelled migrants:
Is “use the coronavirus crisis to buy time” a euphemism for “keep expelling unaccompanied children?”
Not doing that has been the only actual policy change at the border so far. The administration only had a couple of weeks to prepare for the consequences of that humane choice.
Not doing that has been the only actual policy change at the border so far. The administration only had a couple of weeks to prepare for the consequences of that humane choice.
This wasn’t a Biden policy change, or something the USG had control over. Unless “not threatening #Mexico with Trump-style tariffs when Mexico chose to do this” counts as a policy change.
.@JonathanBlitzer’s analysis last week (right) had a far different take on the Trump administration’s cooperativeness in preparing for rising numbers. People on Zoom saying “the numbers will rise” isn’t much in the way of prep—WOLA was saying that too.
newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
Finally—why this slap in a non-opinion article? A remarkable thing to read on the 1-year anniversary of Title 42.
This rhetorical flourish’s takeaway is “liberal activist” = “shrill out-of-touch radical.” I think my colleagues and I deserve a seat at the table.
This rhetorical flourish’s takeaway is “liberal activist” = “shrill out-of-touch radical.” I think my colleagues and I deserve a seat at the table.
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