“They made the calculation that in political terms this would be something that could be used against them...The waffling is probably going to be used against them more than if they'd just stuck with doing the right thing.”
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Much of reporting about why Biden delayed implementing, & then reneged on, his promised 62.5k refugee cap suggests it was driven by fear of how Republicans would portray a higher cap—that GOP would conflate refugees w border surge & falsely accuse Dems of promoting "open borders" 
My feeling is: There's a useful analogy in an observation made last year by now-Sec. Pete Buttigieg. As he noted during primary, no matter what the Democratic economic agenda, Repubs would accuse Dems of socialism. So might as well just pursue econ policies they think are good
Similarly, whatever Biden does on immigration, Repubs/Fox will make bad-faith accusations of "open borders." Might as well just implement the immigration policies they actually think are good, and not let decisions be dictated by fears of Hannity coverage.
Especially since whatever Hannity et al might claim -- Americans are actually very pro-immigrant and pro-refugee! washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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