The nonfiction book? The Forgotten Man, by Amity Shlaes, a biography of the New Deal. Its history is being replayed for us, day by day.
The novel: Atlas Shrugged, of course. The blind eye turned to the border is a corollary to diverting Taggart Transcontinental from Minnesota wheat to Arizona for grapefruit, because that's what a bureaucrat wanted.
Had Biden's Executive Orders not been issued, there would be plenty of fuel to send to Europe this winter.