“Only the Executive Branch has the power to enforce the border laws as has been argued time and again”
Thanks for the Info. Isn’t that sloppy lawmaking? Are there many laws that an executive can override?
It’s basically the way we’ve always done things. Congress writes the laws and the Executive Branch enforces them. The executive branch has a lot of agencies, and the agencies make a lot of regulations but at the end of the day they have the discretion what to enforce or not enforce, what to prioritize and what to de-emphasize. There is no other way. That is our system. Congress cannot force the executive to take any action though I do question how much leverage they could use they are not using. They have the power of the purse.
On the border, Trump didn’t need any act of Congress to enforce the border. He used the laws on the books. He did not allow catch and release with a notice to appear 3 years later (because the courts are clogged), he deported many of them right away. He went further too and used carrot and stick diplomacy. He told Mexico they had to control their border with Guatamala to stop people coming into Mexico, and to control their side of the US border. He threatened Mexico with trade sanctions and tariffs if they didn’t comply. He kept the asylum seekers in Mexico where they could apply for asylum at an embassy or consulate. Then they stayed in Mexico while their cases were adjudicated. Biden tossed all that aside. Biden lets them all in, doesn’t even take their picture or DNA in most cases. Just take their name and give them some paperwork and, often, a place to sleep and a bus or plane ride somewhere inside the country. It would be easy for people of similar age and height and weight to trade papers with someone else, and then tell everyone they are that other person.
Basically the system depends on having people of good faith in high office and high rank. If you put people with depraved ideas and vague motives in positions of power the system breaks and justice is impossible. There are many possible motives for why Biden and the Democrats are all in on open borders - in part its donors, in part it’s hope for future votes, in part it’s out census counting for congressional districts and allocations of federal funds to states and cities. Partisan politics is definitely part of this. Democrats think it gives them more power, so the laws and what is fair and right for the country and even the humanity of it are not really major considerations.