Seven prominent Democrats turn on Biden over soft border policies: ‘federal crisis of inaction’
By MaryAnn Martinez
August 14, 2023 8:25pm Updated
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A growing number of Democrats have turned on President Joe Biden over his policies at the Southern border, as the continuing migrant crisis brings chaos to cities across the country.

From Massachusetts to Arizona, The Post has noted seven prominent liberal politicians and one Independent office holder who now say the President needs to do more to stem the flow of migrants to American cities.

Most recently, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said her state has taken charge while the federal government has been missing in action, as she declared a state of emergency last week over the migrants crisis in her state.

“Massachusetts has stepped up to address what sadly has been a federal crisis of inaction that is many years in the making,” she said in her letter to feds.

With nearly 5,600 migrant families or more than 20,000 individuals currently in state shelter, including children and pregnant women, Healey also demanded the Biden administration pay for the expenses.








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"Massachusetts has stepped up to address what sadly has been a federal crisis of inaction that is many years in the making," Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said in her letter to federal government.
“Massachusetts has stepped up to address what sadly has been a federal crisis of inaction that is many years in the making,” Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said in her letter to federal government.
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Migrants at New York City's Roosevelt Hotel spill out onto the streets as they number too many to be housed inside.
Migrants at New York City’s Roosevelt Hotel spill out onto the streets as they number too many to be housed inside.
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A Chicago politico challenged Biden to tour overrun migrant camps in the city, which The Post reported as one of the top five destinations in the US for migrants last week.

“I invite you to see firsthand what we are forced to do while waiting for [US Citizenship and Immigration Services] to take the steps necessary to move the needle on this crisis,” wrote Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez in an open letter to the
commander in chief last month.

“This facility, along with the 11 shelters offering semi-permanent housing to the migrants and asylum-seekers, are pushing our city to the brink unnecessarily because of the lax response from Secretary Mayorkas and USCIS Director Jaddou.”

“They were ignoring this crisis that’s been going since Joe Biden took office,” according to Republican National Congressional Committee Spokeswoman Savannah Viar, who pushed back during a phone interview Monday.

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President Joe Biden has repeatedly refused to admit there is a crisis at the border.
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“In Joe Biden’s American, every state is a border state. Now that their backyards have become the border because this crisis has gotten so out of hand under the Democrats, they’re now acting like they always supported securing the border.”

Viar pointed to New York City and Massachusetts’ own liberal laws requiring they provide shelter to migrants for exacerbating the border crisis and said they only have themselves to blame.

“They invited this into their own backyard by creating sanctuary cities so now, they need to put up,” she said.

“Now [sanctuary cities] are experiencing what the southern border cities, like El Paso, have been seeing for years now.”

New York Mayor Eric Adams went from saying he would welcome migrants with “open arms” a year ago, to claiming the federal government “turned its back” on the Big Apple as it grapples with a humanitarian crisis that could cost taxpayers $12
billion.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York said a year ago the city would welcome migrants "with open arms."
Mayor Eric Adams of New York said a year ago the city would welcome migrants “with open arms.”
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“There is reason to hope that the plight of sanctuary mayors will put pressure on Pres. Biden,” Eric Ruark, Director of Research at NumbersUSA, told The Post.

“When a Republican speaks out, whether a mayor or a member of Congress, the response from the Biden Administration usually is, ‘They don’t understand what’s going on,’ or ‘They’re against immigration reform.'”

Adam’s insistence that the federal government pick up the tab for the migrants has resulted in a meeting with presidential top aide Tom Perez last week.

US Senator Mark Kelly (D) of Arizona said he has stood up to the president for his "dumb" policies.
US Senator Mark Kelly (D) of Arizona said he has stood up to the president for his “dumb” policies.
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs steps away from the podium after delivering the Yuma version of her State of the State address.
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US Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona also blasted the President’s “dumb” border policies, according to NBC.

That state’s governor, Democrat Katie Hobbs and Congressman Ruben Gallegos have aso been critical of Biden’s border policies in the recent months, according to the Washington Post, asking the president to send more help as the Grand Canyon state sees
a huge surge in illegal border crossers.

The Tucson region, US Border Patrol have been encountering up to 1,900 migrants a day, more than double the number who were crossing in June, agency statistics reflect.

“D.C. has shown little regard for the actual crisis that’s occurring in Arizona,” Independent US Senator Kyrsten Sinema slammed the Biden Administration in May.

"We’ve paid the price for the federal government’s failure to fix our broken immigration system for most of my lifetime," said US Senator Kyrsten Sinema in May of Biden's border policies.
“We’ve paid the price for the federal government’s failure to fix our broken immigration system for most of my lifetime,” said US Senator Krysten Sinema in May of Biden’s border policies.
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“We’ve paid the price for the federal government’s failure to fix our broken immigration system for most of my lifetime.”

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., challenging Biden for the Democratic nomination for president, has also criticized Biden.

“We should have closed the border,” the political challenger said.


Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has also criticized Biden’s leadership.
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Chicago Alderman Raymon Lopez challenged Pres. Biden to tour the city's many migrant shelters.
Chicago Alderman Raymon Lopez challenged Pres. Biden to tour the city’s many migrant shelters.
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Additionally, Biden has received criticism from other Democrats who believe his border security policies have gone too far and are keeping too many asylum seekers out.

In January, more than 70 liberal office holders sent Biden a letter criticizing his administration’s policies restricting asylum access for migrants crossing the southern border, reported NBC News.

The Democratic National Committee and Alderman Lopez did not respond to The Post’s requests for comment.

P-Dub: This is the result of 100% Biden/Demofraud lies. The border was under control. Then Biden came in. It's been a shitstorm for the nation since then.

And what that moron Biden did to the energy sector makes the border disaster look like nothing...

if your 401K, national security, your car, the border, heterosexuality, and your kids future mean anything to you, do not vote for any democrats - ever. Thanks.

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