Biden’s careless border policies: Letters to the Editor — June 24, 2024
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The Issue: Miranda Devine’s columns criticizing President Biden’s lackluster border policy.
I’d like to offer a quick note on the spot-on column about President Biden’s border policies (”Joe’s cynical border politics put US in peril,” Miranda Devine, June 20).
I hope former President Donald Trump’s team, in its debate preparations, is reading and using your ideas to prepare answers. The article effectively highlights how Trump aimed to solve the border problems — and what Biden did to exacerbate them.
This debate will be akin to a necessary but unwanted trip to the dentist for Team Biden. Great writing.
Rich Hilbert
Westfield, Mass.
President Biden bears responsibility for the countless migrant killings and rapes of American citizens.
Unfortunately, more crimes are sure to happen. He failed to enforce immigration laws by illegally allowing large numbers of migrants to reside in our country at our expense, while they cause crime and disorder.
His primary obligation is to safeguard American citizens, yet he seems to prioritize illegal immigrants who view Americans as easy targets. I eagerly anticipate the day that Biden is consigned to the dustbin of history.
Joseph Valente
Staten Island
Kudos for the column on Biden’s border policies.
Immigration laws were created to protect our nation from those who come here to cause harm. Yet we now need to add another name to the growing list of migrant murder victims: Jocelyn Nungaray.
When will Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas begin enforcing existing laws?
The system wasn’t broken until Biden took office.
He and Mayorkas have turned the Department of Homeland Security into a cynical and cruel oxymoron. How many more innocent Americans must perish because of it?
James Evans
Worcester, Mass.
I agree with the assessment that neither President Biden nor his handlers should be underestimated (“Don’t fall for Joe’s ‘li’l old me?’ act,” Miranda Devine, June 17).
Despite Biden’s reputation among his congressional colleagues for not being the brightest, he has been respected for his political acumen over his long career. Even while deceiving his constituents and the press corp, he has mastered the art of delivering messages in a folksy manner, especially concerning his stance on the border.
The column highlights one of the severe consequences of Biden’s open-border policy. Namely, the arrest for murder of an illegal migrant who had fled another murder charge in his home country — just one of many horrors due to Biden’s failure to diligently enforce federal immigration laws.
Stanley Rubin
Fresh Meadows
The toll continues to rise from migrants who illegally cross the border and commit rapes and murders.
And fentanyl deaths increase by the thousands each year as the cartels find it easier to smuggle the drug through the open border. Despite these grim realities, the Biden administration and liberal media depersonalize and often ignore the victims, even labeling conservative media reports as “fearmongering.”
Bruce Pershan
Red Bank, NJ
If you’re voting for President Biden, you support his open-door policy and his approach to the border.
Biden’s actions indicate a desperate move by Democrats to secure voting privileges and a path to citizenship by 2028. This isn’t about compassion or improving the lives of undocumented immigrants.
Voting Democrat in November means voting for an unsafe and precarious future for America.
Ron Zajicek
Cortlandt
President Biden can close the border in one day: Simply deploy the military to the border and, voilà, the border is sealed.
Despite the request of myself and many others, however, nothing happens — except for an increase in crime.
Steve Landes
Boynton Beach, Fla.
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