Governing is a messy business. Compromise is not just a necessity, it is crucial, but these days, compromise has been abandoned. It is a sad state of affairs.
There should be no compromise when it comes to the security of our country's borders. Either we fully secure them, or they are not secure. This bill does not secure the borders, and that is why it is being rejected.
Compromise as a general principle is great, and yes, it allowed the Constitution to be written and ratified, as well as many other milestones throughout our history. But that does not mean compromise is always the answer.
For example, if a "bi-partisan" group of lawmakers, but mostly Republicans, introduced a bill legalizing fully automatic weapons ownership in return for them having to be registered with the federal government, so it's a "compromise" on gun reform, would that make it acceptable to most Democrats? Of course not. And when they rejected it, would it be fair to retort with "hey, governing is a messy business, and compromise is necessary and crucial?" No, because not all compromise is good. Or when the Dems rejected it, for the GOP to say to the American people "Hey look folks, it appears the Dems are against gun reform. Blame them for any mass shootings in the future. It's on them." What a joke.
This bill asks us to accept a certain level of illegal immigration, which would be an average of 5,000 aliens on average over a period of seven days crossing illegally from contiguous countries only (Mexico and Canada, no others), and then and only then would the "border emergency authority" be activated, which is a fancy way of saying aliens could be removed to their country of origin, unless of course they meet any of several categorical exceptions.
Basically, this bill seeks to codify the lax Biden enforcement policies into law without increasing border security. The more of it you read, the more of a joke it appears to be. Even if it passed Congress, it is hard to imagine how it would do anything to stem the current unprecedented flow of illegal immigration. It is more likely, IMHO, to actually make it worse.
That is why it is clear to me that the only reason the bill was introduced was as a pathetic, transparent, political tactic from the Dems to get the GOP, and Trump, to appear to be against improving the border situation. That is laughable at best given the history of the whole thing. I really don't think most Americans are stupid enough to buy that snake oil. The Dems own the border crisis, they are losing on that issue, they know it, and they are desperate.
