It’s obvious why Democrats blocked an impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday: A public debate would’ve focused attention on his — and his boss President Biden’s — catastrophic failure to enforce the law and stem the migrant tsunami.
Yet the move leaves Biden and fellow Dems with no plan to fix the problem, other than let’s hope people stop paying attention.
True, the Democrats who control the Senate were never going to convict one of their own.
Even if they did, Biden could simply replace him with someone who’d act in the exact same way.
Yet debate could’ve been useful, illuminating Team Biden’s epic border fails.
In another way to bury the issue, the prez and his staff have hinted for months that after three years of chaos he’s finally considering the use of executive orders to crack down — particularly as the November election grows closer and migrant madness is a huge issue for the voters.
In a televised interview this month, Biden noted outright that he may shift course on the border based on language in Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Yet so far . . . bupkis.
Even as migrants continue to rush the razor wire and exploit Biden’s (illegal) “legal pathways” into the country.
Why’s he hesitating? For the same reason he allowed — and encouraged — the lunacy from the start: fear of open-border radicals in his own party who’ll go ballistic if he truly toughens enforcement.
Biden claims he’s worried that an executive order based on Section 212(f) might not stand up in court.
Bull: As we’ve noted, the law’s language gives him clear authority “to suspend the entry of all aliens” if it’s “detrimental to the interests of the United States.”
President Donald Trump issued several executive orders on that basis, only to see Biden rescind them starting on Day 1.
Meanwhile, border encounters this fiscal year, 1.7 million through March, are set to blow away last year’s record-high figure of 3.2 million.
Migrants are overwhelming cities like New York, costing taxpayers billions. Cartels have exploited the situation by smuggling in drugs and criminals.
Biden’s making a huge mistake not only by allowing the insanity to continue but by hoping enough Americans won’t be watching.
Sorry, Mr. President: They will be. As we will, too.
Count on us to make everyone — Democrats and Republicans alike — well aware of the enormous damage your border fecklessness has caused.