As members of the U.S. Congress return to Washington this week after returning from the New Year's holiday, the two parties in Congress, which are at odds on almost every issue, are once again in a showdown.
And one of the main issues facing the showdown is Biden's ** military aid plan for Ukraine, which is tightly tied to immigration policy reform by Republicans.
This issue was even listed by NBC as the top five challenges facing the U.S. Congress in 2024**.
NBC**: Even if the Democratic-majority Senate gets the 60 votes necessary to pass the bill, there is no guarantee that the same bill will pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. Some hardline Republicans have stressed that House Speaker Johnson should veto any bipartisan compromise that falls short of their goal of "closing the border."
Ironically, the White House and Democrats have been warning Republicans that Ukraine will lose the Russia-Ukraine conflict if it does not pass the new aid package in time, but no one has mentioned concerns about immigrants who are being used as political bargaining chips.
And the reality is that as the United States enters another ** year, the migration crisis is intensifying.
It's a complete disaster."
The latest data shows that in December 2023, more than 300,000 illegal immigrants tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border into the United States.
This is the highest number on record for a single month.
Screenshot of CBS** report.
The Associated Press-American Center for Public Affairs Research (AP-NORC) poll released at the start of the new year showed that the number of American voters worried about immigration has increased significantly, from 27% to 35%.
The share has risen across both parties in the United States: 55 percent of Republicans and 22 percent of Democrats say immigration should be a priority, up from 45 percent and 14 percent a year ago.
Screenshot of the Associated Press report.
The immigration crisis has become one of the major issues that are tearing apart American society today, and both parties are to blame. Due to the long-term difficulty of both parties to come up with an effective solution, the immigration policy of the United States has changed and contradicted with the change of government, resulting in a dead circle of immigration problems.
The surge in cross-border migration has put tremendous pressure on local** in border states.
In order to "retaliate", Republicans in the border states continue to use buses and other means of transport to transfer large numbers of migrants to Democratic territory far from the border.
For example, data recently released by the governor's office of Texas shows that since April 2022, the state has busted more than 90,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., as well as Democrat-run cities such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles.
Screenshot of CNN report.
The ongoing farce of "immigration redistribution" has made Biden anxious: not only Republicans have used this to attack, but Democrats have also continued to put pressure and "ask for help" on the White House.
According to reports, in recent months, some Democratic mayors have been in contact with Perez, director of the White House Office of Interagency Affairs, almost daily, hoping that the federal government will help solve problems such as overcrowding in migrant camps and insufficient budgets.
Screenshot of CNN report.
In order to use the immigration crisis to increase pressure on the White House and Democrats, Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, recently led more than 60 Republican House members to Texas to inspect the southern border, and delivered a speech on the ground, accusing Biden and Democrats of creating the immigration crisis.
In his words, "It's a complete disaster." What's even more tragic is that it's a disaster of its own design."
Screenshot of ABC Social**.
White House press secretary Jean-Pierre called Johnson's trip to the border show a "political stunt" and accused Republicans of "blocking any effort to address the border."
Screenshot of the official website of the White House.
Washington must abandon the politics of 200 years ago".
In the daily war of words between politicians and politicians in Washington, thousands of immigrants have become pawns and burdens to be moved around, with complete disregard for their personal demands and personal safety.
The U.S. has consistently attributed the wave of illegal immigration to poverty, violence, and corruption in its country.
In fact, the root cause of the inability of these immigrants to live and work in their homeland is the "Monroe Doctrine" that the United States has long pursued in Latin America.
New York State Rep. Jamal Bowman of Politico has bluntly stated: "We have been destroying the political, social and economic systems of Central America for more than a century for our own benefit." ”
As the last leg of illegal immigrants on their way to the United States, Mexico has been under pressure in recent years.
López López has repeatedly stressed that the imbalance in economic development between the United States and Latin American countries is the root cause of the migration problem. If the United States does not want the influx of migrants to continue, it should help Latin American countries develop their economies while lifting the illegal unilateral sanctions that have long been imposed on some Latin American countries.
In October last year, Mexico held a migration summit with a number of Latin American countries, including Cuba and Venezuela, which are under US sanctions, to collectively speak out to the United States on migration issues, calling on "destination countries to expand normal, orderly and safe migration routes".
The 12 Latin American countries attending the meeting specifically mentioned the impact of the US sanctions policy on Venezuela, Cuba and other countries, and opposed the continued use of "coercive measures" against these countries.
France 24-hour TV**: In recent years, some 7.1 million Venezuelans have been forced to leave their homes under economic sanctions imposed by the United States, putting pressure on neighboring countries.
At the end of last year, when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Mexico to seek cooperation on dealing with the flow of migrants, M. Mópez once again called on the U.S. to use funds to help people in Latin America and the Caribbean lift themselves out of poverty, "instead of building barriers and barbed wire fences on borders or always thinking about building a separation wall."
Screenshot of the Reuters report.
At a regular press conference last weekend, López further urged the United States to end economic sanctions on Venezuela while ending the decades-long embargo on Cuba, stressing that these measures are an essential part of a comprehensive plan to address the migration crisis in Latin America.
Washington must abandon the politics of 200 years ago (at the time of the Monroe Declaration) and abandon hegemonic policies such as coercion and embargoes. It was something of the Middle Ages and had nothing to do with today's world. ”
Screenshot of the report of Russia Today TV**.
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