Border Chaos Seen as Possible Opening for Biden Amnesty Push

The commerce secretary is already offering an economic argument for letting more migrants in, saying immigration reform is ‘so clearly necessary in light of what we’re seeing in the job market.’

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Migrants approach the border wall at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on the other side of the border from El Paso, Texas, December 21, 2022. AP/Christian Chavez

Is the Biden administration attempting to capitalize on the chaos at America’s southern border to gain leverage for pushing through an amnesty bill in the new Congress? 

That is the suggestion from an Axios report today that says the White House “is plotting to make a fresh push on immigration reform in the new year,” in part due to the “situation at the border.”

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