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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: bighairymike   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Our worst enemy
Date: 01/31/24 8:42 AM
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By taking 535 immigration actions over its first three years, the Biden administration has already outpaced the 472 immigration-related executive actions undertaken in all four years of President Donald Trump’s term. = Lapsody

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Counting, Border related EO's is not a proxy for border hawkishness, especially when some of the EO's were Bidens so called day 1 EO's ending most of Trumps border security policies. And other Biden EO's had to do with such things as work permits after the immigrant has already gained entry. I am not saying work permits are necessarily bad but counting such an EO as an example of stricter controls on entry is misleading.

Another point found in the article contradicts the liberal contention that Biden is so hawkish that he sought to expand Title 42 but was thwarted by the courts. Here the artcle sounds quite the opposite...

Although Biden entered office promising to end the use of Title 42, which prevented individuals from being able to seek asylum by permitting rapid expulsions
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