DeepSummary
The podcast segment features a conversation between John Batchelor and Joseph Omar, discussing the Biden administration's handling of the southern border crisis. Omar explains that the numbers have slightly decreased recently, but are still significantly higher than the border's capacity. He criticizes the Biden administration for undoing the Trump administration's policies, such as the 'Remain in Mexico' policy, on the first day without proper consideration, leading to a self-inflicted wound and loss of credibility.
Omar argues that the Trump administration had managed to contain the crisis by the end of 2019 through policies like third-country safe agreements and the 'Remain in Mexico' policy. However, the Biden administration reversed these policies immediately after taking office, seemingly without evaluating their effectiveness. This led to a surge in border encounters, with numbers reaching over 200,000 per month at one point.
While the numbers have decreased to around 180,000 encounters per month recently, Omar states that this is still three to five times the capacity of the southern border. He believes the American people are dissatisfied with the Biden administration's border policies, as the administration has lost credibility on this issue by undoing effective policies without proper consideration.
Key Episodes Takeaways
- The Biden administration reversed effective Trump-era border policies on its first day in office, leading to a surge in border encounters.
- While border encounters have decreased slightly recently, they remain significantly higher than the capacity of the southern border.
- The Biden administration's handling of the border crisis has led to a perceived loss of credibility on this issue.
- The American public is dissatisfied with the current state of border policies under the Biden administration.
- The Trump administration had managed to contain the border crisis by the end of 2019 through policies like the 'Remain in Mexico' program and third-country safe agreements.
- The public is not optimistic about the Biden administration's ability to effectively address the border crisis.
- Reversing effective policies without proper consideration led to a self-inflicted wound for the Biden administration on the border issue.
- The Biden administration is now attempting to reinstate similar policies to those they initially reversed.
Top Episodes Quotes
- “But I think they regretted that decision because now they're trying to reestablish some of those policies and to mitigate the border crisis.“ by Joseph Omar
- “But that what it hurt was it hurt President Biden's credibility on this issue. And I think he does not have credibility on this issue.“ by Joseph Omar
- “And the american people, I think, are not, are not very, they're not very happy with the border policies as they sit today.“ by Joseph Omar
- “However, the Trump administration was able to contain it at the end of 2019 by doing a bit of burden sharing, third country safe agreements, the remain in Mexico policy, and these are the policies that the Biden administration got rid of literally on day one.“ by Joseph Omar
- “So I think people still are not very optimistic about that the Biden administration is going to do anything that's going to seriously contain the border crisis.“ by Joseph Omar
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The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
6/24/24
1911 Mexico City