For almost three years, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did nothing as President Joe Biden caught and released millions of illegal immigrants into the United States. Cities such as Denver, Chicago, and New York cried out for relief from the deluge, but Democrats denied that a crisis even existed let alone needed to be remedied.
Then, this February, after Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) struck a deal with the White House, border security suddenly became a “pressing” issue for Democrats that had to be addressed by over 275 pages of legislative text that had to be voted on immediately.
The Senate wisely rejected the legislation, with fewer than 50 senators voting for it. Companion legislation providing aid for Ukraine and Israel has since become law. But no improvements have been made to any of the underlying border security proposals. Yet now Schumer is back, pushing for…
