When Partisan Politics Leave Migrants Out in the Cold
Throughout his long career, it’s usually been McConnell putting his adversaries into quandaries. But how to negotiate with a man — Trump — who seemingly has few principles other than winning?
As a result, we have seen Republican proponents of a border deal toiling as part of a bipartisan group of senators for months to overhaul our nation’s long-broken immigration system in ways Republicans ordinarily would support while Trump makes that task more difficult. And the reasons for Trump’s opposition are obviously nakedly political. He wants the issue for his campaign. A solution signed by Biden he perceives as threatening to his chances.
All the while, people who need help are kept waiting.
Back in Chicago, the disagreements continue in the absence of federal action. More than a dozen Chicago aldermen on Thursday called on Johnson to scrap his 60-day shelter limit policy for migrants.
How frustrating it must be for Mayor Johnson, Gov. Pritzker and others working in good faith to humanely cope with this crisis that emanates ultimately from Washington and is tied to the ambitions of a man who doesn’t even hold office.
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