The NY Times has published two different opinion pieces, one yesterday and one today, essentially warning Joe Biden and the Democratic Party they need to move on immigration. The piece yesterday was written former Obama administration adviser Steve Rattner and Maureen White, an academic with expertise in “refugee issues.” It opens with a very clear illustration of the problem. About 3.1 million people came to the US border last year. Around 600k got across the border without being caught. Of the the remaining 2.5 million who were caught, about 1.8 million ended up in the US, most of them claiming asylum. In all that’s 2.4 million people who arrived last year who will be here for at least 5-7 years.
From there the authors make the case that something needs to be done. They propose a compromise:
Broadly speaking, Democrats want more money to process the backlog while…
