Biden and his cabinet must come up with quick fixes for the well-being of immigrants and to appease officials, who are taking note of the administration’s failures. Design: Gabriela Navarro
Good evening, this is the edition of the El Tiempo Político newsletter for this September 21!
Republicans and Democrats alike demand answers from Biden for the immigration crisis. The Treasury Department issues the first sanction on a cryptocurrency platform. Biden opens at the UN inviting “relentless diplomacy.” FBI confirms the murder of Gabby Petito.
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Although Biden does not want it, his agenda is being taken over by a migratory crisis deepened by the political, economic and humanitarian problems of Latin America. The difficulties for the administration do not begin at the southern border, but its measures have sparked criticism from all sides of the political spectrum: Among progressives enraged by the plan to deport thousands of migrants to Haiti, moderate Democrats frustrated that not enough has been done to dissuade migrants from making the asylum trip, and Republicans who say the new government’s policies are the same responsible for the spike in illegal crossings. Biden and his cabinet must come up with quick fixes for the welfare of immigrants and to appease officials, who are taking note of the administration’s failures for their 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential speeches.
Some data:
- According to Politico’s analysis, progressive and moderate Democrats alike are the most frustrated by the administration’s mistakes, who have been in the limelight for days by the large camp of Haitian and non-Haitian immigrants sitting under the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. While they support the president’s vision of creating a more just and humane system, they acknowledge that the current strategy is not working: a Politico / Morning Consult poll showed that the majority of registered voters (45% to 40%) trust Republicans in Congress more than Democrats to take charge of immigration policy, and only 38% of adults approve of Biden’s management on the matter, according a Reuters / Ipsos poll.
- Texas Representative Henry Cuellar and operator Colin Strother, both interviewed by Politico, are clear that this crisis could cost them the majority in Congress in 2022. In that sense, Biden must also strike a balance to please Democratic politicians, ranging from those who demand more security and control at the border and others, such as Senator Chuck Schumer, who demanded to stop the deportations of Haitian immigrants.
- Amid the uproar over images of mounted Border Patrol officials chasing immigrants from Del Rio with whips, Vice President Kamala Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas went off on a tangent and they declared their concern for the incident and stated that the situation should be investigated. Mayorkas also told senators that his department hopes to empty the border camp within the next 10 days, while the United States prepares to redouble the number of deportation flights to Haiti.
- The solutions for the migratory crisis seem scarce with the current panorama, to which it is added the rejection of the Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough to a proposal that would regularize the status of 8 million immigrants with a path to citizenship that they hoped to include in the $ 3.5 billion Democratic plan. In his decision, MacDonough concluded that “the political changes of this proposal exceed the budgetary impact assigned to it”, so it could not be passed by reconciliation. Democrats and various activists are ready to submit a plan B, which they expect you to abide by the tough Senate rules.
Today on Capitoll Hill:
1. Democratic House of Representatives legislators they presented a bill which will keep the federal government funded until December 3 and suspend the country’s debt limit until next year, as a measure to avoid the government shutdown next month. The plan also includes $ 28.6 billion to cover damage from recent natural disasters and $ 6.3 billion to provide temporary shelter for Afghan refugees arriving in the US Republicans have reiterated that they will not support a suspension of the debt limit, in protest. against Democrats’ $ 3.5 billion bill to expand social safety net programs.
2. Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the select panel investigating the Jan.6 attack on Capitol Hill is preparing to issue immediate subpoenas to witnesses from whom they expect resistance. This is a sea change from recent House investigations, in which committees gave potential witnesses weeks to volunteer before issuing subpoenas, as a way to expedite investigations.
3. The Treasury Department announced that will sanction the cryptocurrency exchange SUEX for allegedly facilitating financial transactions between multiple perpetrators of ransomware attacks (programs that restrict access to data and require payment of a ransom). The Treasury said that more than 40% of known SUEX transactions have been associated with illicit actors and facilitated illicit fund exchanges with at least 8 types of ransomware, although it emphasized that most of the activity on the virtual platform is legal. These sanctions, the first of their kind, are part of Biden’s response to several high-profile cyberattacks that have occurred this year.
You must know:
- Biden made his first speech at the General Assembly of the UN since he took office and sent a message to the world of his vision of how the United States plans to face the next “decisive” decade for humanity, marked by the pandemic, climate change and a rise in authoritarianism. The president declared the end of an “era of relentless warfare” and promised that the next would be defined by “relentless diplomacy”: “US military power should be our last resort, not our first, and should not be used as an answer. to all the problems we see around the world. Bombs and bullets cannot defend us against COVID-19 or its future variants ”. Biden’s speech was a resounding rejection of Trump’s “America First” rhetoric, but according to Axios analysis, some allies continue to question the new president’s credibility in the wake of the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and a new diplomatic gap with France. , which threatens to erupt into broader tensions with the European Union.
- Get medications to induce abortion it will also be more difficult in Texas after Governor Greg Abbott signed another restriction law known as Senate Bill 4. The provision prohibits a person from providing these medications “without meeting the applicable informed consent requirements for abortions” and requires doctors to meet certain requirements of medical reports. Anyone who “willfully, knowingly or recklessly violates” the bill faces a penalty of 180 days to 2 years in jail and a fine of no more than $ 10,000.
Before you leave:
- Gabby Petito was murdered. FBI officials from Denver, Colorado, confirmed that the remains found in Wyoming’s Bridger-Teton National Forest correspond to Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who was missing after a trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. Laundrie remains missing and the FBI has urged anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact the agency.
- Legal abortion. Support for the right to abortion has increased considerably since 2014 in several Latin American countries, according to the results of an Ipsos survey. Argentina was the country with the greatest change, with a total of 79% of respondents – 15% more than in 2014 – who stated that the interruption of pregnancy should be allowed under any circumstance.
- The protest for residence continues. Dozens of people mobilized today in Washington DC in a march to demand citizenship for millions of migrants, the preservation of the environment and health. This is the second consecutive protest in the capital led by immigrants and organizations fighting for their rights. (Source: Latin Weather)
- Breaking. Donald Trump’s campaign team knew the thesis that a voting machine company (Smartmatic) and the software company Dominion Voting Systems had worked together to articulate electoral fraud in 2020 was false. According to court documents filed by Dominion this Over the weekend, an internal memo had shown those allegations to be false. Source: Now
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