The Biden White House and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are spinning like centrifuges after word got out that border fence construction will be restarted.
In a striking acknowledgment of the need to address the migrant influx at the southern border, the Biden administration announced it waived 26 federal laws to permit more border wall construction in southern Texas, a move that builds on one of the most controversial cornerstones of the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement overnight in the Federal Registry, which said the administration was waiving federal laws such as the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Endangered Species Act for the wall construction in Starr County, Texas, using federal funds appropriated in 2019.
Mayorkas is talking out of both sides of his mouth to try and temper blowback from the Left:
MAYORKAS: “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries..”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 5, 2023
ALSO MAYORKAS: Walls don’t work, that’s “out of context”
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MSNBC called it a "striking reversal" of policy on the part of the Biden administration:
Breaking overnight: In a striking reversal, the Biden admin. waived federal laws to allow for new border wall construction.
— MSNBC Reports (@MSNBC_reports) October 5, 2023
"There's a direct correlation between 245,000 entrants at the Rio Grande valley, and the announcement of a wall," @jdbalart says. pic.twitter.com/ftBvU0oHPW
That caught the eye of White House deputy spokesperson Andrew Bates, who would like everybody to believe this instead:
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"Reversal" is absolutely false.
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) October 5, 2023
Fact: Congress is forcing us to do this under a 2019 law.
Fact: We called on Congress to cancel these funds. They didn't.
We follow the rule of law.
Congress needs to stop delaying the effective border solutions @POTUS proposed. https://t.co/drg03djpGe
"We follow the rule of law"? Legit LOL on that one. How many times have Biden's edicts been smacked down by the courts? And that's not the only laughable part of the White House's spin.
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 5, 2023
2019? You sure are fast at "following the law." After 100s of thousands, if not more, have crashed across the borders.
— Jim Stinson (@jimstinson) October 5, 2023
It became clear a year ago there was a crisis, and someone stubbornly refused to enforce this law.
And we're supposed to believe that they're just now compelled to act because of a 2019 law?
We follow the rule of law. *
— Douglas Karr (@douglaskarr) October 6, 2023
* After not following it for years. 🤡
Dereliction of duty at the border for nearly three years is definitely NOT following the rule of law.
"We follow the rule of law"
— 📣🔋 Free ASF (@STotino) October 5, 2023
Is that why the Supreme Court keeps dunking on your administration?
You broke the law with your student loan nonsense. You broke the law with your COVID censorship and restrictions.
The president's son doesn't even follow the law. That's why he has…
“We follow the rule of law.”
— Joe Karwacki (@JoeKarwacki) October 6, 2023
The Biden White House thinks the American people will believe anything they tell them.
Shameless gaslighting. https://t.co/kX0XyOf2PZ pic.twitter.com/ypy4EoTjOs
We follow the rule of law which is why we don’t enforce the law on the border but are also waiving 26 federal laws to build the wall on the border with money that will soon expire if we don’t build the wall https://t.co/0h3shrlOXX
— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) October 6, 2023
There's shameless, and then there's whatever the Biden White House is that's well beyond that.
Congress didn’t force you to wait four years and issue 26 federal law waivers.
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) October 6, 2023
Do you guys every get tired of being shameless liars? https://t.co/1Q3yYbiaz3
Maybe things will get even worse for the White House if AOC decides to do her thing again.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 5, 2023
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