The Memo: Border surge spells trouble for Biden, Democrats  | The Hill

The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that March is set to see the highest number of arrests by the Border Patrol of unauthorized immigrants at the southern border in at least 22 years. The Border Patrol has made approximately 7,000 arrests each day in March, the Journal reported, citing preliminary government data it had acquired.  

Unauthorized crossings at the southern border soared to the highest level in decades last summer, with more than 200,000 encounters being recorded by the Border Patrol in both July and August. There had been a modest decline since then, but now the downward trend has been reversed.

Complicating the picture, the controversial Trump-era measure used to bar migrants on public health grounds is about to be abandoned. Multiple media reports on Wednesday said the policy, known as Title 42, would come to an end in late May.

via thehill.com

I’ve heard two explanations for this phenomenon. One, the country just needs the cheap labor, especially now. There’s too much pressure from various business interests to do otherwise than open the border. And two, it’s part of the so-called and kinda racist-sounding “great replacement,” in which conservative white Republican votes are diluted by new Democrat and brown votes. Either or both could be true, in my view, in spite of my not being a racist. I prefer the term “the notable dilution of GOP votes,” FWIW. At the rate at which Hispanic voters are moving to the GOP, I’m not sure they should even view it as a problem, at least long term.