{"id":85074,"date":"2021-09-20T20:58:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=85074"},"modified":"2021-09-20T20:58:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T00:58:53","slug":"its-about-freakin-time-guvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=85074","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s about freakin&#8217; time, guvs!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>26 Governors Seek Meeting With Biden Over Border Surge<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Phillip Wegmann<br \/>\nRealClearPolitics.com<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the country\u2019s governors would like a moment of the president\u2019s time \u2013 and soon: Twenty-six Republican governors are urging Joe Biden to do more to address the deteriorating situation along the southern U.S. border.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cAs chief executives of our states,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0they write in a letter postmarked for Monday and first obtained by RealClearPolitics,<strong>\u00a0\u201cwe request a meeting with you at The White House to bring an end to the national security crisis created by eight months of unenforced borders.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The GOP chief executives are requesting an audience \u201cwithin 15 days\u201d given that the \u201cthe crisis that began at our southern border now extends beyond to every state and requires immediate action before the situation worsens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Del%20Rio%20Migrants%20Surge%20JV%20TT%2028.jpg?itok=kopkA0Je\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Del%20Rio%20Migrants%20Surge%20JV%20TT%2028.jpg?itok=kopkA0Je\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/Del%20Rio%20Migrants%20Surge%20JV%20TT%2028.jpg?itok=kopkA0Je\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6d341f46-6bb9-4297-a15c-aed538a3ac2a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The letter is both a rebuke and an unwelcome distraction at a time when the White House is busy leaning on Congress to pass a $1 trillion physical infrastructure bill, a $3.5 trillion \u201chuman infrastructure\u201d package, all while approving a budget that funds the government and increases the debt limit, which is required to keep federal agencies from shutting down.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Long before Biden received this unwelcome request from the governors, he acknowledged the problem. At his first press conference as president in March, he explained the uptick in illegal migrants by saying that a surge in late winter and early spring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2021\/03\/26\/biden_meets_the_press_no_shouts_or_insults_limited_bragging_145486.html\">\u201chappens every year.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Later that same month he deputized Vice President Kamala Harris with addressing \u201cthe root causes\u201d of the influx.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the huge surge has continued and accelerated through the summer. The U.S. Border Patrol took\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-releases-august-2021-operational-update\">more than 208,000 migrants<\/a>\u00a0into custody in the month of August, nearly as many as the previous month when more than 212,000 were interdicted along the southern border, a 21-year high.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the president\u2019s job approval rating has slipped underwater. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html\">RealClearPolitics poll average<\/a>, more Americans (49.7%) disapprove than approve (45.8%) of the job Biden is doing. His handling of the immigration issue is particularly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/hilltv\/what-americas-thinking\/552001-poll-biden-approval-dips-when-it-comes-to-immigration\">unpopular.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cThe negative impacts of an unenforced border policy on the American people can no longer be ignored,\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0wrote the governors in their letter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBorder apprehensions are up almost 500% compared to last year, totaling more than 1.3 million \u2014 more people than the populations of nine U.S. states.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-1\" class=\"Advert_centered__2tRj9 Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>The administration has been busy planning a deportation blitz of the Haitian migrants who have surged into Del Rio, Texas. As the Washington Post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/biden-administration-will-ramp-up-deportation-flights-to-haiti-aiming-to-deter-mass-migration-into-south-texas\/2021\/09\/17\/d899981a-1825-11ec-ae9a-9c36751cf799_story.html\">first reported<\/a>, the federal government was prepared to send planeloads back to their homeland this week as part of the effort to stem the tide into a crude camp beneath an underpass where 15,000 have already clustered. Meanwhile, a federal judge on Thursday blocked the administration from using Title 42 authority, a public health order employed by former President Trump to expel migrant families during the pandemic. The administration has appealed the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans continue to argue that Biden is not doing enough, that the public declarations from the White House that \u201cthe border is not open\u201d are meaningless without more enforcement. Some, including South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, even sent their own state law enforcement personnel to the border earlier in the summer, a move\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2021\/06\/30\/wh_wont_stop_governors_from_sending_guard_units_to_border__146016.html\">the White House admitted<\/a>\u00a0it was powerless to stop.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWhile governors are doing what we can, our Constitution requires that the President must faithfully execute the immigration laws passed by Congress. Not only has the federal government created a crisis, it has left our states to deal with challenges that only the federal government has a duty to solve,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>the letter asserted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have heard directly from our constituents about the damage this crisis has caused in our states, and it is our duty as elected officials to act swiftly to protect our communities, as it is yours,\u201d they added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans have presented a united front on border security, and the issue will likely play a key factor in the midterm elections next year. Of the 27 GOP governors, all but one signed onto the letter. The lone state executive who didn\u2019t do so was Vermont\u2019s Phil Scott.<\/p>\n<p>It seems unlikely Biden will sit down with the governors to discuss border security any time soon. Arkansas\u2019 Asa Hutchinson, who signed the letter and who chairs the bipartisan National Governors Association, previously told RCP that several state executives were already frustrated that Biden and Harris\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2021\/04\/26\/governors_complain_that_biden_vp_skip_weekly_covid_calls_145651.html\">have not joined their weekly COVID calls<\/a>, a break from their predecessors\u2019 habit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-2\" class=\"Advert_centered__2tRj9 Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Immigration and coronavirus, at least as political issues, have intersected. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed last week that migrants crossing the southern border illegally would be exempt from federal vaccine mandates. And the need for health security, as it relates to illegal border-crossers, was one of the reasons the governors requested a meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe months-long surge in illegal crossings has instigated an international humanitarian crisis, spurred a spike in international criminal activity, and opened the floodgates to human traffickers and drug smugglers endangering public health and safety in our states,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>they wrote to Biden. \u201cA crisis that began at our southern border now extends beyond to every state and requires immediate action before the situation worsens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2021\/09\/20\/26_governors_seek_meeting_with_biden_over_border_surge_146434.html\">https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2021\/09\/20\/26_governors_seek_meeting_with_biden_over_border_surge_146434.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>26 Governors Seek Meeting With Biden Over Border Surge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}