Texas Guard Deployed as Migrants, Some in Biden T-shirts, Flood Border States
On 3/10/21 at 1:40 AM EST
After President Joe Biden signed executive orders ending several zero-tolerance anti-immigration policies instated by former Republican President Donald Trump, a surge of immigrants have begun arriving along the U.S. southern border. Some wearing t-shirts that read, Biden Please Let Us In.
In response, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has deployed the Texas Guard, a state military force, to crack down on any associated cartels and human smuggling. The brewing confrontation will test Biden just as he and the Democratic-led Congress prepare to introduce comprehensive immigration reform, a key campaign promise.
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Then there is the so-called âburrowingâ of political appointees converted during Trumpâs final weeks in office to career civil service positions, making them hard to dismiss. At least two-dozen such employees are in positions, according to Accountable.US.
The group cited Mark Brown, who, as the Education Departmentâs head of Federal Student Aid, came under fire from progressives. Under Brown, the department was sued for continuing to garnish wages from student loan borrowers during the pandemic and improperly seizing $2.2 billion in tax refunds, according to Accountable.Us. The Education Department announced Friday that Brown had resigned.
âThe potential historic number of holdovers and hangers-on from the previous administration pose a serious threat to the will of the American people and President Bidenâs efforts to get the pandemic and recession under control,â Accountable.US said in a statement.