Republicans blocked fix at border

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Recently, a letter to the editor asked Herald Columnist Sid Schwab to interview U.S. Border Patrol agents to learn who is to blame for the border mess?

One of the first actions that then-President Trump took was to cut funding to Central America that was improving conditions so people wouldn’t have to leave. Also, Trump’s wall had many gaps.

The bipartisan Senate plan for the border which took four months to negotiate and was supported by the Border Patrol was blocked by Trump, who said he wanted to campaign on the crisis.

The border crisis has been a political hot potato for decades and has proven useful for Republicans. The Senate offered a compromise, but MAGA Republicans in Congress blocked it.

Hans Dankers

Monroe