Attacking Trump means defending Biden’s failures



The memo appears to have gone out, and the legacy media has pivoted in unison to launch a new line of attack against the incoming Trump administration. The key buzzword is “cruel.”

Don’t let the gaslighting fool you. When they attack Trump’s reforms, they defend the policies he intends to reverse — policies that showcase the left’s real cruelty and moral emptiness.

The left cannot claim the moral high ground here. The Biden administration’s policies caused far more suffering than anything seen under Trump.

Consider immigration. Left-leaning outlets are reviving claims of cruelty over Trump’s “family separation” policy during his first term.

“Migrant families separated under Trump still feel the fallout and they fear his return to office,” the Associated Press reported.

And MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow summed up the left’s new attack, calling Trump's policies a “chaotic, intentionally cruel mess.”

Yet a “chaotic, intentionally cruel mess” more appropriately describe Joe Biden’s border policies that Maddow and others on the left are defending by default.

The truth is that the Biden administration is still separating families at the border, continuing the Trump practice. According to a new report to Congress, “298 children were separated from their parents in 2023,” even though border crossings had begun to trend down.

As the Biden administration tried to avoid bad publicity over children in detention “cages,” it ignored the trafficking of those same children. It admitted thousands into the country and released them to anyone who claimed them. Officials then lost track of 300,000 children, many of whom ended up in horrific labor conditions — and it gets worse.

“Forced labor, bad as it is, may not be the worst fate these children face,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). “They’re recruited into gangs, sex trafficked, and abused, while the Biden administration has no idea where they are or what’s happening to them. This is a tragedy, and the blame falls on President Biden.”

The left cannot claim the moral high ground here. The Biden administration’s policies caused far more suffering than anything seen under Trump, effectively handing control of the border to criminal cartels that “tax” anyone trying to cross.

“Rape is part of the torture process to get the money,” the New York Times reported last year.

As my colleague Melissa Ford testified before Congress:

Rape, assault, and sexual slavery are everyday life for the women and children who attempt to cross. In our investigations, we have conducted interviews with Border Patrol agents and engaged with individuals involved in supporting and safeguarding female migrants. They estimate that an overwhelming majority of female migrants face some form of sexual assault during their journey toward the U.S. Furthermore, they have alerted us to a concerning surge in instances of child sex trafficking.

Immigration and “mass deportations” may be the left’s central talking point in the coming months, but don’t expect them to ignore abortion — long viewed as their cherished “sacrament.” They won’t mention the lives saved.

Slate warns of a “swift, brutal, and nationwide” crackdown on abortion, even though the U.S. Supreme Court returned the issue to the states and Trump has said he plans to keep it that way.

Meanwhile, Trump’s promise to end Social Security taxes is being framed as a cruel blow to the system, and his efforts to protect children from experimental “gender-affirming” treatments — including hormones and surgeries — are labeled “sinister” and “intolerable.”

The legacy media isn’t known for its originality; we’ve all seen those “Republicans pounce” headlines that ring out in unison when Democrats are caught doing something wrong.

Now, it’s becoming clear that the chorus for the next four years will be Trump’s “cruelty.” We can’t let the left forget the truth — Trump’s policies will make Americans safer, more secure, and more prosperous.

And in attacking Trump’s policies, the Democrats are implicitly defending the policies the American public roundly rejected on Nov. 5. Let’s not let them forget that, either.

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The Biden administration is in discussions to offer about $450,000 of compensation per person to immigrant families split up under the Trump administration, according to individuals familiar with the issue, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

The outlet said multiple agencies are working "to resolve lawsuits filed on behalf of parents and children who say the government subjected them to lasting psychological trauma."

The U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services are mulling payments that could total close to $1 million per family, but the final figures could change, the individuals acquainted with the issue said, according to the outlet.

Most of the families that unlawfully crossed the border from Mexico to pursue asylum in America had just one parent and one child, the individuals said. "Many families would likely get smaller payouts, depending on their circumstances, the people said," according to the Journal.

"The American Civil Liberties Union, which represents families in one of the lawsuits, has identified about 5,500 children separated at the border over the course of the Trump administration, citing figures provided to it by the government," according to the outlet. "The number of families eligible under the potential settlement is expected to be smaller, the people said, as government officials aren't sure how many will come forward. Around 940 claims have so far been filed by the families, the people said."

The Journal noted that the entire possible payout could be $1 billion or higher.

Immigration authorities separated youth, with ages spanning from infants to teens, from their parents in 2018 after they had unlawfully entered from Mexico to seek asylum in America, according to the outlet.

"In some cases families were forcefully broken up with no provisions to track and later reunite them, government investigations found. The lawsuits allege some of the children suffered from a range of ailments, including heat exhaustion and malnutrition, and were kept in freezing cold rooms and provided little medical attention," the outlet noted.

The Journal reported: "In recent months, lawyers for the families and the government have told courts overseeing the cases that they are engaged in settlement negotiations and hoped to reach a deal by the end of November."

The concept of doling out taxpayer dollars to individuals who illegally entered the U.S. is not sitting well with some Americans.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), a veteran whose right eye was destroyed by an IED blast in Afghanistan, said that when a service member is killed in action the insurance payment to their next of kin is just $400,000.

"Biden wants to pay illegal immigrants $450,000 for their hardship while breaking our laws. For perspective, if a service member is killed in action, their next of kin gets an insurance payment of $400,000. Let that sink in," Crenshaw tweeted.

"That is $450,000 for each member of a family! When does the hard working American who plays by all the rules, get to keep what they earn and not constantly 'shat' upon everyday all day by the Washington and media elites?! STOP STEALING OUR MONEY," Blaze Media's Glenn Beck tweeted.

That is $450,000 for each member of a family! When does the hard working American who plays by all the rules, get… https://t.co/4ATdIr76uC

— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) 1635462454.0

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Nearly 500 cases of denied asylum-seekers being raped, kidnapped, and assaulted since Biden took office: report



Nearly 500 acts of violence have been perpetrated against asylum-seekers who were denied entry into the U.S. via the southern border since Joe Biden was elected president, according to a joint report from Human Rights First, Haitian Bridge Alliance, and Al Otro Lado.

The report titled, "Failure to Protect: Biden Administration Continues Illegal Trump Policy to Block and Expel Asylum Seekers to Danger" found at least 492 cases of violent acts targeting asylum-seekers who had been blocked from requesting asylum protection at the U.S.-Mexico border or were expelled. The violent attacks include kidnapping, rape, and assault.

The numbers are based on "more than 110 in-person interviews and an electronic survey of more than 1,200 asylum-seekers in the Mexican state of Baja California," according to the Intercept.

The report found that "family separation is still occurring, and the illegal expulsions policy continues to endanger unaccompanied children," and noted that some children are being expelled from the U.S. "without the proper screening for trafficking risk."

"CBP continues to separate children from their adult relatives who are expelled to Mexico — increasing the number of children held alone in influx facilities and shelters," Human Rights First stated.

CBP stated there were 18,890 unaccompanied children encountered by U.S. border authorities in March — a 100% increase over February. There were also 53,000 family unit aliens encountered at the southern border in March, and over 172,000 people total attempted to enter the United States.

Human Rights First interviewed over 150 asylum-seekers in March and April, none of which were "referred to apply for asylum or given a protection screening by U.S. immigration officers before being expelled to Mexico."

"The Biden administration has blocked and expelled asylum-seeking families and adults from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Russia, Somalia, Venezuela, and Yemen. African, Caribbean, and other Black asylum seekers and migrants have been left particularly vulnerable by this policy, suffering anti-Black violence and discrimination while stranded at the border for months or even years," Human Rights First reported. "A survey by Al Otro Lado in Baja California reveals that 61% of Haitian asylum seekers blocked from U.S. asylum protections were victims of crime while in Mexico."

"Since February 2021, the U.S. government has sent 27 airplanes with over 1,400 Haitian adults and children, including asylum seekers, directly back to Haiti despite escalating political instability and violence," Human Rights First reported.

As of February, there were approximately 16,250 asylum-seekers on waitlists in nine Mexican border cities, according to the University of Texas' Strauss Center. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection practices "metering," which turns away "thousands of people who come to ports of entry seeking protection," according to the American Immigration Council. "Under metering, CBP officers assert a lack of capacity to refuse to inspect and process asylum seekers, requiring them to wait for weeks or months in Mexico just for the opportunity to start the asylum process."

The report puts a spotlight on a Guatemalan family with a 6-year-old child who were abducted at a Mexican bus station in February shortly after Border Patrol expelled them out of the United States. The family were held for ransom. The report also cited a Washington Post article about a 10-year-old boy and his mother from Nicaragua being abducted hours after being expelled to Mexico in March.

One asylum-seeker informed Human Rights First that "Border Patrol agents told her that 'the new president isn't taking anyone' and that she should present herself 'legally' even though ports of entry were, and remain, closed to asylum seekers in violation of U.S. law, which guarantees access to asylum to individuals at the border, including at ports of entry."

To alleviate the current border crisis, Human Rights First calls for the Biden administration to put an end to Title 42, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health order that is used to prohibit asylum-seekers into the United States when the CDC director believes that "there is serious danger of the introduction of [a communicable] disease into the United States."

On March 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services implemented section 265 of U.S. Code Title 42, which gave Border Patrol powers to expel "individuals who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, without giving them the opportunity to seek asylum." The Biden administration amended Title 42 to allow entry for unaccompanied migrant minors.

"Despite his frequent pledges to reverse President [Donald] Trump's cruelty at the border, President Biden is continuing a policy that is wreaking havoc: it endangers children, drives family separations, and illegally returns asylum seekers to danger, including Black and LGBTQ refugees forced to endure bias-motivated violence in Mexico," Human Rights First said.

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