Republicans roared into the 2024 election year criticizing the Biden administration’s immigration policies at the southern border, as the Senate has been engaged in talks over immigration policy for around a month.
It’s almost an understatement to say that Republican candidates campaigned hawkishly on border control in the runup to the 2022 midterms: As they decried the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico, many vowed to impeach the man they largely blamed for the mess, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.