“President Biden must use the power of the pen to protect those seeking sanctuary from the coming deportation machine that will crush the human rights of our immigrant neighbors,” said one Amnesty leader.

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    Why not just really say fuck and pardon anyone for any crimes committed in the act of crossing a border?

    Like, even if Bidens only course of actions is pardons (it’s not, the article gets into options) why isn’t he pardoning more people?

    There are things he could be doing, he’s just not…

    But there’s a very slim chance he might if people make enough noise.

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      Crossing the border without going through the proper process is illegal for a reason. Idk if having open borders is a good idea.

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    The Democrats do have to think about the 2026 election. Even a lame duck has limits.

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    He’s focused on the more important things, like ensuring Israel continues to get weapons and pardoning his kid (not that I particularly care about the latter)