Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said on CNN Thursday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have “avoided” a border crisis because of how many people want to cross the border. He said it was because his “heart was too big” to make any predictions.
For the past three years, Republican lawmakers have criticized the Biden-Harris administration for setting records for total border crossings. hit More than 1.6 million railroad crossings occurred in fiscal year 2021, compared to 405,036 the previous year. Cuban told Erin Burnett Outfront that although the issue initially slipped through the administration’s hands, Biden “learned” from his mistakes and implemented the executive order three years later. (Related: Mayorkas says administration is doing ‘everything possible’ against immigrant gangs before pursuing immigrant election terrorism plots)
“So when it comes to whether or not to criminalize border crossing, I think that’s a very tough call, but do you see that as an evolution?” Barnett asked. .
“Look, this is my opinion. I’m not speaking for the campaign in this. When Joe takes office, their hearts are so big that they don’t know how many people will cross the border. I thought it was too much and it took away from them. But they figured it out and learned it,” Cuban said. “What did they do? He put together an executive order and now border crossings are as low as they were under Trump. [administration]maybe a little lower. she [Harris] She said she was going to sign the border bill, which is very clear where she stands now. ”
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Cuban went on to say that both Harris and former President Donald Trump have said they want to deport illegal immigrants, but that Trump hasn’t thought through his plan “thoroughly.”
“I don’t think he’s thought this through thoroughly, but Vice President Harris said it has to be a consistent program that everyone understands that this is what’s being proposed and that everyone feels comfortable with. But I understand that I have to follow the law. I have to go through the front door,” Cuban said. “Legal process has to be followed, but she’s not going to send in militias to force people out of their homes like Donald Trump did.”
After facing repeated backlash over his administration’s handling of the southern border, Biden in June suspended new asylum applications if the number of migrants entering the country exceeds an average of 2,500 per day for a week. Enacted the Immigration Executive Order. Although the order significantly reduced border crossings, the Biden-Harris administration still averaged 2 million illegal border crossings per year from 2021 to 2023. According to to the Washington Post.
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sept. 19, Harris said she was taking the border crisis “seriously” and that the bipartisan border bill, which failed in the Senate on Feb. 7, was “on the table” for signature. He said he intends to “make sure” that it reaches . . Harris after that traveled He headed to the southern border in Arizona, where he was later called by the Border Patrol Coalition in X and asked where he had been for the past three and a half years since he “ignored the border problem he created.”
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