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The Biden Presidency

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I find myself curious about how the Biden administration will handle the Myanmar military coup? I honestly don't have much of a clue.
 
The normal way most countries treat outrages in unimportant parts of the world, I expect: Make concerned noises.

Hans
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
Not seeing anything to indicate that Biden intends to close concentration camps at the Southern borders now. I guess we're going back to kids in cages being ok now that it's a Democrat in charge.
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Joe Biden is set to create a taskforce to reunify families separated at the US-Mexico border by the Trump administration, as part of a new series of immigration executive actions.
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Pete Buttigieg approved by Senate as DOT Secretary.

So Mayor Pete is now Secretary Pete.

86 to 13.
 
acbytesla said:
So Mayor Pete is now Secretary Pete.

86 to 13.
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Mayorkas is now Secretary of Homeland Security. That vote was closer, 56-43.

Also, maybe more important, the Senate approved a budget resolution that starts the process of reconciliation. Vote was 50-49, party line vote.
 
Firestone said:
Mayorkas is now Secretary of Homeland Security. That vote was closer, 56-43.

Also, maybe more important, the Senate approved a budget resolution that starts the process of reconciliation. Vote was 50-49, party line vote.
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Any idea why Mayorkas was objected to by so many Republicans?

Never mind. I know how to use Google.
 
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acbytesla said:
Mayorkas is now Secretary of Homeland Security. That vote was closer, 56-43.
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Any idea why Mayorkas was objected to by so many Republicans?
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From: The Hill
Hawley...objected to Mayorkas over his statement that he would support Biden’s efforts to stall construction of the border wall...Hawley's decision to push back a vote on Mayorkas was controversial, angering not just Democrats but former DHS secretaries on both sides of the aisle who saw swift confirmation as critical...

Way to go Hawley! Your douchiness has managed to unite people from both parties.

Also from the article...

Republicans also questioned a 2015 inspector general report that found Mayorkas got involved in immigration cases with ties to Democrats...

At least that one looks like it might be an issue (although probably not significant enough to reject him.)
 
zooterkin said:
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NEW: The Biden admin is reopening an overflow facility in Texas for unaccompanied migrant children apprehended at the US-Mexico border. It comes amid an increase in apprehensions + reduced capacity limits at other facilities due to Covid-19.
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https://twitter.com/priscialva/status/1356724733023313920

Sounds a lot like kids in cages to me.

Seems like we're returning to the Obama era policy of imprisoning children, which is objectively better than Trump's, but still results in brown kids in ICE hellholes along the border.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
https://twitter.com/priscialva/status/1356724733023313920

Sounds a lot like kids in cages to me.

Seems like we're returning to the Obama era policy of imprisoning children, which is objectively better than Trump's, but still results in brown kids in ICE hellholes along the border.
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Sounds a lot like someone is still looking to criticize Biden in anyway he can because Bernie didn't get elected to me. What do you suggest they do with these children right now considering they have custody of more children but less places to put them due to Covid? How about we just let these unaccompanied children run loose on the streets? I'm sure they'll be just fine.

If placed in care, case managers work to place a child with a sponsor in the United States, like a parent or relative.
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The facility in Carrizo Springs will be used for children who are medically cleared from Covid-19 quarantine and will not be used for those younger than 13, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency within HHS that is responsible for the care of migrant children.
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It's not where they're placed but in what conditions they're taken care of that matters. For you to assume they'll be place "in cages" and treated in the same manner as under the Trump administration just reveals your negative bias. Give it a rest, will ya?
 
I agree.

I think what we had as policy was “The cruelty is the point”, as part of an anti-immigrant stance and to discourage immigrants from even trying to come to the U.S.

I think Biden truly wants to be as humane as possible, but as Stacyhs said, we have to store both adults and children somewhere, and it’s perhaps inevitable that while cruelty is no longer the point, it will still linger for a while as we transition to a more humane system.

Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
 
Stacyhs said:
It's not where they're placed but in what conditions they're taken care of that matters. For you to assume they'll be place "in cages" and treated in the same manner as under the Trump administration just reveals your negative bias. Give it a rest, will ya?
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This. My biggest concern about that was always the condition migrants were kept in, not that they were detained.
 
also hoping his admin doesn't permanently lose track of hundreds of families
 
Venom said:
This. My biggest concern about that was always the condition migrants were kept in, not that they were detained.
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FWIW, I would add things like how they're treated, how reasonable the length of stay is, and so on.

With that said, the Trump Administration left a huge mess to clean up, when it comes to the detention situation. Finally handling and processing detainees properly, alone, fairly certainly isn't something that one should likely expect to be done even in the first month - even if ICE and the Border Patrol could be trusted to magically change their ways and actually be fully cooperative.
 
the secretary of DHS was just confirmed a few hours ago also, so he really hasn't even started work on the border yet imo
 
Segnosaur said:
From: The Hill
Hawley...objected to Mayorkas over his statement that he would support Biden’s efforts to stall construction of the border wall...Hawley's decision to push back a vote on Mayorkas was controversial, angering not just Democrats but former DHS secretaries on both sides of the aisle who saw swift confirmation as critical...

Way to go Hawley! Your douchiness has managed to unite people from both parties.

Also from the article...

Republicans also questioned a 2015 inspector general report that found Mayorkas got involved in immigration cases with ties to Democrats...

At least that one looks like it might be an issue (although probably not significant enough to reject him.)
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It should be noted that ordinarily 43 votes would be enough votes to keep the filibuster going. Enough GOP Senators voted to hold the vote on the Sec DHS ensuring his approval.
 
Looks like Biden is keeping promises to Puerto Rico.

The Biden administration said it would release $1.3 billion in aid that Puerto Rico can use to protect against future climate disasters, and is starting to remove some restrictions put in place by the Trump administration on spending that was to help the island after Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Administration officials, describing the move as a first step toward addressing racial inequality through policies designed to address climate change, said they planned to ease the limits that the Trump administration placed on another $4.9 billion in aid on the morning of Jan. 20, a few hours before the former president left office.

Puerto Rico’s reconstruction after Maria, which devastated the island more than three years ago, has been far slower than the recovery in other parts of the country, such as Texas and Florida, that were also struck by major disasters that year. That is partly because the Department of Housing and Urban Development had placed restrictions on Puerto Rico’s aid funds that didn’t apply to other recipients, according to current and former officials and policy experts.
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Today it will be two weeks that Ossoff and Warnock were sworn in, giving Democrats control of the Senate.
Sadly, this should really be giving Democrats "control" of the Senate.

Lindsey Graham is still chair of the Judiciary committee, and as such is blocking the hearing for AG nominee Merrick Garland. :mad:
 
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