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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
23 Aug 2023
Boston Herald editorial staff


NextImg:Editorial: Biden can’t spin his way out of migrant crisis

President Biden and his White House handlers are nothing if not masters of spin.

He insisted his Build Back Better agenda, which called for trillions in government spending, would cost “zero dollars.”

As the country reeled from brutal inflation spurred by all that spending, Biden termed it “transitory,” and when that didn’t work, blamed inflation on Donald Trump (“It was already there when I got here, man,” he said).

Now Biden’s having his Katrina moment, running damage control with a trip to Maui to see the devastation caused by the massive wildfires there. His earlier, dismissive “no comment” take on the disaster casts a pall on any words of comfort from him.

Yet Democrats are still backing Biden for re-election, despite his dismal poll numbers. A Morning Consult survey found 77% of potential Democratic primary voters saying they would opt for Biden.

The spin is strong.

But it may be hitting a snag.

The immigration crisis has spread beyond the border states as migrants disperse to cities and towns around the country. Voters are getting up close and personal with the costs of caring for and housing the influx of men, women and children.

On Aug. 8, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency due to the surge in migrants here, and called for the feds to step up funding.

Two weeks later, Woburn got word that about 100 migrant families would be heading its way, joining the dozens already there as the state continues to struggle to shelter tens of thousands of newly arriving people.

The Bay State is not alone, and the cracks are beginning to show.

In New York, the canary in the coal mine for northern states receiving an influx of migrants, Democrats are feeling the heat of voters displeased with how they’re handing the surge.

As Politico reported, new figures from the Siena College Research Institute are the latest troubling sign for Democrats, including President Joe Biden, as the influx of asylum-seekers has risen to about 100,000 in New York City and touched every part of the state.

“New Yorkers — including huge majorities of Democrats, Republicans, independents, upstaters and downstaters — overwhelmingly say that the recent influx of migrants to New York is a serious problem for the state,” poll spokesperson Steven Greenberg said in a statement.

By a 46% to 32% margin, voters said that migrants resettling in New York over the last 20 or so years has been a “burden,” not a “benefit” to the state. And by 58% to 36%, voters said New Yorkers have already done enough and should try to slow the flow of them.

But the flow isn’t slowing, especially as Biden rescinded the Trump-era Title 42.

The issues once contained in border states such as Texas are now spread throughout blue and red states around the country, and voters are seeing the day-to-day realities of too many people, not enough room and not enough resources to go around.

The buck for this badly handled immigration mess stops with Biden, and it’s hard to see how he will spin himself out of it.

Editorial cartoon by Steve Kelley (Creators Syndicate)

Editorial cartoon by Steve Kelley (Creators Syndicate)