Immigration deals are always gruesome jokes. They’re like watching a three-card monte routine in which the huckster isn’t even trying to hide that the whole thing is rigged. And the much-hyped Senate border deal is more of the same. By now everyone knows the drill. A border deal consists of legalizing illegal aliens and allowing more to come in exchange for security and enforcement measures that have more loopholes in them than a pasta strainer.

Take the “emergency closure” element of the border deal which is the big pitch for border security.

DHS could close the border if Border Patrol encountered 4,000 or more migrants on average over seven days. The border would have to be shut down if those encounters reached a seven-day average of 5,000 or if they exceeded 8,500 in a single day.

Since the Biden admin coordinates this stuff with the Mexican authority and various nonprofits guiding the invaders., it’s simple enough to make sure that border crossings remain under the trigger, especially since the whole point of the deal is providing “alternatives” and “legal pathways” to reduce migrant encounters.

That may not go according to plan, but even if it does…

The border couldn’t be shut down under this authority for more than 270 days in the first year. And the bill would give the president the power to suspend a border closure “on an emergency basis for up to 45 days if it is in the national interest.”

An authority that you can bet Biden will use. But what does an “emergency closure” even mean?

During an emergency closure, Border Patrol would still need to process a minimum of 1,400 migrants who try to enter the U.S. legally through ports of entry. Only unaccompanied minors would be able to cross between ports of entry.

A minimum of 1,400 migrants!

And all the “unaccompanied minors” who may well be 25-year-old cartel members will get a free pass.

Who doesn’t want an “emergency border closure” that will allow a minimum of 1,400 invaders a day?

(By the way, here’s one of my favorite poison pills in this thing. “Nothing in this section may be construed to interfere with any  rights or responsibilities established through a settlement agreement in effect before the date of the enactment of this section.”

Will the Biden administration possibly enter into any settlements with illegal alien advocate groups before the date? The Magic 8-ball says, “Yes, obviously. What were you born yesterday?”)

We define “border security” very differently. Not to mention “emergency” and “closure.” Before any further border deals, Republicans and Democrats should really agree on a dictionary of common definitions. Like a common definition of closure.