Trump Pauses Asylum, Biden Supplied the BOMBS
The New York Times reports that former President Trump has 'paused' domestic applications for asylum, a move poised to inflict further hardship on vulnerable populations. What the breathless headlines omit is the bipartisan consensus in Washington to maintain, if not escalate, the very conflicts abroad that create these refugees. While one administration slams the door shut, the other—Biden's—has
consistently approved billions in military aid, including cluster munitions, to state actors implicated in displacing millions. Remember the fanfare around the 'border crisis'? Conveniently forgotten are the root causes—US foreign policy interventions, proxy wars, and unchecked arms sales that destabilize entire regions. It's a revolving door: Washington fuels the fire, and then whines when the
smoke reaches its borders. The 'asylum crisis' isn't just about who gets in; it's about who's bombing their homes into unlivable rubble in the first place. How many more will suffer because 'national security' demands we arm both sides of every conflict?