Curiosities t1_j6xu3wd wrote on February 2, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Reply to comment by drpvn in NYPD Sweeps Migrants from Manhattan Hotel Following Days of Protest by drpvn

Because the GOP refuses to adequately fund the system/migration courts. They want to keep their 'border crisis' strategy.

Not that underfunding of the courts is a one party problem. Getting a trial in NYC takes years at this point. Yet if the courts work as they need to, then certain people who love to prey upon those who don't know what bail reform actually is won't be able to use these things as wedge issues. At least not as effectively.

spicytoastaficionado t1_j6xvx7l wrote on February 2, 2023 at 5:47 PM

>Because the GOP refuses to adequately fund the system/migration courts. They want to keep their 'border crisis' strategy.

GOP doesn't support these bills because they come packaged with broad amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants. That is as much of a poison pill for the GOP as a republican bill including more funding for increased deportation would be a non-starter for Democrats.

There has not been a democrat-sponsored immigration bill introduced in the past 5+ years that did not include a multi-million person amnesty.

Democrats had a federal trifecta for 2 years, yet not a single immigration bill Schumer or Pelosi brought out for consideration was narrowly tailored to immigration court funding.

GOP leadership doesn't favor such "skinny" bills either, so they are also at-fault.