The immigration pragmatists strike back?

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Ever since President Joe Biden ended former President Donald Trump’s most effective border security policies, thus causing a chaotic surge of migrants at the southern border, immigration has consistently been Biden’s worst polled issue.

As early as August, however, there were rumblings that a “pragmatist” wing in the White House was pushing back against the open borders lobby and was even advocating for a return of a “gentler” version of Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.

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