SEND IN THE TROOPS! BIDEN’S BORDER THEATER. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that President Joe Biden has ordered 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, where the end of Title 42 is expected to bring a crush of new illegal border crossers. Title 42 is the Trump-era rule that allowed the United States to turn back crossers to prevent the spread of COVID.

Troops to the border! Just the sound of it suggests Biden is finally, finally getting tough on the mess he has created there. But remember this about the Biden administration and the border: Republicans want to send forces to the border to stop, or dramatically slow, the flow of illegal crossers. The Biden administration wants to send forces there to accommodate the flow of illegal crossers.