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Texas Gov. Greg Abbotts strategy of busing immigrants to sanctuary cities has been instrumental in turning voters attention to the disaster unfolding at our southern border. But it was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantiss decision to fly 50 immigrants to Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts, that really drove the border crisis to the forefront of the publics mind in no small part because of the Lefts absurd reactions to it.

While still not quite as critical as the record level of inflation that is crushing families, the border crisis appears to have eclipsed many other concerns, including abortion, which Democrats were convinced would galvanize their base and propel their party to victory in November.

To be sure, the question of abortion is still significant, especially at the state level. However, at least for now, its being upstaged by voters renewed focus on the roughly 7,000 illegal immigrants the Biden administration allows to stream into the country every day.

Naturally, Democrats response has been to find someone else to blame for the crisis theyve created. And who else would they choose besides former President Donald Trump?

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, for example, claimed last week on MSNBC, "The system is broken, and we know that it was decimated by the last administration, and what were trying to do is fix something that has decades and decades of deterioration."

Decimated by the last administration? Hardly.

National Security Council coordinator John Kirby reiterated Jean-Pierres finger-pointing, blaming Republicans refusal to support the record levels of funding for DHS he claimed are necessary to address the crisis.

"We are working hard to secure the border through trying to invest in advanced capabilities, Kirby said. We asked for record levels of funding for DHS, and unfortunately, there was no Republican support for that. So we're going to keep at this, and we obviously want to certainly encourage more support coming from the Republican side for some of the things that we're trying to do."

The Los Angeles Times editorial board joined the fray last week. It acknowledged the crisis but conveniently ignored the direct effects President Joe Bidens reckless open border policies have had on it. Instead, it attributed it to political posturing.

Citing the callousness of actions taken by Abbott and DeSantis, it wrote: "But it is a humanitarian crisis exacerbated by political posturing, not one caused by an uncontrolled border. Its an emergency that has been created by the lack of goodwill by politicians more interested in their own political viability than the stability of the country and fueled by decades of failure by Congress to tackle comprehensive immigration reform."

The Los Angeles Times is right about one thing: This crisis certainly has been created by a politician who cares more about his own political viability, and his partys, for that matter, than the sovereignty of this country and its laws. But that politician is not Abbott nor DeSantis. Its Biden.

At the very least, its nice to hear Democrats acknowledge that there is, in fact, a crisis at the border. But their efforts to deflect blame and rewrite history are insulting. The Trump administration was able to get the border under control by the time he left office, with the number of immigrants being detained on a daily basis dropping from 5,000 to about 1,200, according to former acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan. Trump implemented policies that worked, including Title 42 and the "Remain in Mexico" policy.

Biden reversed all of these policies, resurrected the failed catch and release protocol, and all but held up a green light welcoming migrants to enter the country. And as a result, more than 2 million illegal immigrants have entered the country since Biden became president.

Now, thanks to Abbott and DeSantis, border towns arent the only ones being forced to carry the consequences of Bidens failures. New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other liberal enclaves are complaining their shelters are at full capacity and that they dont have the resources necessary to care for large numbers of immigrants. It seems theyre beginning to realize what Republicans have been saying for years: that unchecked illegal immigration is unsustainable.

It just so happens that most Americans agree with the Republican position on immigration. Thats one of the reasons Trump was elected in the first place. And if Democrats refuse to get serious on this issue and instead try to ignore or gaslight their way around it, they will pay for it at the polls.

Elizabeth Stauffer is a contributor totheWashington Examiner andthe Western Journal. Her articles have appeared on many websites, including MSN,RedState,Newsmax, theFederalist, andRealClearPolitics. Follow her onTwitterorLinkedIn.

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