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 @GraciousOrangeAmericanfrom California  commented…1yr1Y

This must be why a record number of people have crossed, because it’s so hard to cross.

 @DinosaurHazelGreen from New York  commented…1yr1Y

Asylum is different than illegal crossings

but i bet u knew that.

 @GraciousOrangeAmericanfrom California  commented…1yr1Y

But they aren't.

Done 26% after Biden implemented immigration policy:

"Illegal crossings on US-Mexico border rose in July but were still down from last year"

 @DinosaurHazelGreen from New York  commented…1yr1Y

As of August, more encounters occurred in 2023 than in 2022, and that’s without September data.

I know more than you.

 @GraciousOrangeAmericanfrom California  commented…1yr1Y

More *encounters*, but that doesn't mean more people crossed without authorization. More did in 2000, for example, but there were only half as many BP agents to apprehend them in 2000.

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The Great Progressive Exodus: Inside the Left's War Against Harris

One of the central mysteries of this election has been to what extent the left will defect from Democrats, potentially costing Harris the election with votes for JILL STEIN or CORNEL WEST. Stein is far from concerned about that, NYT’s Matt Flegenheimer captures in a lengthy and dishy profile. For the first time ever, Democrats are launching an ad campaign against a third-party candidate (Stein) over the coming weeks. And even Stein’s own family and friends tell the Times they don’t support her and urged her not to run. Stein, whose “bid can feel precision-engineered to damage Ms. Harris with key subgroups,” pooh-poohs what she calls the “spoiler mythology” and places the blame squarely on Democrats.On college campuses, there are some signs that the left-wing protest movement has quieted from its peak when Biden was in the race — but even a small number of defections from Dems could prove pivotal in a close election.In East Lansing, Zack Stanton reports for POLITICO Magazine that Michigan State student activists furious about the Israel-Hamas war are torn between demanding more from Harris and stopping Trump. In Chapel Hill, WSJ’s Jimmy Vielkind and Cam Pollack find that many pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of North Carolina are nonetheless weighing other issues in their vote, especially abortion rights. But liberal groups are warning that some undecided voters of color still don’t feel like they know enough to be convinced for Harris — and may leave the top of the ticket blank, AP’s Ayanna Alexander reports.

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