It's an article of faith for the APL that a wall at the US Mexico border is a bad thing. The notion that the US as a sovreign nation should have any control over it's borders is not a popular one on the political left.
However, Yael Lambert (the Biden nominee for ambassador to Jordan) was asked about the $150 million in the 2023 omnibus spending bill (continued into 2024) that will pay for physical border security to prevent people from illegally crossing into Jordan.
So, just to clarify, the Biden administration thinks that US taxpayers should fund physical border security to protect the subjects of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, but not for the citizens and taxpayers of the US.
Obviously this policy an expenditure on behalf of the subjects of the king of Jordan is a perfectly rational and reasonable policy. Especially when one considers the exemplary state of human rights in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The report from Human Rights Watch paints an interesting picture of the plight of the subjects of the HKJ.
Obviously I could be wrong, but it sure seems like this is one of those situations with a different set of standards for the US, than for the countries we financially support.
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Well, that makes at least two foreign borders Biden regards as more sovereign and worthy of securing than our own.
Yes, it is strange that the Biden administration seems more concerned about protecting the integrity of other nation's borders more than the borders of the US.
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