The crisis continues, and the question we ask ourselves is, until when?

I will try again. That proposal includes nothing that stops illegal border crossings. 

I can see why your link is broken.  When you quote a right-wing media source without fact-checking, it makes you look stupid.  In this case, your quote is not accurate. All you have to do is read it, and you can tell it has been chopped up. The quote you posted appears to be a selectively edited version of section 212(f).  I pasted the actual text of section 212(f) below my comments for your reference. 

For this to apply, the alien in question would have to be part of an affiliated harmful group or a dangerous individual. For example, a random group of immigrants from various South and Central American countries coming here wouldn't be an affiliated group. The term any aliens refers to one-offs that aren't part of a group but have a history of prior bad acts.  This doesn't give the President the authority to close the border to all aliens.

Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate. 

Yes - you've inaccurately stated no legislation is needed to for that.     We'll just let BS  slide .

So why did Republicans demand legislation for the border be tied to Ukraine if they dont really want it or think it was necessary?     

There must be a reason, right Tom?     

Your cut and paste is the same as mine..

The law says any aliens (plural) or any class of aliens (plural).  The president can declare all illegal aliens as harmful.  

Allowing millions of people to enter the country illegally without any means of support & 100% dependent on the government is harmful to the US.

Here is an example.  These 4 were arrested & released without bail.  One of them has been arrested 3 times already & not deported.

 https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/01/30/police-attacked-migrant-shelter-times-square/

Another one

An illegal immigrant from Brazil who remained in Massachusetts under local sanctuary policies despite an assault conviction and federal detainer last month has been arrested again on robbery charges. Lucas Vilaca Moreira Fontenelle, 21, is among three illegals accused of robbing a Brazilian bodega in Milford, a town of about 28,000 residents, 40 miles southwest of Boston. Fontenelle received a suspended sentence on Dec. 11 for two counts of assault and battery with a firearm in nearby Framingham, according to the Boston Herald.

you've inaccurately stated no legislation is needed to for that

Sorry pj, that is the law I quoted.

So why did Republicans demand legislation for the border be tied to Ukraine if they dont really want it or think it was necessary?

You really don't know how to read.  The legislation that is being requested iby the Republicans is for funding to stop people from illegally entering.  The senate bill allows for 5,000 people per day or 1.7m annually to be allowed in & to hire more people to process them.

Instead we have a president who spends his time making sure the barriers for illegal entry are taken down.

A huge difference.

Stupid Tom, your "100% dependent on the government" speculation is nonsense. Less than 1% of all migrants, legal or illegal entry, receive state or federal government assistance of any kind. The illegal migrant percentage is even lower than the legal migrant percentage.

Why is that, you may ask? Well, I'll tell you, stupid. Illegal migrants know they're breaking the law. So they're rarely dumb enough to present themselves at a government facility and say "Hello, sir, I entered this country illegally, can I have some assistance?"

You're such a stupid, prejudice-blinded racist piece of crud, you can't think logically. You're just a sick little old ball of hate.

Less than 1% of all migrants, legal or illegal entry, receive state or federal government assistance of any kind. The illegal migrant percentage is even lower than the legal migrant percentage.

Another made up number by kevin.  Multiple cities are in financial trouble due to the cost of housing & feeding the illegals

Tom has a reading comprehension problem. 

Correct citation: "Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."

Tom's citation: "Whenever the president finds at the entry of any aliens, and the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may, by proclamation, and for such periods as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate."

Why do you think your source left out all that language about class of aliens Tom? 

I'll tell you why. This law has only been used to exclude members of identifiable groups because it is impossible to use it as a blanket proclamation barring all immigrants. 

The law requires a finding and a proclamation. What that means in a practical sense is if you are going to try and use this as a blanket to bar all immigrants rather than go with the identifiable group route you would have to identify each immigrant by name, conduct a finding as to why their past conduct indicates their admission into the US would be detrimental and then issue a proclamation stating why they were being denied entry.

To do it the way you suggest, Biden would have to have a list of the names of every resident of South and Central America and each of those individuals criminal record or some other record of misconduct so he could name them, spell out their past misconduct and issue an individual proclamation for each barring them by name from entering the United States in case they ever tried.  Even if that were possible, it would still let 95% of the folks in as they wouldn't have any record of misconduct to cite.

Tom "the president does not need legislation to shut down the border"

also Tom " the legislation that is being requested iby the Republicans is for funding to stop people from illegally entering. "

Hopefully Tom and Republicans will someday figure out if we need legislation or not to address this issue.    Tom is still arguing with himself right now.   In the meantime I guess Ukraine is fucked.

The RepubliQ don't really want a solution. Their orange master told them not to.

Tom wants to kill all IMMERGENTS. His justification is that they're all ILLEGULS.

Really, reasoning with them is futile.

If pj & the democrats are so focused on the need for the legislation they could pass HR2