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When then-President Donald Trump tried repeatedly to cut off migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, Democrats were quick to criticize him while Republicans offered praise.
This week, President Joe Biden took executive action to block migrants’ asylum claims when illegal border crossings surge, and the partisan reaction was partially reversed.