President Joe Biden’s expected hard-right turn on immigration is no magic wand to control the flood of migrants that continue to inundate ports of entry in Arizona — unless he’s ready to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border.

Biden has said as much, even if he is reportedly poised to sign an executive order that would prevent those crossing illegally from seeking asylum.

Talk of this executive action comes on the heels of a failed bipartisan deal that would have closed the border when crossers reach 8,500 in a given day.

Whatever Biden does on his own won’t work without enormous investment and political maneuvering on both sides of the southern border.

Let’s assume Biden does go nuclear and chooses to deport everyone caught at the border. How will he do that with existing resources?

Where will he deport the foreigners coming from all over the western hemisphere? Will he try to dump them all on Mexican soil, like Trump did?

Who will stop the migrants from trying again and again to cross illegally........

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