The problem is that a lot of people within the Biden administration want these policies because they think migrants and asylum seekers are political losers and they don’t really give a shit about doing right by them. Moderate, anti-immigration Dems want a deal that lets ICE and CBP goons brutalize migrants so they can play up how reasonable and bipartisan they are to selfish dipshits in suburban communities. Republicans meanwhile just want to win everything in 2024, so they’re going to do what they can to keep anything from passing while saying they want to “secure the border” to try to lock up those same selfish suburban dipshit votes.