Democrats oppose the border not necessarily for the reasons you listed, the most serious reason is that for 2 years republicans could’ve passed a wall deal to their hearts content but now they need to pass it and are willing to shut down the government? Nothing has seriously changed in the last two years with regards to southern crossings so why on earth do we suddenly need it? Because it’s a power play, and Democrats aren’t having it. Besides it’s my understanding that the House starts the budget proposal, so really the question is why won’t senate republicans accept a reasonable budget to open the government and negotiate wall funding after?
