The barriers that have been constructed along the border so far have been paid for by American taxpayers. “He could have done better,” Mr. Sanchez said. His campaign boasts that he has flipped the balance of three federal appeals courts and shifted nine appeals courts to the right. His nomination of Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the weeks before the election could reshape abortion rights, immigration law and the government’s regulatory power. Confirming a Supreme Court justice so close to an election was unprecedented, and Democrats framed it as an illegitimate power grab by Republicans.

Source: New York Times October 31, 2020 17:03 UTC