The Ugliness of Compromise

If you want to know why the bipartisan border security deal announced last night in already in trouble, it’s instructive to look at the how each of the key senators involved in the negotiations framed it.

Sen. James Lankford’s (R-OK) one-page summary highlights the bill would end the practice of “catch and release,” secure new funding for a border wall and trigger emergency authority for the president to deport migrants.