MICHAEL BARONE: Biden’s open borders immigration policy — why?

Already, more than 100 of those released tested positive for COVID-19, and Greyhound is now demanding negative test results before migrants board its buses.

Locals aren’t happy with the inrush of illegal immigrants. The heavily Hispanic Rio Grande Valley produced one of the biggest increases in Trump’s percentages last fall. Laredo’s Democratic congressman, Henry Cuellar, lamented recently that “migrants are illegally crossing, potentially exposing border communities to the coronavirus and putting us at risk.”

Biden may have called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s end to mandatory masking “Neanderthal”-esque, but the Biden administration seems happy to send infectious illegal immigrants all around the country.

That’s reminiscent of how the Democrats most insistent on masks and lockdowns considered just fine mass demonstrations by “mostly peaceful” (that is, often violent) Black Lives Matter supporters last year. The implication is that law-abiding citizens are less deserving of indulgence than angry demonstrators or illegal immigrants.

While Trump was questioned and mocked over his immigration policies, so far, the Biden administration has gotten away with just waving aside questions.

That’s because members of the press now openly regard themselves as Democratic Party apparatchiks.