By Guillermo Alvarado

For a long time several analysts have pointed out that it is false the existence in the United States of two opposing parties, Democrats and Republicans, but rather there are two variants of the same policy that complement and alternate according to the interests of the ruling class.

Examples abound in history. The war and occupation of Afghanistan lasted 20 years and during that period administrations of one side or the other passed without a visible alteration of the course of events.

For this reason, the latest maneuver by Joseph Biden, a Democrat president, who did not hesitate to adopt Republican immigration policies in order to obtain legislative support for sending arsenals and money to Ukraine, as well as to Israel in the extermination of the Palestinians, is not at all strange.

Sources in both parties confirmed that negotiations are underway between the Democratic administration and the Republican leadership in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

One of Biden's offers is to tighten restrictions against migrants along the long border with Mexico to the maximum extent possible, including closing several stretches when the pressure is too great.

Not ruled out is the reapplication of the infamous Title 42, which prohibits the entry into the northern power of certain persons who "could pose a potential danger to the health of the country".

This measure was reinstated by Donald Trump and has as its effect the immediate cancellation of any asylum application procedure and the withering transfer of those concerned to the other side of the divide.

Let us remember, moreover, that Biden showed his willingness to continue the construction of the border wall, something he himself criticized during his electoral campaign.

Some members of the Democratic Party showed their concern, especially representatives and senators of immigrant descent, among them Pramila Jayapal, president of the progressive group in Congress.

Representative Raul Grijalva, from the Arizona border district, declared that migrants and refugees should not be the collateral damage of the negotiation between the White House and the Republicans in Congress.

Of course, among those who expressed their reservations, there were absolutely none of the main leaders of the Democratic Party, no doubt because they know very well that when powerful interests are involved, such as those of the Military Industrial Complex, partisan differences blur until they disappear completely.