Tillis-Sinema Won’t Solve the Border Crisis

The two most frightening words in Washington are ‘bipartisan consensus,’” P. J. O’Rourke once quipped. “Bipartisan consensus is like when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.” These words are worth keeping in mind regarding last week’s statement from the Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus, “praising the bipartisan effort” of Senators Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D. I., Ariz.) to craft a last-minute immigration deal in the final weeks of the 117th Congress.

First of all, there’s the question of why Republicans would want a deal...