This is Pass/Fail on the President. He fails this, if he caves, he will not win re-election. See George “Read My Lips” Bush.
Why win in the long run when you can surrender now? The GOP is a waste of nutrients. Makes me glad I left when GHWB stabbed them in the back in 1990.
Dems demand new democrat voters. If they don’t get to keep the borders open they will lose elections.