The upshot of the Biden Administration’s decision apparently being that it arbitrarily only ends up impacting Nicaraguans—we have a cruel, irrational ‘system’ held together with shoestring and chewing gum, that relies on unintended uses of decades old statutes & regs, mediated by right-wing judges

I don't like the term "State Capacity" but so much dysfunction is just the fact that Congress rarely passes bills.

(Wouldn’t be surprised if they announce some sort of extension of the Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela process during the Lame Duck period)