Immigration Is The First Big Intraparty Struggle Of The Biden Era
3 years, 9 months ago

Immigration Is The First Big Intraparty Struggle Of The Biden Era

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden’s administration is struggling to deal with an increase in migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and Republicans who insist it’s all Democrats’ fault, further complicating an already murky path for overhauling the country’s immigration system. “They are sending the message that anyone who makes the dangerous journey to cross the border will be rewarded,” McCarthy said in a speech on the House floor on Thursday, later accusing Democrats of “wasting time on a bill that could not be less timely or targeted to the issue at hand.” Biden administration officials have dismissed that argument, instead pointing to the devastation wreaked by two hurricanes that struck Central America this year and noting that 2019 was a record year for migration despite Trump “ripp over 3,000 children from their parents’ arms,” a senior Biden administration official told reporters. “There are many Republicans who don’t want us to fix this broken immigration system,” Castro said on a conference call while reiterating that he hoped many immigration measures could earn bipartisan support. GUILLERMO ARIAS via AFP via Getty Images “The Biden administration is creating chaos where there was order,” South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the Republicans who led negotiations during the last major attempt to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill, said during a press conference on Wednesday. Durbin’s comments prompted New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, the lead Senate sponsor of the Biden administration’s comprehensive immigration proposal, to warn Durbin not to “wave the white flag” just yet.

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Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions

NPR  

Pushed by public opinion shift, Democrats adopt immigration restrictions toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images When President Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021, he did what he had promised: he rescinded many of former President Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policies. Sponsor Message Andrea Flores, who served as the director of border management on the National Security Council under …

The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration
3 months, 1 week ago

The intelligent conversation we're not having on immigration

Salon  

Heading into November, Donald Trump’s rhetorical strategy on the economy is simple: Insist it is doomed, blame it on Kamala Harris and tie everything back to immigration. Overnight, Trump became chief enabler to the chief “criminals” he claimed were killing Americans, and his base didn’t even hear about it as Fox News called President Biden an “accessory to murder.” After …

Biden’s 2 steps on immigration could reframe how US voters see a major political problem for him
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden’s 2 steps on immigration could reframe how US voters see a major political problem for him

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. They echo the White House’s overall approach since Biden took office, using a mix of policies to restrict illegal immigration and offer help to people already in the country. Helping people long established in the country obtain citizenship, meanwhile, might defuse criticism of immigration advocates and liberal parts of Biden’s …

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden relaxes visa rules in pre-election immigration balancing act

Raw Story  

President Joe Biden attempted a political high-wire act Tuesday by announcing a citizenship pathway for half a million immigrants married to U.S. nationals, in a counterweight to his recent crackdown on illegal border crossers. However, “only Congress can deliver… comprehensive reform of our immigration and asylum laws.” Trump lashes out Trump attacked Biden’s policy in characteristic fashion, with lurid language …

News Analysis: Why Biden’s order on the ‘out of control’ border may not fix Democrats’ political problem
7 months, 1 week ago

News Analysis: Why Biden’s order on the ‘out of control’ border may not fix Democrats’ political problem

LA Times  

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Thursday after ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-day. “He probably should have done it sooner.” Biden, Axelrod, Cortez Masto and other Democrats have been laying the border problem at the feet of Republicans, who tanked a bipartisan bill earlier this year that would have given the president more money and leverage …

Biden issues rule allowing him to shut down US-Mexico border as immigration emerges as top voter concern
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden issues rule allowing him to shut down US-Mexico border as immigration emerges as top voter concern

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In remarks delivered from the White House, Biden …

Biden’s new border rule shows progressives where they really stand
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden’s new border rule shows progressives where they really stand

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy President Joe Biden’s announcement on Tuesday of an executive action …

Joe Biden's 'crackdown' on illegal migrants ripped as a 2024 campaign 'stunt' as president plans to CLOSE the border if crossings skyrocket
7 months, 1 week ago

Joe Biden's 'crackdown' on illegal migrants ripped as a 2024 campaign 'stunt' as president plans to CLOSE the border if crossings skyrocket

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's impending executive order cracking down on illegal immigration is expected to set limitations on how many migrants can cross the southern border every day. President Joe Biden plans to announce as early as Tuesday an executive order that would limit the number of migrants able to cross the southern border every day if it reaches 4,000 per …

Biden to crack down on migrant crossings with order allowing him to halt new asylum claims
7 months, 1 week ago

Biden to crack down on migrant crossings with order allowing him to halt new asylum claims

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The plan is understood to include language that …

Democrats grapple with the right way to talk about Biden’s immigration policies
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats grapple with the right way to talk about Biden’s immigration policies

CNN  

Phoenix CNN — Laura Grant has been keeping tabs on what Congress has done – or not done – to overhaul US immigration and border policy. “Trump killed it – not once, but twice,” Biden campaign spokeswoman Fabiola Rodriguez said in a statement to CNN after Thursday’s vote. A recent memo from House Democrats’ campaign arm said candidates would go …

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans sink fresh bid to beef up U.S. border security

Raw Story  

The U.S. Senate on Thursday rejected sweeping immigration reforms for the second time this year as Republicans again blocked what would have been the toughest border security package in decades, dismissing it as a Democratic "gimmick." Biden said in a statement Republicans had put partisan politics ahead of the country to reject "the toughest border enforcement in history," while Homeland …

California Sen. Alex Padilla convinces colleagues to vote against bipartisan border bill
7 months, 3 weeks ago

California Sen. Alex Padilla convinces colleagues to vote against bipartisan border bill

LA Times  

Alex Padilla, left, and Laphonza Butler confer on the Senate floor in November 2023. Breaking with his own party’s leadership and the Biden administration, California’s Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla helped lead an effort to defeat the bipartisan border security bill that again failed to advance on Thursday. In an impassioned Senate floor speech, Padilla criticized the legislation as inadequate and …

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage
10 months, 2 weeks ago

On the Rio Grande, 300 miles apart, Biden and Trump try to use immigration to election advantage

Associated Press  

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — On the banks of the same Rio Grande but 300 miles apart, President Joe Biden and GOP challenger Donald Trump on Thursday surveyed the U.S.-Mexico border and tussled from a distance over who is to blame for the nation’s broken immigration system and how to fix it. You know and I know it’s the toughest, most efficient, …

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden and Trump arrive in Texas for clashing visit at US border

The Telegraph  

Joe Biden has urged Donald Trump to help him pass his border security package, as his rival blamed him for the deaths of “countless innocent victims”. The president, speaking at the same time as Mr Trump on separate visits to the Texan southern border on Thursday, warned of the dangers of untrammelled illegal immigration and called on Republicans to “show …

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden and Trump both plan trips to the Mexico border Thursday, angling for advantage on immigration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will make dueling trips to the U.S-Mexico border on Thursday, as both candidates try to turn the nation’s broken immigration system to their political advantage in an expected campaign rematch this year. Biden will travel to Brownsville, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, an area that often sees large numbers …

Speaker Mike Johnson slams Joe Biden's proposed immigration crackdown after 7.2MILLION illegal migrants entered as an 'election year gimmick' after demanding executive action at the border for MONTHS
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Speaker Mike Johnson slams Joe Biden's proposed immigration crackdown after 7.2MILLION illegal migrants entered as an 'election year gimmick' after demanding executive action at the border for MONTHS

Daily Mail  

House Speaker Mike Johnson is ripping into President Joe Biden for finally floating executive action to crack down on illegal immigration after millions of migrants flooded into the U.S. since he took office. President Joe Biden said he has done everything he can to fix the border crisis, but now the White House is mulling a Trump-like executive action to …

Biden’s rightward shift on immigration angers advocates. But it’s resonating with many Democrats
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Biden’s rightward shift on immigration angers advocates. But it’s resonating with many Democrats

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — In his 2020 campaign, Joe Biden vowed to undo former President Donald Trump ’s immigration policies, specifically expressing frustration with a policy setting limits on the number of asylum seekers accepted each day at the southern border. “They tried it the Republican way, and Republicans were not serious about that.” Democrat Tom Suozzi, who won Tuesday’s special …

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’
11 months ago

Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Schumer said the race in his home state of New York “says something very significant — that border is no longer the province of Republicans.” That calculation is already having far-reaching effects, transforming the way President Joe Biden and Democrats …

A Brief History Of Republicans Walking Away From Bipartisan Immigration Deals
11 months ago

A Brief History Of Republicans Walking Away From Bipartisan Immigration Deals

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan compromise on immigration reform fell apart this week in the Senate as Republicans heeded former President Donald Trump’s advice to kill it. “You’re preying on people’s fears,” Loweree said, “and if you can do that successfully, there’s very little that can be done to bring somebody back from that.” In 2006 and 2013, …

Embattled immigration deal shows rightward lurch for Biden and Democrats
11 months, 1 week ago

Embattled immigration deal shows rightward lurch for Biden and Democrats

Al Jazeera  

A deal for new border restrictions in exchange for foreign aid may fail, but it reveals a platform change for US Democrats, experts say. “This bill would also give me, as President, the emergency authority to temporarily shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed,” Biden said. “Not just going back all the way to what Joe Biden had campaigned …

Fresh U.S. Senate border-Ukraine bill faces Republican buzzsaw
11 months, 1 week ago

Fresh U.S. Senate border-Ukraine bill faces Republican buzzsaw

Raw Story  

U.S. senators on Sunday released the text of a much-anticipated deal that would unlock billions in new aid for Ukraine and Israel while tightening US border laws, but the top House Republican quickly vowed to shoot it down. Most significantly, it would give President Joe Biden the power to reject asylum seekers if illegal border crossings reached over 5,000 per …

California Sen. Padilla splits with Biden on proposed immigration, foreign aid package
11 months, 1 week ago

California Sen. Padilla splits with Biden on proposed immigration, foreign aid package

LA Times  

Sen. Alex Padilla, shown during a committee meeting last year, says border state Democrats weren’t part of negotiating the immigration bill, which he says makes extreme changes to the asylum process. California Sen. Alex Padilla said the bipartisan $118-billion border and foreign aid bill supported by President Biden “misses the mark,” putting the Democratic senator in the unusual position of …

‘Outrageous’: Musk lambasts Biden for letting illegal migrants enter US to ‘create one-party state’
11 months, 1 week ago

‘Outrageous’: Musk lambasts Biden for letting illegal migrants enter US to ‘create one-party state’

Hindustan Times  

Hitting out at Joe Biden for prioritising legal status for millions of immigrants, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed on Friday that the US President is attempting to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” in order to establish a “one-party state.” US President Joe Biden and Tesla CEO Elon Musk “Biden’s strategy is very simple: 1. It is …

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics
11 months, 1 week ago

Biden is left with few choices as immigration takes center stage in American politics

Associated Press  

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Almost immediately after he walked into the Oval Office on his first day as president, Joe Biden began rolling back his predecessor’s immigration policies, which he had assailed throughout the 2020 campaign as harsh and inhumane. “If that bill were the law today, I’d shut down the border right now and fix it quickly,” Biden said last …

'Could ultimately doom you': CNN host gives GOP lawmaker wake-up call over border deal
11 months, 2 weeks ago

'Could ultimately doom you': CNN host gives GOP lawmaker wake-up call over border deal

Raw Story  

Rep. August Pfluger was cornered on CNN Monday by anchor Boris Sanchez about whether he will support the Senate border reform compromise deal, as the lawmaker refused to rule out voting for it but continually suggested he was skeptical. The deal, which has been endorsed by President Joe Biden and was brokered with bipartisan support, hasn't been released publicly in …

Trump stokes opposition to Biden border plan
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump stokes opposition to Biden border plan

Raw Story  

Joe Biden and Donald Trump traded verbal jabs Saturday over a bipartisan plan for border reform aimed at stemming a surge in migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico. Republican primary frontrunner Trump has put immigration front and center in his campaign, issuing dire warnings about the porous nature of the border -- yet has simultaneously pushed back hard …

Joe Biden claims border proposal will give him new emergency authority: ‘Toughest and hardest reform’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Joe Biden claims border proposal will give him new emergency authority: ‘Toughest and hardest reform’

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, President Joe Biden made a strong appeal to lawmakers to advance a controversial plan to deal with the unprecedented surge of illegal border crossings amid the US-Texas govt. He said it was the “toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country.” Joe Biden urges lawmakers to back his $61.4 billion …

Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump threatening to topple the carefully negotiated compromise. It’s a familiar political dynamic, one that has repeatedly thwarted attempts to reform U.S. immigration law, including …

Speaker Mike Johnson pushes back on Senate immigration deal saying it's NOT the time for 'comprehensive' reform with an unsecured border: Top Republican won't budge on hardline migration stance ahead
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Speaker Mike Johnson pushes back on Senate immigration deal saying it's NOT the time for 'comprehensive' reform with an unsecured border: Top Republican won't budge on hardline migration stance ahead

Daily Mail  

Ahead of a meeting at the White House, Speaker Mike Johnson threw cold water on the Senate's sprawling immigration and national security deal and said he would only accept strict border security measures. Ahead of a meeting at the White House, Speaker Mike Johnson threw cold water on the Senate 's sprawling immigration and national security deal and said he …

‘Staggering refusal to govern’: Mike Johnson sparks fury for tying border fix to Trump win
1 year ago

‘Staggering refusal to govern’: Mike Johnson sparks fury for tying border fix to Trump win

Raw Story  

Speaker Mike Johnson is under fire once again after saying House Republicans "can't" support a solution addressing the border until either Donald Trump or another Republican is elected to the White House. House Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Sherman added, "says senate bill is DOA in house," meaning "dead on arrival." But Sherman also added news that spurred outrage: "Johnson …

A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake
1 year ago

A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of the package that’s central to unlocking stalled aid for Ukraine. They also met Wednesday to discuss how to advance the border policy alongside President Joe Biden’s$110 …

A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake
1 year ago

A deal on U.S. border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake

LA Times  

A migrant walks along a road shadowed by the steel columns of the border wall separating Arizona and Mexico after crossing into the United States near Lukeville, Ariz. Amid grueling negotiations, the contours of a bipartisan border security and immigration deal are beginning to take shape, emerging even as Congress leaves town having failed to publicly unveil any details of …

Biden’s push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on
1 year ago

Biden’s push for Ukraine aid stalls in Senate as negotiations over border restrictions drag on

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s push to have Congress replenish wartime aid for Ukraine as part of a deal on border and immigration policy changes will almost certainly drag into next year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the negotiations were “among the most difficult things we’ve done in recent memory.” “Everyone knows that something should be done to fix …

Biden’s embrace of stricter border measures puts him at odds with key allies tasked with selling his reelection
1 year ago

Biden’s embrace of stricter border measures puts him at odds with key allies tasked with selling his reelection

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Joe Biden’s concessions on border policy to get Ukraine aid passed have put him at odds with key allies who will be charged with mobilizing voters, multiple sources tell CNN, underscoring the political headwinds the Biden campaign faces in the upcoming election. Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar, who also serves as co-chair of the Biden-Harris 2024 campaign, …

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants
1 year ago

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era ‘blood’ rhetoric against immigrants

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators struggled Sunday to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs before senators leave town for the holiday recess. “They’re poisoning the blood of our country,” Trump said about the record …

California’s Sen. Padilla personally warned Biden not to fold to GOP on immigration to aid Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

California’s Sen. Padilla personally warned Biden not to fold to GOP on immigration to aid Ukraine

LA Times  

Sen. Alex Padilla approached President Biden at a campaign fundraiser at a sprawling, multilevel mansion in the Pacific Palisades last weekend to offer a warning. Padilla would not comment further on Biden’s response, but said that since Thanksgiving, he has on “at least a daily basis” been in contact with the aides in the West Wing, including White House Chief …

Republicans have set a border trap. Biden can't afford to fall for it
1 year, 1 month ago

Republicans have set a border trap. Biden can't afford to fall for it

Salon  

An overwhelming majority of Americans of all political stripes want Congress to fix immigration, and yet, Congress has failed to do so for decades. McCain described the far right’s prescription to round up all the “illegals” and deport them as pure “bullsh—t.” We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism “There are politicians today …

Biden considering expelling migrants without asylum screening
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden considering expelling migrants without asylum screening

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's White House is signaling to Congress it is open to supporting a dramatic new border strategy to expel migrants without screening them for asylum in an effort to compel Republicans into backing more aid for Ukraine. But the new proposal would effectively reinstate Title 42, allowing officials to pause asylum law without a public health emergency just …

Biden considering expelling migrants without asylum screening and expanding detention and deportations in new hardline immigration plan
1 year, 1 month ago

Biden considering expelling migrants without asylum screening and expanding detention and deportations in new hardline immigration plan

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden's White House is signaling to Congress it is open to supporting a dramatic new border strategy to expel migrants without screening them for asylum in an effort to compel Republicans into backing more aid for Ukraine. President Joe Biden is negotiating with Republicans to get a $100 billion aid package to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in exchange …

A Christmas wish: Republican immigration policy worthy of Baby Jesus
1 year, 1 month ago

A Christmas wish: Republican immigration policy worthy of Baby Jesus

Raw Story  

An overwhelming majority of Americans of all political stripes want Congress to fix immigration, and yet Congress has failed to do so for decades. Ten years ago, a “Gang of Eight” U.S. senators, four Republicans and four Democrats crafted an ambitious and comprehensive proposal to fix our nation’s broken immigration system. Republicans talk the talk, won’t walk the walk The …

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid
1 year, 1 month ago

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson told fellow Republicans on Tuesday that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy would be their “hill to die on” in negotiations that have already grown tense as Congress considers President Joe Biden’s $110 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs. Before Wednesday’s test vote, Schumer made Republicans what …

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As record numbers of migrants surge at the southern U.S. border, many seeking asylum, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has told Congress the country’s “broken” immigration system is in need of a top-to-bottom update. When are we going to do this?’ And every year it’s gotten worse.” A core group of senators, Republicans and Democrats, has been eying …

Biden faces more criticism about the US-Mexico border, one of his biggest problems heading into 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Biden faces more criticism about the US-Mexico border, one of his biggest problems heading into 2024

Associated Press  

MIAMI — The ad sounds like something out of the GOP 2024 playbook, trumpeting a senator’s work with Republicans to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs into the U.S., getting tough on Chinese interests helping smugglers, and noting how he “wrote a bill signed by Donald Trump to increase funding for Border Patrol.” It’s actually …

House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto
1 year, 8 months ago

House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden’s policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemic restrictions. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called the package “the strongest border security bill this country …

Biden would veto House GOP bill on border enforcement
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden would veto House GOP bill on border enforcement

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S., including Ukrainian refugees, the White House said Monday. “Because this bill does very little to actually increase border security while doing a great deal to trample …

Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden
1 year, 10 months ago

Plunge in border crossings could blunt GOP attack on Biden

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A sharp drop in illegal border crossings since December could blunt a Republican point of attack against President Joe Biden as the Democratic leader moves to reshape a broken asylum system that has dogged him and his predecessors. The new rules put forth by Biden could help the president fight back against critics who complain he hasn’t …

Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border
2 years ago

Biden intends to make his first visit to US-Mexico border

Associated Press  

HEBRON, Ky. — President Joe Biden intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border — his first trip there since taking office — in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Mexico and Canada. Biden said upon his return to the White House that he hoped to see “what’s going on” at the border and also …

Biden Says It's His 'Intention' to Visit Troubled US-Mexico Border
2 years ago

Biden Says It's His 'Intention' to Visit Troubled US-Mexico Border

News 18  

President Joe Biden said Wednesday he intends to visit the troubled US-Mexico border, where authorities have long struggled to stem the flow of undocumented migrants. Biden’s Republican predecessor Donald Trump rose to power in 2016 in large part on his message that criminals, including rapists and murderers, were pouring across the border. Biden, who defeated Trump in 2020, took office …

Immigration will vex Biden no matter who controls Congress
2 years, 3 months ago

Immigration will vex Biden no matter who controls Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — At a recent White House ceremony honoring Hispanic heritage in the U.S., President Joe Biden spoke of how immigration has defined the nation and should be celebrated. We are a nation of immigrants.” Biden pledged himself to “fixing our immigration system for good.” He’s tackling near-term issues like reuniting migrant families separated during the previous administration and addressing …

Biden, Mexican president warn of 'unprecedented' migration flow
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden, Mexican president warn of 'unprecedented' migration flow

The Hindu  

U.S. President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned of "unprecedented" pressure from migration in a call on Friday that highlighted a major political headache for the White House ahead of the November elections. This was not a call where President Biden was threatening the Mexican president in any way," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki …

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