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Will Joe Biden’s immigration pledge convince or confuse the public?

Will Joe Biden’s immigration pledge convince or confuse the public?

Politics Weekly America vor 2 Jahren

Immigration is set to be one the key issues for US voters in November. President Biden has attempted to offer both control and compassion – but will voters buy it?

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In this year’s presidential election, there is hardly a more
divisive issue than immigration. Earlier this month, President
Biden signed an executive order to temporarily limit asylum claims
on the southern border, but just two weeks later he announced a
citizenship pathway for hundreds of thousands of undocumented
spouses. In his speech, he said: ‘I’m not interested in playing
politics with the border or immigration; I’m interested in fixing
it.’ As he faces accusations of being both too hard and too soft on
the issue, will his political gamble pay off? Jonathan Freedland is
joined this week by Dara Lind, senior fellow at the American
Immigration Council