The president of the United States, Joe Biden, took advantage of a Cinco de Mayo celebration at the White House this Monday to criticize the immigration plans of former president and Republican pre-candidate Donald Trump.
During the celebration of this date of great importance for the community of Mexican descent, he highlighted the importance that this community, and that Latino immigrants in general, have for the country.
“We are a nation of immigrants. “That is why we are so good, that is why we are so strong,” said the president.
However, he took the opportunity to criticize Donald Trump, “He wants to use the military to deport more than 11 million people. (…) That does not represent us as a country“said the Democrat at an event to honor the Mexican-American community.
The president referred to statements made by Trump to Time magazine, in which he detailed his plans for a new government if he is elected in November. Among them is using the National Guard and military forces to detain and deport people who do not have legal immigration status in the United States.
Immigration has become one of the central issues in the race for the US presidency, with more than 28% of Americans pointing it out as the country’s main “problem,” according to a Gallup poll published in February. .
Trump has maintained his anti-immigration speech, echoing the strategy that catapulted him to the presidency in 2016. The current president, for his part, has hardened his stance regarding those seeking a new life in the US compared to the promises what he did in the campaign.
Facing record migration numbers at the border with Mexico, Biden has imposed greater restrictions on the right to asylum, which can only be requested on US soil.
According to Trump, when Joe Biden’s term ends, there will be between 11 and 20 million people who have emigrated illegally to that northern country. “Many of them are in prisons, in mental institutions,” he told Time.
That’s why he said he would use the National Guard as part of a plan to deport millions of migrants from across the United States if he wins this year’s presidential election, signaling that he is stepping up his anti-immigration rhetoric, something that fueled his previous rise to power.
It should be noted that President Joe Biden has recognized that the large increase in undocumented immigration during his term is a threat to his re-election. He knows most voters are unhappy with the increase. The same thing happens to mayors and governors who have had to deal with a costly and often chaotic situation.
According to statistical data, since President Joe Biden arrived at the White House, approximately 10 million undocumented migrants have been detained by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), unprecedented numbers due to the Democrat’s flexible policy on the border. , a situation that is generating crises in cities and budgets, reducing benefits to American citizens.
Furthermore, three years into its mandate, the Democratic administration has not delivered the promise of offering a path to legal status to the more than 11 million undocumented people.
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