In a recent interview with MSNBC, President Joe Biden made it clear that his goal in implementing his border policies was to facilitate the “more orderly flow” of migrants into the country. He addressed the controversy surrounding his use of the term “illegal” during his State of the Union speech, as some on the left pushed back on the term’s use.
Biden stated, “The context of his remarks in an interview published on MSNBC Sunday was to address the ‘controversy’ of calling the alleged murderer of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley an ‘illegal’ during is State of the Union speech Thursday.” The left reacted strongly to his use of the term, with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota tweeting, “Let me be clear: No human being is illegal,” and Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas stating, “The rhetoric President Biden used tonight was dangerously close to language from Donald Trump.”
Let me be clear: No human being is illegal.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) March 8, 2024
In response to these criticisms, Biden told MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart, “During your response to [Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene’s] heckling of you, you used the word ‘illegal’ when talking about the man who allegedly killed Laken Riley. He quickly corrected himself, saying, “Undocumented person. I shouldn’t have used illegal. It’s undocumented.” He then went on to explain that he wanted to distance himself from the language used by former President Donald Trump, who he believes does not speak respectfully about migrants.
Biden continued, “Look, they built the country. They’re the reason our economy is growing. We have to control the border and more orderly flow, but I don’t share his view at all.” Here, Biden makes it clear that he believes it is important for the United States to have an open border policy and to allow in as many migrants as possible, regardless of their legal status. He also takes a swipe at Trump’s policies, implying that they were disrespectful and harmful to the economy.
The rhetoric President Biden used tonight was dangerously close to language from Donald Trump that puts a target on the backs of Latinos everywhere.
Democrats shouldn’t be taking our cues from MAGA extremism. 3/
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) March 8, 2024
The president’s actions since taking office in January have reflected this belief in an open border. He quickly reversed several of Trump’s policies, including the “remain in Mexico” policy, the halting of border wall construction, and re-instituting “catch-and-release.” These changes have led to a record-breaking number of illegal border crossings, with over 7.2 million in just three years. In addition, there have been 1.8 million “gotaways” who evaded law enforcement on Biden’s watch, adding up to a total of about 9 million illegal border crossings.
To put this number into perspective, the entire population of Arizona, a border state, is only 7.4 million. During Trump’s entire presidency, there were approximately 1.9 million apprehensions of illegal crossers, and during Obama’s eight years, there were about 3.4 million. This means that in just three years, Biden has more than doubled Obama’s total number of apprehensions. This aligns with his campaign promise to expand legal immigration and allow in “another two million” migrants.
Everyone is rightly focusing on the apology, but keep watching. He vows to never treat illegal immigrants with "disrespect" because they "built the country." As for the border, he suggests that the flow of illegal arrivals be made more "orderly." https://t.co/BIxYKEBiNX
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 10, 2024
Biden’s intention from the beginning has been to facilitate the increased flow of migrants into the country, and his policies have been successful in doing so. He believes that the United States can easily absorb millions more than the approximately 1 million per year it already takes in through legal immigration.
He also thinks his name is Obiden… Just saying…