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The president of United States, Joe Bidenand his predecessor, Donald Trump, face each other in person in the long-awaited first US presidential debateheading towards the elections that will take place next November. Due to the current contextimmigration is one of the topics of greatest interest between both, as well as for voters. The Republican was blunt against his rival by accusing that migrants are arriving in the United States illegally: “We have the border that is the most dangerous place in the world”.
While both politicians had to address the economic situation in the US, Trump made the first comment on immigration, accusing Biden of only creating jobs for immigrants. The former president also took advantage of his time on the microphone to highlight that the current administration “gives everything” to immigrants: “He’s going to eliminate Medicare, he’s going to eliminate Social Security.”.
Without yet addressing the immigration point, Trump made one of the sharpest comments. “We have a border that is the most dangerous place anywhere in the world. “These murderers are entering our country, they are raping and killing women.”
The current event marks the first time that a president and a former president face each other in this way, in a format that changes the traditional rules. On the networks, The memes and controversies between Democrats and Republicans did not wait long.
Biden did not immediately address the immigration issuebut he did accuse that it was during his predecessor’s administration that the largest number of terrorists entered the United States and pointed out: “There are 40% fewer people crossing the border illegally“, said.
“We found ourselves in a situation where, when he was president, he separated babies from their mothers, put them in cages and made sure they were families separated. “That is not the right way to go,” Biden said.
Moderator Dana Bash took to comment to ask Trump a direct question about his deportation position. He questioned him about whether, if he reached the White House, will deport all undocumented immigrantsincluding those who are married to US citizens, this in reference to Biden’s latest executive action.
At the time, the Republican did not respond directly, but continued with direct attacks: “We ares living in a rats nest, “adhering to their ridiculous policy (…) They are killing our citizens. (…) It is horrible what is happening in our country. We are an uncivilized country.”
trump He spoke about the border and Biden’s policies, recalling that immigrants are living in luxury hotels in cities like New York, while “veterans are dying.” At a high point in the night, he took the microphone and uttered, “You’re the loser, you’re the loser,” as they addressed protections for veterans.
At the moment, it is expected that the migratory block is one of the most intense between both candidates.
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