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The president of United States, Joe Bidenand his predecessor, Donald Trumpthey had their first presidential debate Live from Atlanta, Georgia. During his interventions, the immigration issue It was recurring between both of them. The Republican took advantage of almost every intervention to demand the Democrat’s policies and referred to the border between the United States and Mexico as “ethe most dangerous place in the world”.
For Trump, Biden’s policies are the cause of the most violent crimes in the United States and claimed that they have led that country to be “a nest of rats” with high levels of crime. As part of his already well-known rhetoric, in which he classifies all the undocumented immigrants as criminalsthis event was no exception. The possible Republican representative in the next elections said: “They are killing our people in New York and California. In all the states of the union because we have no borders.”
At one point he took up the case of the death of Jocelyn Nungaray, a 12-year-old girl who was found dead in a creek recently and whose family was reunited with.
The Republican politician also addressed Mexico, saying: “There have been many people killed by the very people he allows to enter this country. We have a border that is the most dangerous place in the world and he opened it. That is why these murderers enter our country and are raping women. “It’s a horrible thing.”
After the debate, the fact-checking between the two candidates also began. According to an analysis by ABC, this last statement does not coincide with the exact data. The latest FBI statistics show that the overall rates and of violations fell 26% in the first quarter of 2024.
The policies of both were left on the table. On the one hand, when Trump was president, he took action against the Deferred Action Program for Childhood Newcomers (DACA) and measures such as “Stay in Mexico.” The former president recalled this point at the event, referring to the fact that immigrants were not waiting in the US for a response to their applications.
On the other hand, Biden made a commitment to immigrants during his campaign and among his main measures was the implementation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which he extended to several countries. Despite these moves, his administration has added challenges that make the immigration issue one of the main ones for the next elections.
On this point, when asked why voters should accept another term and trust in his ability, to manage the borderBiden stressed that his administration has taken the appropriate steps with a major effort to achieve a bipartisan border agreement with Congress. “When Trump was president, he separated babies from their mothers. He put them in cages. That is not the right way to proceed,” he charged. The second debate will be on September, 10th, organized by the ABC network.
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