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President Biden’s marketing campaign supervisor on Wednesday appeared to dodge questions on whether or not the president’s new government order giving unlawful immigrants a pathway to citizenship was a political transfer aimed toward shoring up extra votes earlier than Election Day on Nov. 5.
Julie Chavez Rodriguez appeared on CBS Information’ “America Decides” for an interview with Fin Gomez that aired Wednesday night.
Gomez requested Rodriguez why the president’s new coverage was carried out now “4 and a half months out from the Nov. 5 election.”
President Biden speaks throughout an occasion marking the twelfth anniversary of the Deferred Motion of Childhood Arrivals program on the White Home. (AP Picture/Evan Vucci)
Rodriguez mentioned immigration reform has been a serious precedence of the Biden administration since day 1. She additionally bashed former President Trump for encouraging Republicans to vote in opposition to a bipartisan immigration invoice earlier this 12 months.
Gomez requested whether or not Rodriguez believed Biden’s new coverage would encourage “mixed-status households” who profit from this to vote for the president.
Rodriguez mentioned households who’re eligible for Biden’s government order “will be capable of sleep higher tonight understanding that they’ve a possibility to assist be sure that they aren’t separated by merciless insurance policies.”
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“They may be capable of hug one another slightly bit tighter understanding that they will stay collectively as a complete household on this nation because of this government order. These are the issues that matter most,” Rodriguez mentioned.
Gomez famous that many Latino voters are turning away from President Biden and requested Rodriguez to reply to critics who say the chief order is a “political transfer to keep up assist amongst Latino voters.”
President Biden is saying new modifications to maintain households collectively who’ve DACA Dreamer spouses searching for to alter their immigration standing. (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos)
Rodriguez once more invoked the president’s observe report on immigration since taking workplace, together with increasing the Inexpensive Care Act for recipients of the Deferred Motion for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
At no level was the problem of border safety introduced up within the interview. Fox Information Digital has reached out to Biden’s marketing campaign crew and the White Home for extra remark.
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Biden introduced Tuesday that his administration will enable U.S. residents’ spouses with out authorized standing to use for everlasting residency and finally citizenship with out having to first depart the nation for as much as 10 years. About 500,000 immigrants might profit, based on senior administration officers.
To qualify, an immigrant will need to have lived within the U.S. for 10 years and be married to a U.S. citizen, each as of Monday.
Immigration rights activists participate in a rally in entrance of the Supreme Court docket in 2019. (Mandel Ngan/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
The Obama-era DACA program, which has shielded from deportation a whole lot of hundreds of people that got here to the USA as younger youngsters, required candidates to be within the U.S. on June 15, 2012, and repeatedly for the earlier 5 years.
Greater than 1 million unlawful immigrants dwelling within the U.S. are married to Americans, based on advocacy group FWD.us, that means a whole lot of hundreds will not qualify as a result of they have been within the U.S. for fewer than 10 years.
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About 50,000 noncitizen youngsters with dad and mom who’re married to a U.S. citizen may additionally doubtlessly qualify, based on senior administration officers who briefed reporters on the situation of anonymity.
Biden additionally introduced new rules that can enable some DACA beneficiaries and different younger immigrants to extra simply qualify for long-established work visas.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
Bradford Betz is a Fox Information Digital breaking reporter overlaying crime, political points, and way more.
