{"id":2241238,"date":"2024-05-09T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-dueling-calls-from-democrats-over-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-border-security\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T22:42:57","slug":"biden-faces-dueling-calls-from-democrats-over-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-border-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-dueling-calls-from-democrats-over-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-border-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats divided on Biden&#8217;s stance on illegal immigrants and border security"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-faces-dueling-calls-from-democrats-over-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-border-security%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Joe\u200c Biden is at the center of \u200bconflicting\u2064 demands from Democratic lawmakers concerning border security\u2063 and amnesty for illegal immigrants \u200das the November election draws near. A\u200d faction of Senators, led \u200bby Catherine\u200b Cortez \u200dMasto and others, advocates for amnesty, while House Democrats, including Representatives from battleground states, urge immediate action \u2062to restore order \u200cat the southern border. The party&#8217;s stance remains divided\u200b amidst a growing crisis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> is facing dueling calls from Democrat lawmakers over whether he should take action to secure the southern border or push for amnesty for illegal immigrants, all while the issue becomes more contentious in the lead up to the November election.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bennet.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/f\/0\/f0886cde-8e03-4f5e-9508-20a5eca2a71c\/3A05A7FB1489D7C76B08E4025391D858.durbin-senate-democrats-urge-president-biden-to-take-executive-action-to-provide-relief-for-undocumented-immigrants.pdf\">letter<\/a> from 19 Democrat Senators in late March, including Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), John Fetterman (D-PA), and Tammy Duckworth (D-WI), urged the Democrat incumbent to push for amnesty for illegal immigrants earlier this year, but the party appears to be split over how to handle the crucial election year issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeporting all such individuals \u2014 as former President Donald Trump has threatened to do if reelected \u2014 would devastate the American economy and destroy American families,\u201d the Democrats claim before going on to add, \u201cstreamlining pathways for undocumented immigrants with no criminal history and deep ties to the United States to obtain parole or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-block-amendment-to-ban-illegals-from-getting-taxpayer-funded-cobra-benefits-in-stimulus\/\" title=\"Democrats Block Amendment To Ban Illegals From Getting Taxpayer-Funded COBRA Benefits In Stimulus\">lawful immigration status<\/a> would provide stability to their families, require them to pay taxes, and to check in with the U.S. government regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter calling for amnesty for illegal immigrants came in the midst of the worst border crisis that America has ever seen, with over 9.5 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/nationwide-encounters\">nationwide encounters<\/a> and 1.7 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-admin-may-have-lost-track-millions-of-migrants-crossing-southern-border-congressional-report\">estimated illegal immigrant gotaways<\/a> being recorded during Biden\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the House of Representatives, however, took a different tone when 15 of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/15-house-democrats-call-on-biden-for-border-executive-action\/\">signed a letter<\/a> to Biden this week calling on him to \u201cimmediately take further action to restore order at the Southern border and fix our broken immigration system.\u201d The signatories included several Congressmen from battleground states, including Reps. Susan Wild and Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania and Reps. Susie Lee and Steven Horsford of Nevada. \u201cAll of our constituents, no matter our congressional district, have felt the impacts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-by-wide-margin-americans-say-border-worse-under-biden\/\" title=\"Poll: By Wide Margin, Americans Say Border Worse Under Biden\">current border situation<\/a>,\u201d the Democrats wrote in their letter to the president.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee Jack Pandol blasted the letter as an act of political theater, contending that \u201cextreme Democrats play Lucy with the football every election year \u2013 promising to lock down the border after opening the floodgates the year before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a pathetic charade that says more about Democrats\u2019 political freakout over their open borders policies than it does about their willingness to end the crisis.\u201d Pandol went on to say.<\/p>\n<p>The shifting tone of Democrats on the border could be the result of a mounting number of polls finding that voters are increasingly critical of Biden\u2019s performance on the southern border, potentially posing a threat to his reelection chances. One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-americans-trust-trump-over-biden-to-handle-economy-immigration-crime\">recent poll<\/a>, performed by ABC\/Ipsos, found that Americans trust former President Donald Trump to handle immigration more than they trust Biden by a whopping 17 point margin.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was just one of the several surveys that could spell trouble for the Democrat incumbent. Another one found that only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/voters-say-immigration-is-top-issue-facing-country-biden-faces-widespread-disapproval-on-immigration\">36 percent<\/a> of voters approve of Biden\u2019s performance on immigration, making it his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-budget-to-fund-border-security-in-egypt-jordan-while-u-s-faces-unprecedented-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Biden's budget includes funding for border security in Egypt and Jordan amidst a critical border situation in the U.S\">lowest issue-specific approval rating<\/a> for four consecutive months, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/over-half-of-americans-support-mass-deportations-of-illegal-immigrants\">two more polls<\/a> have found that the majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/majority-of-americans-support-building-border-wall-increasing-deportations-penalizing-businesses-that-hire-illegal-immigrants\">respondents approve<\/a> of the deportation of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden receives conflicting requests from Democrats regarding border security and amnesty for illegal immigrants amid escalating tensions leading up to the November election. A recent letter signed by 19 Democratic Senators, led by Catherine Cortez, highlights the internal debate within the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"featured_media":2241240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-100-e1715289439156.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/Untitled-design-100-e1715289439156.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}