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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino in Washington

Biden mulls border crackdown in face of Trump’s migrant-bashing rhetoric

People cross through a pillar cut by smugglers in the US-Mexico border fence near Lukeville, Arizona, on 23 December.
People cross through a pillar cut by smugglers in the US-Mexico border fence near Lukeville, Arizona, on 23 December. Photograph: Rebecca Noble/Reuters

Heading into the heat of the 2024 election season, Joe Biden is weighing major changes to US immigration policy that would toughen border enforcement and address an issue that has emerged as one of the president’s biggest political vulnerabilities ahead of a likely rematch against his anti-immigration rival Donald Trump.

But it is also a risk for Biden, who entered the White House in 2021 promising to “restore humanity and American values to our immigration system” after Trump’s four-year crackdown on immigration.

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