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‘Incendiary and wrong’: Biden spurs anger for calling migrant ‘an illegal’

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During his State of the Union speech, US President Joe Biden also urged Congress to pass a pending bill that would impose strict asylum restrictions at the US-Mexico border [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

Rights advocates have slammed United States President Joe Biden for referring to an undocumented immigrant as “an illegal” during his State of the Union address, accusing him of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor Donald Trump.

During Thursday’s speech at the US Capitol, Biden was heckled by Republicans over the killing of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered by an undocumented immigrant.

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