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The Guardian - US
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Adrian Horton

John Oliver on Biden’s immigration record: ‘A different phase of an immigration dystopia’

John Oliver on Biden’s immigration record at the southern US border: “We’re just entering a different phase of an immigration dystopia, particularly for asylum seekers.”
John Oliver: ‘We’re just entering a different phase of an immigration dystopia, particularly for asylum seekers.’ Photograph: YouTube

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver examined Joe Biden’s record on immigration, particularly with migrants seeking asylum at the southern border, which saw migrant encounters reach an all-time high last year.

As a presidential candidate, Biden promised to undo the damage of the Trump presidency, such as family separation and persecution of so-called Dreamers brought to the US as children by undocumented parents. “To me, it’s all about family, beginning, middle and end,” he said in one interview.

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