Biden campaign goes on the offensive on immigration, decrying "scary" Trump plans
CBSN
Washington — President Biden's 2024 campaign is staging a public messaging offensive on immigration policy to condemn proposals by former President Donald Trump that it says will trample on the U.S. Constitution, American values and the rights of immigrants, campaign officials told CBS News.
Mr. Biden's campaign aides are aiming to bring attention to what they see as the most draconian immigration policies Trump has promised to implement if elected again, hoping that his pledges to carry out mass deportations and end birthright citizenship will turn off Latinos and other key voters in 2o24. It's a notable increased focus on a deeply divisive issue that polls indicate could be a political vulnerability for Mr. Biden given the record level of illegal crossings at the southern border over the past years.
"Donald Trump is offering us a vision of what America would be under his second term in the White House in 2025," María Carolina Casado, the Biden campaign's media director, told CBS News in an interview. "This is not about restoring our immigration system — that he basically destroyed — or border security. This is about hurting our Latino community, hurting our families and family separation."
