WaPo’s Rucker: A Lot of Democrats Want ICE Disbanded Entirely, So Biden Right Now Is Stuck in the Middle

‘You’re having Biden here in the middle feeling political pressure on both sides’

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RUCKER: "But this is exactly what Joe Biden campaigned on. He said he was going to decrease enforcement at the border, and as president now he has directed I.C.E. to focus on prioritizing national security dangers and other sorts of arrests, but not to simply be arresting migrants because they’re crossing the border. That helps explain why there’s this drop in number. But again, you’re having Biden here in the middle, feeling political pressure on both sides. You know, Abbott, Trump, other Republicans saying they’re not doing enough enforcement at the border, but there are a lot of Democrats who are a part of Biden’s coalition who would like to see I.C.E. disbanded entirely, who would like to see this enforcement measure dropped completely. So Biden right now is stuck in the middle here."

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