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    • Biden's 2 steps on immigration could reframe how U.S. voters see a major political problem for him

    U.S. President Joe Biden speaks, May 2, 2024, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/David Yeazell, File) U.S. President Joe Biden speaks, May 2, 2024, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/David Yeazell, File)
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    Over the course of two weeks, U.S. President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. while also offering potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country.

    The tandem actions 鈥 the first to help immigrants illegally in the U.S., the second to prevent others from entering at the border 鈥 give the president a chance to address one of the biggest vulnerabilities for his reelection campaign.

    Americans give Biden poor marks for his handling of immigration and favor the approach of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, whose administration imposed hardline policies such as separating immigrant families and who now has proposed the largest deportation operation in U.S. history if elected again.

    While the White House said its most recent actions aren't meant to counterbalance each other, the election-year policy changes offer something both for voters who think border enforcement is too lenient and for those who support helping immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally. They echo the White House's overall approach since Biden took office, using a mix of policies to restrict illegal immigration and offer help to people already in the country.

    Trump and top Republicans have ripped Biden for record-high numbers of encounters at the border, with some suggesting without evidence that Biden is abetting a so-called 鈥渋nvasion鈥 to affect the election. Tightening asylum rules as Biden did could reduce border crossings.

    Helping people long established in the country obtain citizenship, meanwhile, might defuse criticism of immigration advocates and liberal parts of Biden's Democratic coalition who opposed the new border restrictions unveiled earlier this month.

    An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in March found that only about three in 10 Americans approved of Biden鈥檚 handling of immigration. A similar share approved of his handling of border security. In the same poll, about half of U.S. adults said that Biden is extremely or very responsible for the current situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, compared to about one-third who said Trump was extremely or very responsible.

    Biden's latest action was endorsed by Rep. Tom Suozzi of New York, a moderate Democrat who won a special election in February to replace expelled former Republican Rep. George Santos. Suozzi's race centered heavily on immigration and New York City鈥檚 struggles to accommodate thousands of immigrants bused there from the U.S.-Mexico border.

    Suozzi described first being elected mayor of Glen Cove, New York, in 1994 and helping organize centers to assist groups of immigrants waiting on street corners for day-laborer jobs, which he said still informs how he sees the issue.

    鈥淭he reality is, those same guys that were on the street corners in 1994, today own their own businesses, own their own homes and their kids went to school with my kids,鈥 Suozzi said on a call with reporters. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got to take action. People are sick of this.鈥

    Van Callaway, a hairstylist from Mesa, Arizona, who voted for Biden four years ago, was disappointed to hear the president was making it harder to claim asylum. But they were also skeptical that the president's plan to help legalize spouses who are married to U.S. citizens could come to fruition.

    鈥淚 wish that it was an easier process so people who need to be here could be here,鈥 said Callaway, 29. 鈥淎nd I wish that there was more love and acceptance about it. And more empathy. I feel like if there was a lot empathy on immigration as a whole, the world would be a lot better.鈥

    The Department of Homeland Security estimates that around 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens will be protected under Biden's latest action, as will 50,000 children of a noncitizen parent. The White House said those benefiting have been in the U.S. for an average of 23 years.

    That won鈥檛 be the case for most of the new arrivals to the U.S.-Mexico border who find themselves unable to apply because of Biden鈥檚 other executive action. The White House notes, however, that it has taken several other actions to make it easier for new immigrants to enter the country.

    With congressional Republicans 鈥渞efusing to address our broken immigration system,鈥 the administration 鈥渉as taken action to secure our border and to keep American families together in the United States,鈥 said Angelo Fern谩ndez Hern谩ndez, a White House spokesman.

    That includes creating a program last year allowing people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to come to the U.S. if they have a financial sponsor, pass a background check and fly into a U.S. airport 鈥 which nearly 435,000 people had used by the end of April. The administration also expanded H-2 temporary work visa programs, and established processing centers away from the U.S. border, in countries including Guatemala and Columbia.

    Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson nonetheless accused Biden of 鈥渢rying to play both sides.鈥

    And Trump dismissed Biden鈥檚 action on asylum as 鈥渁ll for show,鈥 suggesting the president is 鈥済iving mass amnesty and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of illegals who he knows will ultimately vote for him.鈥

    Callaway said deciding whom to vote for this year will be excruciating, 鈥渁 real hard conundrum.鈥 They鈥檙e worried about Trump鈥檚 second-term agenda but also furious about Biden鈥檚 approach to Israel's war in Gaza, and not excited to support a third-party candidate who probably can鈥檛 win. More harsh border policies would be another knock against Biden, they said.

    鈥淭hey鈥檒l tell you what you want to hear, but they鈥檙e not often going to follow through on it,鈥 Callaway said. 鈥淚t feels like the things they follow through on are fueled by prejudice and this weird sense of victimhood."

    Weissert reported from Washington.

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