Biden Immigration Agenda: Asylum Seekers Hurt

In a press conference earlier this week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed reports that the Biden administration is deporting Venezuelan asylum-seekers at the southern border to Colombia. This is the latest in a slew of hypocrisies stemming from the White House’s failed immigration agenda.

Under Nicolás Maduro’s socialist dictatorship, poverty and violence are everyday realities for Venezuelans, making them prime candidates for legal bids at U.S. asylum. During his candidacy, President Biden slammed Donald Trump for “stealth deportations” through third-party countries, saying the president had “no regard for the suffering of the Venezuelan people.”

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Carine Hajjar

Carine Hajjar, a former National Review intern, is a Joseph Rago Fellow at the Wall Street Journal.

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In a press conference earlier this week, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed reports that the Biden administration is deporting Venezuelan asylum-seekers at the southern border to Colombia. This is the latest in a slew of hypocrisies stemming from the White House’s failed immigration agenda.

Under Nicolás Maduro’s socialist dictatorship, poverty and violence are everyday realities for Venezuelans, making them prime candidates for legal bids at U.S. asylum. During his candidacy, President Biden slammed Donald Trump for “stealth deportations” through third-party countries, saying the president had “no regard for the suffering of the Venezuelan people.”