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Mayorkas disputed both those claims. But there is little doubt that immigration has become a serious vulnerability for the administration.
A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found that just 35 percent of adults approve of how Biden is handling immigration issues. Fifty-two percent disapprove.
Those figures pose a startling contrast to Biden’s marks for handling the COVID pandemic. On that topic, 65 percent approve and 30 percent disapprove.
The immigration ratings are also way below his overall job approval score 48 percent approve and 40 percent disapprove of his performance so far.
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The poll’s more granular findings show more red warning lights for Biden. Independent voters break decisively against him on immigration, with 52 percent disapproving of how he is handling the issue and just 29 percent approving. His disapproval from Republicans on the topic is sky-high at 91 percent. And more than one-in-five Democrats, 22 percent, also d
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Former Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Miller played a significant role in mainstreaming white supremacy over the past five years, promoting virulently racist literature, organizing anti-immigrant round tables, crafting Trump’s most xenophobic speeches, and strangling legal pathways into the United States for nonwhite people.
He is continuing his white nationalist campaign through frequent guest appearances on Fox News, hawking the dangerous delusion of anti-white racism. And through his nonprofit, “America First Legal,” he is attacking the Biden administration’s small steps toward building a humane immigration system and a more equitable society, including efforts