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For first time, Biden calls Obama deportations ‘big mistake’
WHYY PBS ^ | February 16, 2020 | Bill Barrow

Posted on 02/16/2020 6:21:00 PM PST by conservative98

Going further than he ever has in expressing regret over Obama administration immigration policy, presidential candidate Joe Biden called it a “big mistake” to have deported hundreds of thousands of people without criminal records.

“We took far too long to get it right,” Biden said in a wide-ranging, sometimes contentious interview with Univision anchor Jorge Ramos. The former vice president later added: “I think it was a big mistake. Took too long to get it right.”

In written statements included as part of Biden’s proposed immigration overhaul, the campaign already had acknowledged “pain” surrounding deportations that occurred when he served as President Barack Obama’s vice president. But the candidate himself had not so clearly stated his personal regrets.

The 20-minute interview was posted to Ramos’ Facebook page, and Biden aides said portions would be broadcast in coming days on Univision as Biden and his Democratic presidential rivals campaigned in Nevada ahead of the Feb. 22 caucuses, the third nominating contest and the first with a significant Latino population.

Biden emphasized to Ramos his proposals to expand legal immigration, bolster the asylum process and end construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

(Excerpt) Read more at whyy.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: aliens; biden; deportations; flipflop; joebiden; obama; trump; unendorsesobama
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1 posted on 02/16/2020 6:21:00 PM PST by conservative98
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2 posted on 02/16/2020 6:21:11 PM PST by conservative98
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Don’t worry folks, it’s just the dementia talking. Perhaps “Corn Pop” can help him write his speeches.


3 posted on 02/16/2020 6:23:43 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: conservative98

The Democrats are floundering so badly, this is going to be a piece of cake.


4 posted on 02/16/2020 6:24:00 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: conservative98

Joe Biden at Rotary 2006.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15djRzWG3_0

“A fence is needed.

Let me tell you folks, there is tons, tons, TONS! Cocaine and Heroine. And it’s all coming up from corrupt Mexico.

If you thinking I’m joking, I’m not joking.”


5 posted on 02/16/2020 6:26:12 PM PST by conservative98
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To: Jamestown1630
1-E89073-E-C348-49-E9-B2-C5-BF921423-CEFE



HONORABLE CRACKHEAD



6 posted on 02/16/2020 6:28:37 PM PST by AnthonySoprano
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To: conservative98

I give Brainfriden 20 days. We should have a dropout pool.


7 posted on 02/16/2020 6:28:41 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: conservative98

Way to get that Obama endorsement, Quid.


8 posted on 02/16/2020 6:30:30 PM PST by Buttons12
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9 posted on 02/16/2020 6:30:55 PM PST by DannyTN
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The Obama administration deported no one; it's a huge lie. They changed the definition of "deport" to include people turned away at the border.

High deportation figures are misleading

10 posted on 02/16/2020 6:33:42 PM PST by 10mm
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So they went from bragging about Obama’s “tough” border policies compared to Trump because “look at all tha deportationz” to “it was a mistake”.


11 posted on 02/16/2020 6:39:06 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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Perhaps.. but have you seen Sanders crowds of late? He has the momentum ...scary how many many stupid blinded idiots are out there following this socialist! Momentum means voters will turnout at the ballot box! He scares me more then boxberg! Blind stupid sheep are willing to slit their own throats because of their hatred towards trump and because of indoctrination by colleges bought by the Chinese!! Stupid stupid stupid..does Venezuela ring a freakin bell?!


12 posted on 02/16/2020 6:50:53 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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... expressing regret over Obama administration immigration policy, presidential candidate Joe Biden called it a “big mistake”

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

O.B.A.M.A. = One Big A$$ Mistake America.


13 posted on 02/16/2020 7:16:06 PM PST by Qiviut (President Trump: defies political gravity - MAGA! Nasty Nan is a walking obscenity.)
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To: conservative98

It looks like Joe’s handlers did some polling and focus group testing to decide what he should think, and this was the result.


14 posted on 02/16/2020 7:25:37 PM PST by mbrfl ( KAGA - Keep America Great Always)
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To: RoseofTexas

I’m not worried. Did you see the crowd at Daytona?


15 posted on 02/16/2020 7:26:20 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: conservative98

But you were okay with putting kids in dog kennels, eh, Gropin’?


16 posted on 02/16/2020 8:08:21 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: conservative98

Don’t get your hopes up. He’ll walk it back by morning and the whole thing will have been swept under the rug. As if he never said it.


17 posted on 02/16/2020 8:10:01 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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Look, Texas Eagle. Here's the deal. Obama put kids in kennels but not like Donald Trump has put kids in kennels. I was Vice President, I didn't put anyone in kennels! Get your facts straight, jack.

18 posted on 02/16/2020 8:16:45 PM PST by conservative98
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So much for that endorsement.


19 posted on 02/16/2020 8:20:04 PM PST by WASCWatch
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Joe, you’re a damn dog faced pony soldier liar, man. I challenge you to a hulahoops competition.


20 posted on 02/16/2020 8:20:14 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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