Umemura noted that Biden should "solve the problem in New York before he says things like this," and that the next presidential election could see a complete reversal of America's immigration policy, so there is "no need for Japan to follow suit."
The leader of the right-leaning Sansai Party, Sohei Kamiya, was less polite. "It's not that we're xenophobic, we are being cautious after seeing your failures," Kamiya said of Biden and his policies.