'It's more than a huge disappointment,' Castro said of Biden's reported immigration plan. 'It's an abandonment of what he promised during the campaign.'
's immigration policy after White House deliberations to resurrect Trump era family detention practices were reported Monday., who clashed with Biden during primary debates in 2020 before backing him later, toldthat while he understands it's not an easy issue to address, there are better ways to deal with an influx of asylum seekers than family detention.
Julian Castro speaks during The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival on the steps of the Texas State Capitol on July 31, 2021 in Austin, Texas.Newsweek"No decisions have been made as we prepare for the Title 42 public health order to lift," a DHS spokesperson told."The administration will continue to prioritize safe, orderly, and humane processing of migrants.
But he also went further in his criticism of Biden, charging that he was turning his back on promises made when he faced Trump. During the campaign, Biden featured"The Biden Plan for Securing Our Values as a Nation of Immigrants," calling Trump policies that led to the deaths of a migrant father and his daughter a"moral failing and a national shame." He similarly described children who"are locked away in overcrowded detention centers and the government seeks to keep them there indefinitely."
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