biden jumps into damage control after upsetting Latino leaders

[Hassin Bin Sober]

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/14/joe-biden-latinos-immigration-2020-1461341

biden jumps into damage control after upsetting Latino leaders

Joe biden’s presidential campaign is quietly playing cleanup with dozens of immigration activists and Latino leaders — weeks after upsetting them by using what they considered loaded language to describe his views on immigration policy.

biden said at the July 31 Democratic debate that undocumented immigrants need to “get in line” and that the country has been right to “cherry-pick” high-skilled immigrants, notably those with advanced degrees.

That language, more commonly used by conservatives, triggered widespread criticism from immigrant rights activists, some of whom said the former vice president was echoing “Republican talking points” on how migrants are admitted to the United States.

The campaign quickly embarked on damage control. Aides assuaged aggrieved activists, and biden had a closed-door meeting with Latino leaders in San Diego before his speech at the UnidosUS conference last week.

[George II]

1. Dupe of a dupe. Those two used the actual headline of the article, however:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287239034 (today at 9:14 AM)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287239166 (today at 11:10 AM)

[bluewater]

2. So? This isn't Late Breaking News.

People who join later in the day often appreciate responding to a new OP on a subject, even if it has been posted previously, to not have their comments lost down thread by the plethora of morning posts.

But, to each his own.

One question, are dupe warnings posted when the same poll is posted over and over? I might have missed that.

[Autumn]

8. It's easy when typing out the headline to accidentally leave out a word.

We are none of us perfect.

[SouthernProgressive]

4. Must be the good corporate media. NT

[BannonsLiver]

13. Poltico's only purpose this primary season is to shit stir Dems.

It's no surprise given that its founder was a longtime GOP activist.

[SouthernProgressive]

14. +1 NT

[pangaia]

5. Dupes happen.. I think it is okay when unintentional...

[Vegas Roller]

16. When one has nothing new

one flaunts the same things warmed up over and over.

[brush]

3. WTF? He said this on July 31? Of this year? I can't even imagine a Dem candidate saying this.

I'm really starting to wonder. Every few days there have to be "clean ups" of gaffes and misstatements.

I will never get how any whites, whose ancestors all came here as immigrants when the gates were open with no requirements for advanced skills, can say "get in line". or want no immigration, or immigration only for those with highly developed skills.

[Skya Rhen]

7. Really? Obama said, basically, the same thng...

Snip...

"This bill would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are in this country illegally, a pathway that includes passing a background check, learning English, paying taxes and a penalty, and then going to the back of the line behind everyone who’s playing by the rules and trying to come here legally," Obama said about immigration reform.

Snip...

This bill would modernize the legal immigration system so that, alongside training American workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we’re also attracting highly-skilled entrepreneurs and engineers who will grow our economy. And so that our people don’t have to wait years before their loved ones are able to join them in this country we love.



https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/06/08/obama_jumps_into_immigration_reform_debate_in_weekly_address.html

[brush]

9. That's how you're reading it? And whataboutism doesn't work when we're talking about who gets...

the nomination. Obama isn't running and whatever he did he did as president. He wasn't trying to get the nomination against several other candidates with more progressive positions on immigration.

"Get in line" couldn't be more grotesque when you think about kids in cages on the border, families being separated by ICE with parents taken away and children left orphaned and Latinx being massacred in El Paso.

Please!

[Skya Rhen]

11. And Biden is not going to be forced to part from his moderate views - so there's that - plus he is

leading despite this....

[brush]

12. If he keeps this up with the "correction-a-day" clean ups he won't be leading.

[Skya Rhen]

23. We'll see - lol...

[Butterflylady]

27. Yeah,

That! Lol

[onetexan]

28. If you're so worried about the correction-a-day why dont you

Consider the fact we have a fake potus who lies at least 10x a day, then doubles down when confronted?

[brush]

41. No denying what you say about the orange debacle but he's not seeking our nomination.

We want someone stable, assuring and on top of things. Keeping our fingers crossed and hoping for no more misstatements is not reassuring.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

31. Just a matter of time now... tick tock!!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

[Autumn]

15. When Obama said that, activist leaders back then were not that happy about it.

Biden has been viewed with suspicion at times by immigration activists. They point to what they call his lack of outreach to Latino communities in the past and his time as vice president under Barack Obama, who was tagged by liberal-leaning activists as the “deporter in chief” because of his administration’s border enforcement policies.

Activists interrupted Biden’s remarks during last month’s debate in Detroit. And in early July, six demonstrators were arrested during a sit-in at Biden’s Philadelphia campaign headquarters.

The tension between Biden’s campaign and the activist community has roots in his overall campaign strategy. He's running as a centrist in a primary in which most of the other top-tier candidates are tilting left. And many liberal activists aren't enthused about an old, white moderate leading the ticket.

In the article from the OP.

[SharonAnn]

10. I also need gardeners, house cleaners, painters, tilers, roof repairers, plumbers, etc.

I am not able to do these things myself. Seems like nearly all the laborers in these fields are immigrants. That's fine with me. I get the work done, they earn a living, they strengthen my country.

[humbled_opinion]

19. I hope this was Sarcasm

You do realize that undocumented people that work in the USA are often paid slave labor wages, they most likely work for a legal company that takes advantage of them, they are forced to do unsafe work, and have no way to voice grievance because of their status. I suggest you rethink your position on these tasks you say you are unable to do yourself.

[oasis]

17. "July 31 debate revisited." My reply to the original dupe.

or is this the dupe?

Curses, duped again

[melman]

21. When's the cut-off date

for when things are relevant? Seems to change.

In another thread someone said it was 2007. Now it's all the way up to July 31st?

[Voltaire2]

24. Tweets from 2016 are relevant.

I think that sets the bar.

[NYMinute]

37. Looks like they hurt badly nt

[NYMinute]

34. Dupey dupe dupe nt

[oasis]

36. Dupe, dupe, dupe...."Groundhog Day" on a loop.

[NYMinute]

18. Like in a cheap diner

some people have a microwave ready to warm up yesterday's leftovers and serve it as a whole new entrée.

[oasis]

30. Yup, re-beaten dead horsemeat makes the best leftovers.

[Thekaspervote]

32. Ha!! Yup beat that dead horse some more...cause if this is all ya got it doesn't seem to be working

[tonedevil]

20. I recall when Dolores Huerta...

dared say a word in criticism of VP Biden about this his supporters were savaging her relentlessly.

[oasis]

29. "Savaging"? Holy hyperbole Batman!

[tonedevil]

39. Savaging...

may be too dramatic of a word, but in this case https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287225245 the criticism rises to well above respectful.

[melman]

22. Not good

Not good at all.

[Voltaire2]

25. WHy iS tHiS IN TEH ALLCASP!

Pleeze stops.

Thanks.

Posting this for a frend.

[emmaverybo]

26. He made the comment about "a line" in reference to open borders, that it wouldn't be fair to

those undergoing a process by which to immigrate, live, work in the US, for millions of others to bypass any system at all. He has said he would do as Obama would have had he had Congressional support, put 11 million people now working in the US on a path to citizenship. He also wants to welcome those seeking asylum and expedite a legal process for that.

As to cherry-picking? He did not say a PHD would be given priority over a legal asylum seeker or
Dreamer or the millions of law-abiding undocumented workers who have been in the US for five to ten years. He said we ought to give citizenship to more PHDs. This is a whole other category, the folks who come to work and continue post doc studies here, for instance, in science and medicine.
They can apply for visas, get visas extended, but even if offered a long-term job are not necessarily on that basis able to get a green card.

I see nothing anti-immigrant, anti-Latino in what Biden said.

[Mme. Defarge]

33. Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little,

cheap, cheap, cheap, talk a lot, pick a little more...

[NYMinute]

35. Signs of a losing campaign

The handwriting is on the wall that BS will never ever get the nomination. Yet, some fight feverishly with vitriol.

[DrToast]

38. Is what he said really controversial?

We’ve always prioritized in-demand workers when it comes to immigration. And it’s not an America thing. Virtually every country on the planet prioritizes highly skilled workers.

[Princetonian]

40. Especially since Warren and Harris said similar things when they ran for Senator & AG respectively.