John Kerry says “Trump was right”, Democrats allowed migrants “siege” border

Former Secretary of State John Kerry told BBC that his democrats had allowed US-Mexico border to become “under siege” during Joe Biden’s presidency.

Sometimes sharp words, Carey – who was a presidential candidate in 2004, and an American senator with Massachusetts – said he said Biden had “missed” the issue of immigration for years.

He said it has Republicans like Donald Trump to gain political advantage.

The comments made during an interview with the BBC special correspondent James Zhiya emphasize the permanent discussion in their party about whether they were costing them in the last election.

Democrats also fought how they should handle the latest nationwide attempts Trump to detain and deport unregistered migrants

“The first thing any president is to say – or anyone in public life – without border protection, you have no nation,” Carey said. “I want President Biden to hear more often, I’m going to obey the law.”

Such words were acquainted with Trump’s abstinence during his time in national politics and were included in the Republican Party’s platform in 2024.

But the Democrats – many of whom advocate more peaceful immigration laws and the path to citizenship for undocumented migrants – tried to reflect Trump’s position as harsh and discriminatory.

According to Carey, this was a mistake.

“Trump was right,” Carey said. “The problem is that we were all right.”

In the first six -month -old Trump’s second term, illegal transitions at the US -Mexico border fell to almost record lows – although the decline began last year in Bider, after the Democrat strengthened some asylum rules.

The Trump administration has now moved its attention to the identification, detention and deportation of documentary migrants in the United States, expanding its efforts to include those who lived in the US for years.

The move has caused mass demonstrations in some US cities, including in Los -Angeles, where federal officials carry out some of the most aggressive actions.

Last weekend, armed federal agents and 90 California troops of the National Guard conducted an operation in the city park Macau, a place for the neighboring immigrant community. Officials swept through the park on foot, equestrian and armored vehicles.

“For me, this is another example of the Chaos Administration, unfolding what is similar to a military operation in the American city,” said Democrat Los -Andgeles Karen Bass, at an improvised press conference near the park.

“You can scroll it like you like, but in my opinion, this is a political order of provocation and terror.”

On Tuesday, Los -Angeles and seven other California cities have come into a lawsuit against Trump administration, saying that federal immigration protection are illegal. California provided a short one, which maintained the trial.

Rob Bonta, California Prosecutor General, made a statement saying that it was a “tough model of attacks on our immigration communities by an administration that flourishes on fear and division.”

The denunciations and legal fighting repeated the tactics on which the Democrats relied during the first Trump presidential term when the Republican Migrant Division Policy crossing the US Mexican border caused widespread national outrage.

However, such problems faded, and by 2024 the cruel immigration bodies again became the main republican conversation.

The Trump administration seems to be still welcomed by the Immigration discussion – a question if, despite the refusal declining in the latest public opinion polls, they believe that they still have prevailed.

Asked on Wednesday about the Democrats’ repulsion in Congress on legislation, which prohibits employees on immigration issues, hiding their identity, Trump said the opposition party had lost its way.

“This is a problem with the Democrats,” he said. “They have a lot of bad things that happen in their heads. They have lost their confidence and become somewhat destroyed.”

Of course, the Democrats are accustomed to withdrawing criticism from Trump. But some – including senior parties, such as Carey, are increasingly voting, claiming that they give Trump the opening to reach their political strikes.

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