Biden, Trump spar on immigration

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00:00No issue in this year's race for the White House puts both candidates in sharp contrast against the other

00:06Trump vows deportation and rescinding all of Biden's immigration policies

00:11Biden promises some protections for illegal immigrants living for some time in the u.s. SVO a's immigration correspondent Aline Barros reports

00:21U.s. President Joe Biden says some undocumented immigrants married to u.s

00:27Citizens will be allowed to apply for permanent residency without first leaving the country through a new parole program

00:34These couples have been raising families

00:37Sending their kids to church and school paying taxes

00:40Contributing to our country for every for 10 years or more

00:44Biden's move follows his suspension of asylum claims at the southern border when the number of migrants crossing without

00:52authorization which is a daily average of

00:542,500

00:56I'm not interested in playing politics at the border or immigration

00:59I'm interested in fixing it the asylum suspension does not include victims of human trafficking

01:05migrants facing medical emergencies or

01:08unaccompanied children

01:09I think

01:12Biden when he started had very good intentions

01:15More generally or his policies seem to be more

01:19pro-immigrant

01:21We are coming to an election right time

01:24So now it's like what needs to be given or give out or you know

01:29Give away in order to appease the different pressures that are having

01:34Trump says Biden's plan for spouses of u.s. Citizens is quote a direct attack on American democracy

01:42When I'm reelected Joe Biden's illegal amnesty plan will be ripped up and thrown out on the very first day

01:49We're back

01:51Trump promises large-scale deportations. We have no choice within

01:57Moments of my inauguration. We will begin the largest domestic deportation operation

02:06We have no choice because this is not sustainable

02:09He talks about focusing on deporting millions and bringing the National Guard to do so

02:18Using large-scale roundups and create camps while people wait to be deported

02:24I need to be clear as like I don't think the United States has the capacity to do the things that his campaign about

02:32immigration sharply divides

02:34American voters with more than 60% of Trump supporters backing a national effort to deport

02:42undocumented immigrants according to peer research data

02:45That polling shows Democratic and Democratic leaning voters are also shifting on the issue with 16% saying

02:52Undocumented immigrants should not be allowed to stay that is up for 9% of those voters when Biden and Trump last faced off in

03:002020

03:01Aline Barrows VOA News, Washington