‘Ironically Enough’: CNN Pundit Roasts Trump For Adopting Hillary Clinton Policy on Immigration

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CNN’s Sara Sidner spoke to both former a GOP and a Democratic political operative on Friday about the various proposals from President Joe Biden and Donald Trump on immigration and how those policies could impact the 2024 election.

“Another big issue for Americans, and that’s immigration. We see we’ve seen that over and over in the polls as well. Biden has made his latest move to give the undocumented spouses married to U.S. citizens the ability to become legal citizens. Now, Donald Trump has said this about his plans. Listen in,” began Sidner.

In a clip from Thursday’s All-In podcast, Trump says, “What I want to do and what I will do is you graduate from a college. I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country. And that includes junior colleges too.”

“All right. So, Matt, you know, this is a person who has consistently called undocumented immigrants, invaders, criminals. Why do you think he’s making this shift now?” Sidner asked former Clinton administration official Matt Bennett.

“Well, I think he’s under pressure from his friends in the tech industry who really desperately need people with, you know, advanced degrees. And, the unemployment rate is so low, we’re basically at full employment. That’s very hard to fill a lot of jobs. So I think he’s hearing that from some of his big donors. But I don’t think anyone should be fooled by this,” Bennett replied, adding:

This is a guy who has promised to set up deportation camps. He asked about whether we could shoot people coming across the border, when he was a president of the United States. This is somebody who has separated families at the border and talked about people coming from countries that are nonwhite in just the most disgusting, vulgar terms. So this is maybe one little twist. It’s a thing he adopted from Hillary Clinton, ironically enough. But it is not enough to change what his fundamental policies have been on immigration all along.

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