The Democratic "elites" are "out of touch" on the issue of border control and Joe Biden needs to make “a major course correction", a former top lawyer for House Judiciary Committee Democrats has said.
Julian Epstein blasted his own Party as he warned that they are ignoring "a strong majority" of Americans.
It comes as illegal immigration has become a huge issue in the 2024 presidential campaign.
The latest figures show that in January alone, almost 130,000 migrants made the crossing over the southwest border.
Joe Biden needs to make “a major course correction", a former top lawyer for House Judiciary Committee Democrats has said
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The former chief counsel for the House Judiciary Committee warned that "70 to 80 per cent" of US citizens disapprove of Biden’s immigration policies.
"I think that Democratic elites are out of touch with the public on the question of immigration," he told Fox Business.
"Americans are for legal immigration, Americans are very much against illegal immigration.
"If you look at the polling on this, New York Times and Pew and you’re just going down the line with multiple polls, 70 to 80 per cent of the American public disapprove of Biden’s immigration policies, what has effectively been open borders."
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Biden faced further backlash after admitting he regrets using the word "illegal" to describe nursing student Laken Riley’s alleged murderer and kidnapper, Jose Antonio Ibarra.
The back-track by the President follows significant criticism from Democrats after his address, which saw the House floor descend into chaos over the topic of Riley’s death.
Some Democrats have demanded that Biden acts against Texas over Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s efforts to stop illegal border crossing.
Epstein added: "Just look at the Democratic strongholds in cities across the country, they’re going through meltdowns experiencing just a small thimbleful of what the border states have had to experience.
Biden faced further backlash after admitting he regrets using the word "illegal" to describe nursing student Laken Riley’s alleged murderer and kidnapper, Jose Antonio Ibarra
Biden"I think Biden’s strategy on has been to blame the Republicans, blame Trump and then come out, as he probably will this week or next week, with half-steps, with executive orders on immigration, and that dog just won’t hunt."
In February, both the President and former President visited border towns in Texas to deliver addresses on immigration – a topic on which Trump is more trusted, according to polling by Reuters.
"President Biden has the authority today to close the borders,” Epstein said.
"It’s what the very strong majorities of the American people want and he can do it with a stroke of a pen. He should do it."