Biden administration considering restarting family detention for migrants
NBCAPR 2023
The Spin
Republican narrative
So, it turns out, policing the border and controlling illegal immigration isn’t easy. After criticizing the Trump administration and calling its policies inhumane, Biden is considering re-implementing family detention just a month after he tightened rules for claiming asylum. At least Biden’s clear hypocrisy might lead to an actual effective policy moving forward.
Democratic narrative
The administration is just considering detaining migrant families among several options for dealing with a potential surge of border crossings. Nothing has been implemented. If the administration brings back this policy, it would only be for short-term detentions, not the indefinite ones seen under Trump.
Establishment-critical narrative
Detaining migrant families was unacceptable under previous administrations, and Biden bringing it back after campaigning against it and ending it would be shameful and a global embarrassment. It’s a cruel and inhumane policy that has no place in the US, which likes to boast it’s the freest country in the world.