From his first day in office, President Biden has called on Congress to act to address our broken immigration system. Over the past three years, while waiting for Congress to act, the Administration has taken important steps to secure our border. The President has secured more resources for border security than any President before him,…
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FACT SHEET: The President’s Budget Secures Our Border, Combats Fentanyl Trafficking, and Calls on Congress to Enact Critical Immigration Reform
From his first day in office, President Biden has called on Congress to act to address our broken immigration system. Over the past three years, while waiting for Congress to act, the Administration has taken important steps to secure our border. The President has secured more resources for border security than any President before him,…
Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on House Democrats Reintroducing President Biden’s Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
On his first day in office President Biden sent Congress a proposal to fix our broken immigration system that this administration inherited. We applaud Congresswoman Linda Sánchez and House Democrats for reintroducing this legislation to responsibly manage and secure our border, keep families and communities safe, and better manage migration across the Western Hemisphere. Instead…
Statement from President Joe Biden on Final Rule to Expand Health Coverage for DACA Recipients
Today, my Administration is expanding affordable, quality health care coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Dreamers are our loved ones, our nurses, teachers, and small business owners. And they deserve the promise of health care just like all of us. Nearly twelve years ago, President Obama and I announced the DACA program to…
Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on the Bipartisan Senate National Security Agreement
Our immigration system has been broken for decades. That is why President Biden and I have spent the last three years putting forward solutions to fix it and address the root causes of migration. On the first day of our Administration, we sent a comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress that included an increase in…
Readout of White House Meeting with Governor Hochul
Today, Senior Administration Officials met with New York Governor Kathy Hochul to discuss the ongoing efforts by the Biden-Harris Administration to build a humane, safe, and orderly immigration system and efforts the Administration has taken to support communities across the country who are housing migrants and asylum seekers. The Administration officials and Governor agreed on a number of actions.…
Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton En Route Boston, MA
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Boston, Massachusetts 10:54 A.M. EST MS. DALTON: Today, the United States organized a second flight to get much-needed assistance into Gaza with 36,000 pounds of food assistance and medical supplies airlifted by DOD at USAID’s request. A U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft delivered the items to Egypt where they will…
Statement by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Supreme Court Title 42 Order
The Supreme Court’s order today keeps the current Title 42 policy in place while the Court reviews the matter in 2023. We will, of course, comply with the order and prepare for the Court’s review. At the same time, we are advancing our preparations to manage the border in a secure, orderly, and humane way when…
Remarks by President Biden at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies 30th Annual Gala
8:03 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello. (Applause.) Whoa! What a crowd. Please have a seat if you have one. (Laughs.) Well, thank you, Judy Chu, for that introduction and for your leadership of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. By the way, I was raised early on by a guy who wa- —…
Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Reception | Palo Alto, CA
Private Residence Palo Alto, California 2:28 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, Melissa [Marissa] and Zach, thank you very much. I really mean it. And you have such a beautiful family. You really do. Girls, when you get to be teenagers, it gets hard to raise daddies. (Laughter.) We’re easy until about age 13,…
