'Biden doesn't care': Trump campaign excoriates WH over amnesty plan

Former President Donald Trump's campaign on Tuesday fumed over President Joe Biden's program to potentially shield hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from deportation.

The "parole in place" program will reportedly establish a pathway to permanent residency for 500,000 illegal immigrant spouses of American citizens, as well as 50,000 children, Forbes reported.

The Trump campaign, in turn, highlighted recent high-profile crimes involved suspected illegal immigrants and contended that Biden had made the move solely to preserve Democratic political advantages.

"This week, we learned an illegal alien from El Salvador who Crooked Joe Biden allowed into our country murdered a mother of five while she was on a run in Maryland, and we learned an illegal alien from Ecuador tied up and raped a 13-year-old girl at knifepoint in broad daylight," Trump Campaign National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

"But Biden doesn’t care about the American lives that will forever be destroyed by the illegal criminals he is importing; and Biden doesn’t care that law-abiding taxpayers, crushed by inflation, are forced to pay for free food, housing, and healthcare for illegals," she went on. "Biden only cares about one thing — power — and that’s why he is giving mass amnesty and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of illegals who he knows will ultimately vote for him and the Open Border Democrat Party."

"Biden’s mass amnesty plan will undoubtedly lead to a greater surge in migrant crime, cost taxpayers millions of dollars they cannot afford, overwhelm public services, and steal Social Security and Medicare benefits from American seniors to fund benefits for illegals — draining the programs Americans paid into their entire working lives. Biden has created another invitation for illegal immigration through his mass amnesty order," she concluded.

Earlier this month, Biden announced a separate executive order limiting the eligibility of illegal entrants to receive asylum and empowering law enforcement to immediately deport illegals once crossings cleared a certain threshold.

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