Nia-Malika Henderson, Columnist

Biden Sounds Like Trump on the Border. It’s Good Politics.

According to a new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll, swing-state voters say the president bears responsibility for the crisis.

January 31, 2024 at 10:30 AM UTC

By Nia-Malika Henderson

Nia-Malika Henderson is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former senior political reporter for CNN and the Washington Post, she has covered politics and campaigns for almost two decades.

Immigrants wait to be processed at a US Border Patrol transit center after crossing the border from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas. — Immigrants wait to be processed at a US Border Patrol transit center after crossing the border from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images North America

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is right. The politics of immigration have shifted. And they’ve shifted dramatically to the right, threatening to fracture the multiracial coalition that President Joe Biden needs to win reelection, and bolstering Donald Trump’s bid to recapture the White House.

This is exactly why Biden sounds like Trump on the border.