Black voters in Chicago, dubbed “lifelong Democrats,” have threatened to vote against President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, citing the continuing immigration crisis.
Voters are threatening to leave the Democratic Party and vote for Biden because of the surge in illegal immigrants entering their communities. Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has bused more than 30,800 immigrants to Chicago since August 2022 as part of a bus program to transport immigrants to blue cities. according to To Abbott's office.
“Do immigrants earn more than black people? Absolutely,” Chicago resident Fred Caldwell told Fox News.
“Why keep bringing people in when they don't have the infrastructure, they don't have the finances? They could stop this tonight if they wanted to,” resident Donald Glover said.
Caldwell said he is “unsure” about which party and candidate he will support in November. Another resident, Kata Truss, told the outlet that Biden and the Democratic Party “lost some very committed voters” over their handling of the immigration crisis.
“What I want to say to President Biden and the Democratic Party as a whole is this is missing the point and we've lost some very committed voters,” Truss said. (Related: 'Do we have a border?': Martha McCallum says Kirby Point Blank Biden's immigration policy is a 'failure')
According to a Fox News poll, black voters are split on Biden's handling of border security, with 50% saying they approve and 48% disapproving. The poll was conducted from December 10th to December 13th among 1,007 registered voters.
Fox News national correspondent Garrett Tenney said this group of dissatisfied voters could refrain from voting in November, which could be a “huge blow” to Biden's re-election efforts. he warned.
The number of immigrant arrests has skyrocketed throughout Biden's three years as president.anxiety about immigration rose sharply The number of immigrants increased from 400,651 in the final year of former President Donald Trump's administration to more than 1.7 million in the first year of Biden's administration. according to Submit to Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
According to a CBP report, the number of people in fear in 2022 and 2023 exceeded 2 million. Border Patrol apprehended approximately 300,000 immigrants in December 2023, a record number.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed in a press conference on August 30 that Biden is “stopping the flow” of migrants at the border.
