‘Migrant children can stay in US’
Biden’s visit to Guatemala to address the number of illegal immigrants entering the US from that country turned into a mixed message. After meeting with Central American leaders Biden says:
We do intend, and everyone agreed, it is necessary to put them back in the hands of a parent in the country from which they came.
Then, later on in his statement he indicated that some children will be able to stay in the US:
We’re sending immigration judges, attorneys to represent these young people and families with young people, and asylum officers. They have a right under our law to make the case — make the case that we’re here because we’re avoiding persecution. We’re avoiding something will physically affect our safety.
Naval Observatory water fight
0 CommentsThe Vice President engages in a squirt gun fight with relatives and reporters, during the annual media picnic held at his official residence. Guests at the event are also treated to a live country band performance, an inflatable obstacle course, and a mini bungee bounce.
Presidential debate livestream
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Joe Biden interview
Seacrest interviews Biden during On Air With Ryan Seacrest about his advise to college students.
What we’ve done is increased the commitment to the community colleges by $25 billion federally. That’s number one. Secondly, you will find what’s happening in your county I expect, community colleges are now partnering with businesses who are looking for employees. For example, I just was with Siemens. Siemens is a gigantic corporation. They had a choice to spend half a billion dollars to build a plant in China or in North Carolina. They chose North Carolina. They did it for a whole range of reasons, but one of them is to be able to partner with the community colleges where they went in and helped them set up tech programs, where they guarantee internships and then jobs for anybody who passes through the program. Number three, what we’ve done is seen to it that you are now able to afford to go to there [community college], but you either qualify for a Pell Grant, you qualify for a direct loan, [or] you qualify for a tax write off if you’re doing it yourself at 28. You can write off the cost of the bulk of that education. College tuition has gone up in the last ten years over 280+% more than healthcare and so, there are a lot of things that these universities and community colleges can do to bring cost down by modernizing.
