How immigration shaped the US political agenda in 2024
Donald Trump won the election with the promise of deporting 11 million migrants, Joe Biden restricted the right to asylum at the border and states like Texas rebelled against Washington’s response to the migration crisis
Few issues dominated the U.S. political agenda in 2024 as immigration did. In large part, because it was an election year in which the candidate who won the presidency, Donald Trump, made the issue the central axis of his campaign. It is undeniable that the Republican monopolized the political and public debate around the issue, with his insults against the migrant community and his promises to close the border and deport millions of people. But 2024 was also a decisive year for the Democratic Party on immigration. President Joe Biden opted to adopt a tougher stance: he restricted the right to asylum at the border and deported the highest number of migrants in a decade.
