Matthew Yglesias

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Fri Apr 16 19:40:41 +0000 2021

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Well Biden won't say this publicly but he feels that the flurry of immigration announcements made at the beginning of his administration went awry. The people who advised that course of action burned their credibility, and the switch in refugee policy burned with it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 16, 2021 Deleted Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

My understanding (not a defense but an explanation) of the refugee cap situation is that Dara's point here is key. Raising the cap *this year* was not what the Biden campaign committed to, it surprisingly emerged in the early days of his administration. Why does that matter? — PolitiTweet.org

FWIW: As a candidate, Biden promised to increase _next_ year's cap. Only after he got into office did he and his ad… https://t.co/lLzd8hzivJ

Posted April 16, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It's not so much that there's a logical relationship between the two issues as that it all came out of the same transition portfolio, Biden feels that portfolio was mishandled, so now it's back to his earlier policy commitment. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 16, 2021 Hibernated