What will Biden say on immigration? Border agent and 'Dreamers' expected at State of the Union
After a failed bipartisan national security bill and amid reports that the White House is considering executive action that could restrict asylum, the nation's immigration crisis will be a topic of interest for many attending President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Thursday.
Biden is expected to tout his first-term successes, including increased infrastructure and manufacturing spending, and talk about how he would improve the economy further during a second term.
But how much of his address will he devote to discussing immigration? Listeners may be disappointed.
"Do you want to remind people that 'I've been in office for three years and we've had more people come across the border than [ever]'? It's somewhat of a failure," said a political science professor at Dominican University of California who researches State of the Union speeches.
