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Pro-Trump Super PAC Edits Biden’s Past Comment About Deportations

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de El Tiempo Latino.

While talking about illegal immigration at a town hall in 2020, Joe Biden, then a Democratic presidential candidate, said that if he were elected, “nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days.”

But a TV ad from a super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump features a clip of Biden only saying “nobody is going to be deported,” falsely suggesting that Biden promised his administration would never deport anyone who was in the U.S. illegally.

The 30-second ad began airing in Pennsylvania on May 1, according to AdImpact, a political ad tracking service.

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