#shorts On 1/6/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I guess, if I could just — sorry, but —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Sure.
reporter: Since you
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah. I know, since I called you out, Michael. (Laughter.)
reporter: I mean, the advocacy folks in the community of people who are lawyers and advocates and humanitarian experts, what they would say is the President is using the tools, and he’s using them in a harsh and unbalanced way. I mean, I think John referenced the — you know, trying to balance these — these issues. And yes, that — that’s true … this time, it’ll be against you guys. And I guess I just — I guess I just — that puts this President, who spent so much time on the campaign trail talking about how — you know, how he wanted to be different than Donald Trump when it came to immigration issues — I mean, it just puts you guys in a really awkward —
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So —
reporter: — awkward place. Doesn’t it?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I — I have to say, Michael, I take — look, I understand what you’re saying. But I do take — you know, I do take issue with comparing us to Donald Trump, who —
reporter: It’s not me. I’m just — I’m —
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MS. JEAN-PIERRE: No, no, no — no, I know you are the messenger, and you are giving me the information. I am responding to what you just said … And just want to list out a couple of things what this administration has done. It’s increased work visas, including H-2A and H-2B visas, for Central America and Haiti. It restarted the Central American Minors Program. It expanded parolee programs for Venezuelan, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Haiti, as we’ve been talking about these past few minutes. It expanded refugee admissions in the Western Hemisphere. Significantly expanded TPS for Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and many more. And created renewed unification parolee programs for families from Haiti and Cuba. These are the things that the President is trying to do to make sure we are doing this in a humane way.
other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/k7t7FZqpvuk
Take issue with comparing us to Donald Trump: let more in, expanded refugee, expanded TPS, created