Biden Says He Shouldn't Have Called Migrant 'An Illegal' In SOTU Speech
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"I shouldn't have used 'illegal,' it’s undocumented," Biden told MSNBC's Jonathan Capehart.
President Joe Biden said he regrets calling a migrant “an illegal” in his State of the Union speech.
“I shouldn’t have used ‘illegal,’ it’s ‘undocumented,’” Biden told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart in an interview airing Saturday night.
During his Thursday speech, Biden mentioned Laken Riley, a nursing student allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant. Riley’s death has become a major talking point for Republicans, who have who have criticized Biden’s handling of migrants coming to the border and have sought to tie it to crime.
“An innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal,” Biden said during the speech. “That’s right. But how many thousands of people, being killed by legals?”
Democrats rebuked the president for using the word “illegal” to describe a migrant.