Biden swipes at Trump’s immigration policy in surprise St. Patrick’s Day remarks

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by Sarah Davis
March 17, 2026
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Former President Biden criticized Trump's immigration policies at St. Patrick's Day event.

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Former President Biden made a surprise appearance at an Irish American Partnership breakfast in Boston on St. Patrick's Day, where he criticized the Trump administration's immigration policies while reflecting on his own Irish ancestry and his family's migration to the United States. Biden used the occasion to draw a contrast between his ancestors' experience escaping hardship in Ireland and the current administration's approach to immigration. The remarks represent one of Biden's public critiques of Trump administration policies since leaving office. By invoking his family's immigrant heritage during a culturally significant event, Biden framed immigration as both a personal and national issue central to American identity.

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