President Biden hopes to sell his economic and immigration policies to Latino voters in the crucial battleground state of Nevada on Wednesday as he tries to re-energize his campaign after three weeks of instability in the presidential race.
Mr. Biden is set to speak at the annual conference for UnidosUS, a Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, before making brief remarks and greeting supporters at a campaign event. He will also participate in an interview with Univision on Wednesday, the second day of a two-day swing through Nevada.
Mr. Biden will seek to change the narratives on what polls have shown to be three of his biggest weaknesses for much of his presidency: immigration, the economy and slipping support among Latinos.
Mr. Biden is expected to discuss his order to expand legal protections for undocumented spouses of American citizens, a measure that could shield 500,000 people from deportation and give them a pathway to citizenship and the ability to work legally in the United States. He announced that order last month, as well as an executive order suspending asylum for most migrants at the border, in an attempt to strike a balance on an issue that has been a major political vulnerability.
The president has faced pressure on immigration from members of his own party and from Hispanic voters in general, many of whom want to see both tougher enforcement and better pathways to citizenship.
Pressure for Mr. Biden to make up ground anywhere he can is acute after the past three weeks, in which he has faced drooping polls and calls to end his campaign after a disastrous debate performance. The attempted assassination on Saturday of his main rival, former President Donald J. Trump, has further complicated the race.
During a trip to Nevada in March, Mr. Biden sought to build support among Latinos by spotlighting Mr. Trump’s anti-immigration agenda, which includes mass deportations and scaling up detention camps. “This guy despises Latinos,” Mr. Biden said then in an interview with Univision Radio.
But surveys show that Latino voters, like other Americans, have warmed to more aggressive measures on illegal immigration. And more Latinos are saying they trust Mr. Trump over Mr. Biden to address migration at the border.
Mr. Biden has tried to use this Nevada trip to build enthusiasm among the Democrats’ diverse coalition of Black and Latino voters, while Republicans focus on making gains with the crucial voting blocs during their national convention in Milwaukee. On Tuesday, he spoke at an N.A.A.C.P. convention and had an interview with Black Entertainment Television, among other activities.
The White House announced actions on Wednesday that Mr. Biden hopes will energize Latino voters. Officials said they would expand an Education Department program intended to help underprivileged children reach college. The administration said the program would focus on assisting the undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as Dreamers, who were protected from deportation by the Obama-era program Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
Mr. Biden also plans to expand federal volunteer attorney programs for immigration courts, and he has announced a new board of advisers focused on improving colleges and universities that predominantly serve Hispanics.
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