06/04/2024

President Biden Announces Sweeping Asylum Order for the Southern Border

Here is what it will do

Today, President Joe Biden took long-expected executive action that will push away migrants seeking asylum who cross the southern border illegally at times when there is a high volume of daily encounters.

The order will be in effect when the seven-day average of daily border crossings exceeds 2,500 between ports of entry, senior administration officials said, meaning it will go into effect immediately. Biden issued a proclamation announcing the change under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

Senior administration officials framed the order as a response to congressional inaction on immigration after a bipartisan framework in the Senate was blocked by Republicans for a second time.

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