WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 04: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on an executive order limiting asylum in the East Room of the White House on June 04, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden signed an executive order that would limit migrants seeking asylum who cross the southern border illegally at times when there is a high volume of daily encounters. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Published June 6, 2024
The president is using his pen to address the immigration crisis. His executive order would trigger border closures if the number migrants exceeds a certain threshold over a given week. In today’s political environment, presidents routinely act unilaterally to get what they want. But the most striking thing about this action is what it will not do.
For months the president’s political advisors and donors have asked him to go it alone on immigration. They see a liability for President Biden, who the public rates lower than former President Trump for his handling of the issue. The question is: How can the president shore up this gap in perceptions?
Executive action is the answer. As David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Obama, recently put it in conversation with Bill Kristol, Biden “has to look like he’s seizing control of the situation” — even if the order is legally dubious. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who negotiated the bipartisan bill that included the power Biden will attempt to reproduce via executive order, was more blunt: if Biden signed such an order, courts would invalidate it “within a matter of weeks.”
Even if the order temporarily stands, the flow of migrants in the oppressively hot summer months may never hit the closure threshold. And even if the border does close for a short time, this won’t address unlawful crossings, or the migrants already in the U.S. The Biden administration knows this, which is why they teed up another Senate vote on the bipartisan immigration bill. Executive action will show the president acting, after Donald Trump obstructed real, bipartisan progress. In short, the purpose of the president going alone on immigration is political, whether it fixes the problem is almost beside the point.
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SOURCE: www.thehill.com
RELATED: Joe Biden’s Last-Minute Executive Order to Secure the Border Fails On
Published June 6, 2024
President Joe Biden appears to have gotten in over his head after making a last-minute effort to secure the southern border ahead of the November election.
Wednesday marked the first full day of Biden’s executive order took place, which aims to restrict access for asylum seekers. However, the plan seemed to backfire as hundreds of illegal immigrants were seen entering the United States through gaps in the border wall along the San Diego corridor.
That same day, Customs Border and Protection officials told Fox News that nearly 4,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended. This number does not include gotaways.
“CPB sources who spoke with Fox reported a daily addition of approximately 4,000 illegal migrants in a single day as well as 1,500 crossings at designated ports of entry. President Biden’s executive order, signed on Tuesday, would shut down the border if daily crossings exceeded 2,500 over a weeklong average, opening up only after a consistent reduction to 1,500 or fewer. Immigration remains a top issue for most voters in the 2024 cycle, the outlet adds, based on recent polls. Control of the border garnered 16% among respondents asked about their top issue. Via Trending Politics. “
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SOURCE: www.townhall.com
RELATED: Border Patrol agents rip Biden for ‘way too little too late’ executive order on border crossings: ‘Waste of time’
Published June 4, 2024
Border Patrol agents believe President Joe Biden’s last-minute executive order to limit border crossings is “way too little too late” after he’s already allowed millions to enter the US illegally without consequence.
The Biden administration announced an executive order Tuesday claiming it will close the border after illegal migrant encounters hit 2,500 per day between points of entry for seven consecutive days.
