The move, expected on Tuesday, would allow the president to temporarily seal the border and suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers in the United States.

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President Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday allowing him to temporarily seal the U.S. border with Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers in the United States.

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The order would represent the single most restrictive border policy instituted by Mr. Biden, or any modern Democrat, and echoes a 2018 effort by President Donald J. Trump to block migration that was assailed by Democrats and blocked by federal courts.

  • Wertheimer [any]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The “readers’ picks” comments on the article are unhinged. frothingfash “I’m as left as they come, but . . .”

    tombo new york state2h ago

    It’s about time. My god, what took him so long?

    You don’t have to be a xenophobic racist to believe that the United States should control its borders.

    I’m a lifetime liberal Democrat and I do.

    . . .

    Steve New York2h ago

    The President completely missed the target on this one. He could have done this 2 years ago and eliminated a potent election issue . . .

    . . .

    Alex Florida2h ago

    I am the son of immigrants. These issues always hit close to home for me.

    It is about time these changes are putting in place. I want my country to be a place of asylum, and find myself inspired by our history of a golden shore, but we’re seeing surges of economic immigrants never seen before who are taking advantage of our asylum laws and systems to do so.