Biden administration preparing to announce border executive action as early as Tuesday
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The Biden administration is preparing to roll out a sweeping border executive action as early as Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, who cautioned that timing is fluid.
The Biden administration is preparing to roll out a sweeping border executive action as early as Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, who cautioned that timing is fluid. For weeks, administration officials have been working through an executive action that would dramatically limit migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the US southern border — part of a strategy to try to give President Joe Biden the upper hand on one of his Republican rival’s key campaign issues. The action is designed to potentially blunt Republican attacks on border security and preempt former President Donald Trump ahead of the first presidential debate, which will be held on June 27 on CNN. The executive action is expected to be reminiscent of a controversial measure from the Trump era. It involves using an authority known as 212f between ports of entry to try to clamp down on unlawful border crossings. CNN previously reported that officials were discussing announcing the executive action after Mexico’s election on June 2 and before the first presidential debate. Biden is scheduled to travel to France on Wednesday. “While Congressional Republicans chose to stand in the way of additional border enforcement, President Biden will not stop fighting to deliver the resources that border and immigration personnel need to secure our border,” a White House spokesperson said in a statement. “As we have said before, the Administration continues to explore a series of policy options and we remain committed to taking action to address our broken immigration system.” A White House official told CNN that no final decisions have been made on additional executive actions.
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