@thehillpolitics: President Biden recently unveiled a long-anticipated measure that will significantly limit the number of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border, an attempt to tackle a complicated election-year issue head on after legislative efforts failed. The action means non-citizens who cross the southern border between ports of entry will be turned away whenever the seven-day average of daily border crossings exceeds 2,500 between ports of entry. Because the seven-day average is already over that threshold, the measure went into effect immediately. While Biden and other Democrats argue he had no choice but to act because Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation in the Senate, the policy drew swift criticism from both sides of the aisle, underscoring the fraught nature of trying to address the border. #biden #border #migrants #politics #thehill

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Friday 07 June 2024 00:38:44 GMT