Biden Signs Executive Order , Capping Number of <br />Asylum Seekers , at US-Mexico Border.<br />Biden Signs Executive Order , Capping Number of <br />Asylum Seekers , at US-Mexico Border.<br />On June 4, President Joe Biden signed an <br />executive order restricting asylum seekers <br />at the United States' border with Mexico.<br />On June 4, President Joe Biden signed an <br />executive order restricting asylum seekers <br />at the United States' border with Mexico.<br />'Newsweek' report that the executive order utilizes <br />a controversial regulation last used by his <br />predecessor, former President Donald Trump.<br />'Newsweek' report that the executive order utilizes <br />a controversial regulation last used by his <br />predecessor, former President Donald Trump.<br />The executive order will effectively halt migrants crossing <br />the U.S. border once a daily cap of 2,500 crossings per <br />day over a seven-day average has been reached. .<br />The executive order will effectively halt migrants crossing <br />the U.S. border once a daily cap of 2,500 crossings per <br />day over a seven-day average has been reached. .<br />It also allows officials to rapidly deport <br />migrants who cross the border illegally.<br />We will need to review the executive <br />order before making litigation <br />decisions, but any policy that <br />effectively shuts off asylum would <br />raise obvious legal problems,<br /> just as we did when the Trump <br />administration tried to end asylum, Lee Gelernt, Deputy director of the ACLU's <br />Immigrants' Rights Project, via 'Newsweek'.<br />'Newsweek' reports that the executive order <br />marks a significant shift in the Biden <br />administration's immigration policy. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that the executive order <br />marks a significant shift in the Biden <br />administration's immigration policy. .<br />The executive order utilizes a law referred to as Section <br />212(f), which dates back to the 1950s, and was last used <br />by Donald Trump at the beginning of his presidency. .<br />The executive order utilizes a law referred to as Section <br />212(f), which dates back to the 1950s, and was last used <br />by Donald Trump at the beginning of his presidency. .<br />The measure allows the president to <br />suspend the entry of any foreigner deemed <br />"detrimental to the interests" of the U.S. .<br />It also comes ahead of the 2024 election <br />and criticism that his administration has <br />failed to deal with years-long surge of <br />migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border.<br />It also comes ahead of the 2024 election <br />and criticism that his administration has <br />failed to deal with years-long surge of <br />migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border.<br />'The New York Times' reports that while daily numbers have <br />fallen below the record 10,000 reached in December 2023, <br />approximately 3,500 migrants crossed on June 2 alone.
