Biden Says He May Have Authority to Close Border on His Own
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Immigration has become one of the president’s biggest political liabilities, with polling showing Americans increasingly concerned about the volume of people coming to the country irregularly.
Photographer: Ting Shen/BloombergPresident Joe Biden said he’s still considering unilateral action to shut the southern US border, and studying whether he has legal authority to do that without congressional approval.
“We’re examining whether or not I have that power,” he said in an interview with Univision Noticias broadcast Tuesday. “There’s no guarantee that I have that power all by myself without legislation. And some have suggested I should just go ahead and try it. And if I get shut down by the court, I get shut down by the court. But we’re trying to work that, work through that right now.”