Biden Is Readying New Order to Tighten Asylum Process at Border
- Executive order on border could come as soon as Tuesday
- Migrant surge is major concern for voters ahead of election
Migrants on the bank of the dry river bed of the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez.
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President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order tightening measures at the US-Mexico border as soon as Tuesday, looking to curb the flow of asylum seekers that has become a major political liability before November’s general election.
The move comes after another failed push to pass bipartisan legislation to address the border, and as the administration has rolled out smaller steps to speed certain deportations. The administration’s plans were described by people familiar with the effort who requested anonymity before the president publicly unveiled the measure.