President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday giving himself the authority to close the border when the seven-day average of daily border crossings between ports of entry exceeds 2,500.
The order is set to take effect immediately, since the daily threshold has already been met. The border will only reopen if crossings between ports fall to a seven-day daily average of 1,500 or less.
“This action will help us to gain control of our border, restore order to the process,” Biden said during a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Biden is drawing on the authority in Title 8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to temporarily close the border.
The executive action specifically makes three changes to Biden’s own border policy:
- Illegal aliens who cross the border between a port of entry will “generally be ineligible for asylum.”
- Illegal…
