Did Biden's Border Executive Order Increase His Reelection Chances?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
What impact will President Joe Biden’s recent executive order restricting asylum claims have on the southern border and the 2024 presidential election?
From the Left: In the New York Times Opinion (Left bias) a former immigration policy adviser for President Barack Obama and President George W. Bush argued that Biden “is falling into the trap of believing that the only way to counter Republican criticism and appeal to voters for whom immigration is a top concern is to restrict asylum even further.” Biden’s decision will not curb unauthorized immigration, but will instead “likely push people to cross at more dangerous areas along the border.” Instead of recycling old border security tactics, the writer argued that Biden should “lead his party back to a time when fighting for the undocumented was a major policy priority alongside border security.”
From the Right: Noah Rothman (Lean Right bias) argued that Biden ignored the “obviousness of the crisis” at the southern border up until now out of “fear of progressive criticism.” Deeming Biden’s executive order a cynical political move, Rothman determined, “the president’s fondest hope that a display of theatrical gestures in the general direction of the border crisis repairs some of the damage to his brand among moderate and independent voters while eventually culminating in a court injunction that would mollify progressives.” Rothman concluded, “Just like every other foreign crisis this president has overseen, Biden’s addiction to half-measures has made his circumstances — and ours — worse.”
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On Tuesday, President Biden issued a proclamation that gives the Department of Homeland Security the authority to temporarily block migrants from seeking asylum between ports of entry at the United States-Mexico border. This means that the only people who are able to apply for asylum at the border are those who can secure an appointment through the government’s CBP One app, in flagrant violation of immigration law.
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U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will block migrants from claiming asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border until attempted crossings fall under new actions rolled out on Tuesday.
The asylum ban goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET (0401 GMT) on Wednesday, barring any legal challenges that might block it.
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