Biden announces executive order closing US-Mexico border to illegal migrant entries

By signing an executive order that temporarily closes the US-Mexico border to illegal migrant entries, Biden has taken his most significant step to date on border security, one of the most contentious issues between Republicans and Democrats.

Accordingly, Biden has implemented an executive order that will temporarily and immediately close the US-Mexico border to illegal migrant entries, marking his most notable move on border security to date.

Biden's executive order mandates the immediate cessation of illegal border crossings and requires border patrol agents to deport illegal migrants, following the recent months' breach of the daily limit of 2,500.

THE DECISION IS TEMPORARY

A White House official, who held a press briefing via teleconference on the matter, stated that the decision in question is temporary and will remain in effect until the number of daily illegal migrant entries falls below 1,500.

With this move, which represents a significant shift in the policy he has pursued for the last 3 years regarding border security—one of the biggest debates between Republicans and Democrats ahead of the presidential election in November—Biden aims to turn the debate on this issue in his favor before the election.

Biden is expected to announce the details of the executive order at a press conference at the White House today.

On the other hand, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced that they would take the decision to court once Biden's executive order begins to be implemented. The ACLU argued that a similar decision was made during the term of former US President Donald Trump, that said decision was illegal, and that this decision by Biden would also be illegal.

In 2018, then-President Trump signed a policy called "zero tolerance" that mandated the immediate deportation of all illegal migrants entering the country's borders, a policy from the Trump era that Biden, who won the 2020 presidential election, had previously revoked.

News Source: AA