In an attempt to take away the immigration agenda to the Republican candidate Donald Trump, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced on Tuesday temporary closure of the border with Mexico to immigrants when the number of irregular entries into the country is excessive, a drastic measure on a key issue to achieve the re-election in the presidential of November.
“I came here today to do what Republicans in Congress refuse to dotake the necessary measures to secure our border (…), let’s fix the problem and stop fighting about it,” Biden said at the White House.
The 81-year-old Democratic leader will sign a decree that will allow authorities to suspend the entry of asylum seekers and migrants when exceeds 2,500 cases in the same day, the White House reported. The text will also facilitate deportations to Mexico.
“For Joe Biden, the safety of American families must always come first. That is why the president announces new historic executive actions to prevent migrants who cross our southern border illegally from receiving asylum,” said the spokesman for the White House, Andrew Bates.
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Biden changes strategy and points towards the immigration agenda to get undecided votes
The head of state himself is scheduled to speak at 2:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. GMT), indicated the White House. Officials noted that the restrictions are expected to take effect immediately, as They will be launched when illegal migrant crossings exceed 2,500 per dayand the numbers are already above that threshold.
The official text provides for the reopening of the border when the number of asylum seekers is less than 1,500 per day. “We expect the order to take effect immediately,” a Biden administration official told reporters.
Biden try to change its immigration policy after opinion polls revealed that this issue will have a lot of weight to achieve re-election in his revenge against the magnate and former Republican president donald trump (2017-2021).
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Donald Trump criticized Joe Biden’s immigration policy
He Trump’s campaign team rejected this initiative in a statement considering that it is not designed “for border security,” and repeated the Republican’s message that constantly insists that the irregular immigrants are responsible for the increase in violent crimes in USA, accusation without basis in official data.
The magnate spent his term announcing his intention to build a wall on the border with Mexico and intensified his anti-immigration rhetoric to return to the White House.
“Millions of people have entered our country, and now, after almost four years of his weak and failed leadership, his pathetic leadership, corrupt Joe Biden finally intends to do something regarding the border,” he exclaimed Trump, 77 years old, in a video posted Tuesday on his social network Truth Social.
The president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson ally of Trump, quickly He called Biden’s measure “showcase.”
However, The White House has highlighted that Biden is trying to confront an immigration system that has “failed for decades” and blames Republicans in Congress for not cooperating. and block billions of dollars for border policies.
Joe Biden points to immigration policy to win the US elections
Biden It aims to defuse Republican attacks and court undecided voters concerned about the immigration situation at the border. However, His plan will surely anger members and activists of the left wing of the Democratic Party forks it will almost certainly be challenged in court by civil rights groups.
More than 2.4 million migrants crossed the southern border of the United States in 2023 alone. Most of them come from Central America and Venezuela fleeing poverty, violence and natural disasters intensified by climate change.
The number reached a record of 10,000 people per day in Decemberalthough this number has fallen in recent months.
The government of Biden has tried to stop crossings by working in coordination with Mexico and other countries to reduce migratory flows through economic policies and the application of more restrictive laws, but Polls reveal that it has not done enough for voters.
Biden spoke with Claudia Sheinbaum on Mondaythe first elected female president of Mexico, to congratulate her on her resounding victory on Sunday and promise her a “strong and collaborative partnership” on issues such as migration.
Source: Ambito