The Biden administration is preparing an executive action that would allow

President Biden to temporarily shut down the US southern border. This comes

amid pressure from both sides of the aisle to curb the flow of border crossings.

Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez has been covering this and she joins me now.

So Laura, what do we know about this expected executive order?

This executive action would use a section of US immigration law

alma that's known as 212 F authority that gives President Biden the powers to

suspend the entry of migrants temporarily. It's going to be expected to be similar language

that was used in the bipartisan Senate border deal

that failed.

For example, if there is an average of 5,000 migrants encountered each day over the course of seven days, then

this authority would be triggered and President Biden would be able to shut down the

border until those encounters fall.

Now the White House and a White House official told me that no final decisions have been made

about an executive action that is potentially being considered, but sources told me that this specific

executive action could come as early as next week after the Mexican

elections on June 2nd. So when you look at who has been encountered at the US Southern border recently, who would this

kind of executive action impact?

Sources told me that this executive action is expected to apply to most migrants, but unaccompanied

children often receive humanitarian

exemptions in an executive action like this. The big picture

on the is that this is going to restrict who can seek asylum ultimately.

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