Biden Will Temporarily Bar Most Asylum Seekers At US Border

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🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Following several record-high months for migrants crossings at the U.S. southern border last year, President Biden is taking executive action to swiftly deport would-be asylum seekers when the seven-day average of unauthorized crossings exceeds 2,500. It echoes past Trump administration policies and, pending expected court challenges, implements provisions laid out in a doomed bipartisan reform proposal negotiated earlier this year.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, senior national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and immigration correspondent Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

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1:16.1	Today on the podcast, President Biden plans to take executive action aimed at sharply curbing
1:20.9	US southern border crossings, including for people seeking asylum.
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