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Biden plans executive order to shut down border once crossings reach 4,000 per day — despite saying he needs Congress to act
NY Post ^ | 05/15/2024 | Josh Christenson and Jennie Taer

Posted on 05/15/2024 10:42:18 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

President Biden is planning executive action that would allow him to shut down the US-Mexico border once the number of migrant crossings reaches 4,000 per day, a source close to the White House told The Post Wednesday.

The order would match a provision in the bipartisan border bill that failed to pass the Senate in February, which gave the president authority to expel migrants when border crossings reached the same daily average.

The legislative proposal would have given the homeland security secretary discretionary authority to carry out removals — but would have made deportations mandatory when illegal entries surpassed 5,000 per day over a one-week period.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biden; border; crossing; hh2; invasion; liar; shutdown
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Senator James Lankford, R-Oklahoma

That's who.

21 posted on 05/15/2024 3:31:54 PM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Numbers and Democrats don’t go well together. Mostly numbers are pulled out of their extremities.


22 posted on 05/15/2024 3:49:47 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

23 posted on 05/15/2024 8:19:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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