The move, expected on Tuesday, would allow the president to temporarily seal the border and suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers in the United States.

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President Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday allowing him to temporarily seal the U.S. border with Mexico to migrants when crossings surge, a move that would suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers in the United States.

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The order would represent the single most restrictive border policy instituted by Mr. Biden, or any modern Democrat, and echoes a 2018 effort by President Donald J. Trump to block migration that was assailed by Democrats and blocked by federal courts.

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    5 months ago

    International law shminternational law.

    He's the lesser evil because he's not being original, he's just cribbing the other guy's notes.

    Migrant crossings are still at a historic low, right?

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      5 months ago

      He's the lesser evil because he's not being original, he's just cribbing the other guy's notes.

      The choice Americans must make this November is stark: Donald Trump's third term, or the continuation of his second term?

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      5 months ago

      The low was at the beginning of the pandemic. Arrests hit an all-time high in December 2023, despite the silence of everyone with a "In this house, we believe that no human is illegal" sign: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/15/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-at-the-end-of-2023/

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        5 months ago

        Gotcha. thank you for the update.

        Expulsions: Migrants are immediately expelled to their home country or last country of transit without being held in U.S. custody. Expulsions are carried out under Title 42 of the U.S. code, a previously rarely used section of the law that the Trump administration invoked during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The law empowers federal health authorities to stop migrants from entering the country if it is determined that barring them could prevent the spread of contagious diseases.

        Lolololol invoking the old "unclean vermin" dealio when the official US policy is "if you see someone coughing ask, them to spit directly in your mouth". Oh wait my bad, the Feds stopped using that excuse in '23. Whoopsie, reaeding comprehension fail moment on my part.

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        Poor Obummer never got credit for the most vicious suppression of migrant workers in recent history.