Biden to continue border clamp down through election, White House suggests

Published September 19, 2024 5:56pm ET



The White House on Thursday signaled President Joe Biden has no immediate plans to roll back his executive order restricting asylum applications even as southern border crossings have dipped to Trump-era levels.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre underscored that Customs and Border Protection recorded its lowest number of encounters with illegal immigrants in July and last month since September 2020. Encounters last month were 68% lower than in August 2023, with average daily encounters decreasing by 50% since June when Biden took the executive action.

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