Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation

By SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. The White House on Tuesday detailed the long-anticipated presidential proclamation signed by Biden. The order would bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem the southern border is overwhelmed. The Democratic president has contemplated unilateral action for months, especially after the collapse of a bipartisan border security deal in Congress that most Republican lawmakers rejected at the behest of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.